Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem significantly boosted its Last 32 hopes by routing Igokea Aleksandrovac 85-71 in the Israeli capital. Jerusalem raised its record to 4-3 in Group E to stay in third place and also earned the potential head-to-head tiebreak advantage with Igokea, who dropped to now 2-5. Ronald Dupree tallied 22 points and 6 rebounds for Hapoel, Yotam Halperin scored 14, Artiom Parakhouski amassed 13 points and 12 rebounds, Lior Eliyahu chipped in 12 points and 6 assists and Josh Duncan scored 11. Branko Jorovic netted 15 and pulled down 8 boards for Aleksandrovac, Sergerio Gipson posted 13, Boris Bakic 11 and Sinisa Stemberger 10.

A 9-0 run by the home team and capped by a three-point-play completed by big man Parakhouksi gave a double digit cushion to Hapoel, 17-7, early in the game. Stemberger from downtown cut the margin to 19-14, before a mid-range jumper by Halperin inscribed 27-16 on the scoreboard after 10 minutes. Duncan ignited Hapoel by posting 6 of 10 unanswered points to reach a 39-18 cushion with six minutes left to halftime. Dusko Bunic’s jumper kept Igokea in the picture at 41-30, but 5 Halperin points extended again the difference and Parakhouski from the foul line made it 48-33 at halftime. Nemanja Gordic jumper cut the difference to 48-38 after intermission. A Derwin Kitchen three-pointer extended it to 59-44, while Dupree gave the largest margin so far to the home team, 63-44. Jorovic and Gispon tried to push the guests, but Kitchen from the foul line fixed the score at 67-49 at the end of the third quarter. Gispon hit a jumper from mid-range to stay within 67-54, but a dunk by Dupree and back-to-back short jumpers from Eliyahu gave Hapoel a 77-59 margin with four minutes left, enough to manage the game till the final buzzer.