The season 2012-2013 is expected to be one of the most exciting seasons ever in the History of the Lebanese League especially in the presence of 6 teams that can take games from each other. Champville, the 2011-2012 Champion is looking to defend its title , the team made a historical achievement last season by winning the league title in the finals against Anibal. Riyadi who lost the title after 7 consecutive seasons is looking to regain the precious one for this reason they signed a very big name in coaching Slobodan Subotic. Sagesse another 7 consecutive seasons champion is working to bring back the good days , they signed Fouad Abou Chakra with hopes he can establish a dynasty. Moutahed the two time finalist is working hard to come back to the final 4 and why not the Finals , they signed Coach Jean - Denis Choulet who have a 12 years experience with Roan in France Pro A. a new comer Amchit Club is looking very ambitious this year , having a new facility in the Amchit area and signing many key players with an experience Lebanese League Coach Alan Abbaz the team looks to have a very successful first season in the Lebanese League. Byblos the team whos causing for all teams many problems in the past seasons is working very hard this year have a very competitive team , they have a new wooden floor in their court and signed many ket local and foreign players who will put the team for sure among the list of teams to watch.
Riyadi Beirut : Arrivals : Slobodan Subotic (Coach), Ahmad Ibrahim, Miguel Martinez, Loren Woods. Departures: Fouad Abou Chakra (Coach)
Sagesse Beirut : Arrivals : Fouad Abou Chakra (Coach), Aaron Harper, Deshawn Simms, Charles Tabet ,Philipp Tabet, Elias Rustom, Elie Estephan, Mohamad Ibrahim. Departures: Miguel Martinez , Sabah Khouri , Joey Accaoui,Charbel Sokhen,
Moutahed Tripoli : Arrivals : Jean Dennis Choulet (Coach), Marc Salyers, Rony Fahed, Roy Samaha, Kevin Houston. Departures: Bassem Balaa , Omar Ayoubi , Elias Rustom .
Amchit : Arrivals : Alain Abbaz (Coach), Sabah Khouri , Mohamad Hamdar , Matthew Freije, Ghaleb Reda ,Pape Saw, Austin Johnson.
Byblos : Arrivals : Mike Fraser , Jasmon Youngblood, Omat Ayoubi, Mazen Mneimneh
The latest picture of the Lebanese Clubs will be known before one week of the start of the season which will be on the 27th of October 2012.
The 2012-2013 Final Four started as expected full of excitement , In Ghazir Sagesse welcomed Moutahed , the game Sagesses dominance from the first minutes of the game despite very good organized Moutahed team , but Sagesse key payers were always ready to deliver.
The first quarter saw Sagesse with a great 9-2 start but Moutahed was answering through Bassel BAWJI , the first quarter finished at the score of 26-21 [read more]
The 2012-2013 Final Four started as expected full of excitement , In Ghazir Sagesse welcomed Moutahed , the game Sagesses dominance from the first minutes of the game despite very good organized Moutahed team , but Sagesse key payers were always ready to deliver.
The first quarter saw Sagesse with a great 9-2 start but Moutahed was answering through Bassel BAWJI , the first quarter finished at the score of 26-21. The 2nd quarter was only Quincy DOUBY , he scored 4 3pointers and controlled the tempo through a big leadership , this performance gave Sagesse an 11 points lead , the score was 56-45. The 2nd half the same tempo continued and Sagesse was increasing the lead which reached up to 16 through the trio of Quincy DOUBY , Deshawn SIMMS and Julien KHAZZOUH , KHAZZOUH had a huge game with 15points,15rebounds,6blockshots. He was the main reason that Sagesse dominated inside the paint defensively and offensively. Moutahed through BAWJI , Eric CHATFIELD and Marc SALYERS were always coming back in the game but the closest they got was within 7 points from Sagesse. The 2nd half saw also Douby continuing its performance , the game finished in the end on the score of 87-72.
Quincy DOUBY led all scorers with 38 points , Deshawn SIIMS finished with 18points , Julien KHAZZOUH with 15points,15rebounds,6blockshots. From Moutahed side Bassel BAWJI finished with 20 and Eric Chatfield with 17.
72 hours before the Final four, teams are not allowed to change their imports anymore.
Here is the last import list for the 4 teams:
Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut : Dewarick Spencer (193-G-82, agency: Higher Vision Sports, college: Arkansas St.) and Loren Woods (218-C-78, college: Arizona)
Sagesse - Al Hekmeh Beirut : Quincy Douby (191-G-84, college: Rutgers) and DeShawn Sims (203-F-88, college: Michigan)
Champville : Jeremiah Massey (202-F-82, college: Kansas St [read more]
72 hours before the Final four, teams are not allowed to change their imports anymore. Here is the last import list for the 4 teams:
Ten teams started A very long Regular season followed by the playoffs, only four teams deserved the opportunity to compete for the only two tickets for the final battle .
League's leaders , Riyadi will be facing the League's ranked fourth Champville .
This Series will kick off on Friday the 24th of may .
Riyadi took its final decision by choosing Dewarick Spencer and Loren Woods to play along their Local team mates [read more]
Ten teams started A very long Regular season followed by the playoffs, only four teams deserved the opportunity to compete for the only two tickets for the final battle . League's leaders , Riyadi will be facing the League's ranked fourth Champville . This Series will kick off on Friday the 24th of may . Riyadi took its final decision by choosing Dewarick Spencer and Loren Woods to play along their Local team mates. Champville and after winning their first ever Waba Trophy, decided on keeping both Jeleel Akindele and Jeremiah Massey who showed a tremendous level that took the Lebanese Current Champions to a very high level .
On the other side of the pool, Sagesse who finished the regular season as second, will face mouttahed ( third ) in a battle that is expected to be a thrilling war zone. Thursday the 23rd will show this series' debut. Sagesse is coming from a somehow easy series against hoops, and a withdrawal from Waba due to unknown reasons, while mouttahed just finished last night it's playoffs series against the power horse Byblos.
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