25 November 2008

LIBYA : Day 2

The second week of the libyan basketball league had two important games Ittihad plays against Madina and Shabab faces Ahli Tripoli .

The first game was not as expected , Ittihad dominated the game from the begining ending the first quarter 21-4.
Ittihad continued their good performance in the second quarter although Madina managed to reduce the difference to end the second quarter 44-20.
Madina improved in the third quarter tried to put pressure on Ittihad players but they missed many good opportunities to score as the third quarter ended 60-31 for Ittihad.
Madina continued their pressure in the forth quarter while Ittihad stayed calm tried to make advantage from the 24 seconds , game ended 81-52 for Ittihad.

top scorer was Mohammed Diop from Ittihad with 24 points , Alamin Yakoub shares the top rebounder with Mohammed Zaied with 10 rebounds , Rashid Sayed with 3 assissts.

the second game between shabab and Ahli Tripoli was more anticipating , Shabab begun the game perfectly as they scored 4 consecutive 3 points to take advantage 12-4 but ahli managed to come back scoring 10 consecutive points ending the first quarter 18-16 for Ahli.
the second quarter was almost equal between the two teams Shabab gained a slight advantage in the end , first half ends 32-29 for Shabab.
in the third quarter Ahli bounced back applying pressure on Shabab players who missed many open shots as they struggle from the 2 point range but they kept their lead 41-40.
Shabab took early lead in the forth quarter as they continue to shoot smoothley from the 3 point line while Ahli managed to score only 6 points in this quarter, game ended for Shabab 60-46.
Mohammed Issa was the top scorer from Shabab with 33 points , Babaker Wad the top rebounder with 13 rebounds , Nader Maremi with 5 assissts.
In the other games Ahli Benghazi defeats Moroj 59-54 , Nasr beat Hilal 76-61.

from africabasket.com

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