El Jaish squandered a 10-point lead posted early in the final period but held off Al Sadd in the dying minutes to escape with a slim 65-64 victory in last nights match of the Qatar Mens League held at the Al Rayyan Indoor Arena.
Army seemed on their way to bagging an easy upset of Al Sadd when they led 61-51 with 8:51 left in the game but Michael Southall (210-C-82, college: La-Lafayette) spearheaded a 12-2 assault in the next five minutes to bring the game to its first deadlock at 63-all and send jitters to their rivals going into the last 3 minutes of the match.
Both teams went blank in the ensuing exchanges with El Jaish managing to get a point from the stripe off a foul by Michael Southall on Steve Noubisse, as Army took a solitary point lead with 1:37 to go.
Al Sadd missed their chance in the next possession missing on several attempts and losing the ball in the last 13 seconds to bow out of the contest.
Mohammad Yussuf, who led all scorers with 19 points, sealed the win with another point from the charity lane.
El Jaish and Al Sadd are now deadlocked in the standings with 9-3 win-loss card.
Al Gharafa, face the rampaging Al Wakrah squad today at 5:15 pm while defending champions Al Rayyan try to notch victory number 10 when they battle Qatar Sports Club in the main game at 7:15 pm. Courtesy of: http://www.qatarbasketball.qa
Al Shabab Dubai (D1) agreed terms with 32-year old American swingman Chauncey Leslie (183-81, college: Iowa). He started the season at Qatar in Qatari D1 league. In 14 games he was the best scorer with impressive 24.6ppg and averaged 6.2rpg, 5.3apg (top 4) and 2.6spg (in top 3) this season. A very spectacular year in his career as he was named to Asia-Basket.com All-Qatari D1 Honorable Mention. The last season Leslie played at Al Rayyan in D1. In 8 games he had 14 [read more]
Al Shabab Dubai (D1) agreed terms with 32-year old American swingman Chauncey Leslie (183-81, college: Iowa). He started the season at Qatar in Qatari D1 league. In 14 games he was the best scorer with impressive 24.6ppg and averaged 6.2rpg, 5.3apg (top 4) and 2.6spg (in top 3) this season. A very spectacular year in his career as he was named to Asia-Basket.com All-Qatari D1 Honorable Mention. The last season Leslie played at Al Rayyan in D1. In 8 games he had 14.5ppg, 3.6rpg, 2.8apg and 1.3spg. The list of the past achievements is quite long as he won Qatar League championship title for two years in a row (2011 and 2012). Leslie was also voted Eurobasket.com All-Hungarian League Guard of the Year back in 2007. He is quite experienced player. Leslie has played also professionally in Austria, France (JA Vichy), Germany (New Yorker Phantoms and Mitteldeutscher BC), Syria (Al Karameh), UAE, Hungary (Kormend), Egypt (Al Ittihad and Sporting) and United Arab Emirates (An Nasr and Sharjah). He attended University of Iowa until 2003 and it is his tenth season as a professional player. On Leslie: His big physical presence on court, coupled with his ability to play on wing positions, makes him a dangerous proposition. Possessing quickness and sharp-shooting abilities, his defensive skills are also outstanding.
Calvin Cage (ex Al Gharafa) agreed terms with Gigantes - May 20, 2013
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Gigantes de Guayana (LPB) strengthened their roster with addition of 29-year old American guard Calvin Cage (183-83kg-84, college: Buffalo, agency: Prossin Sports Management Inc.). He was tested at Al Gharafa in Qatari D1 league. Cage also spent pre-season at B&W Opava (NBL) in Czech Republic league that year. In three games he recorded 14.3ppg, 3.3rpg and 3.0apg this season. The last summer he was tested by Marinos. In 6 games he averaged 6.8ppg, 1 [read more]
Gigantes de Guayana (LPB) strengthened their roster with addition of 29-year old American guard Calvin Cage (183-83kg-84, college: Buffalo, agency: Prossin Sports Management Inc.). He was tested at Al Gharafa in Qatari D1 league. Cage also spent pre-season at B&W Opava (NBL) in Czech Republic league that year. In three games he recorded 14.3ppg, 3.3rpg and 3.0apg this season. The last summer he was tested by Marinos. In 6 games he averaged 6.8ppg, 1.5rpg and 1.8apg. The last season Cage also played at Saint John Mill Rats (NBL Canada) in Canadian NBL Canada. In 6 games he averaged 9.2ppg, 1.7rpg and 4.0apg. The previous (2011) summer he played at Bucaros (DPB) in Colombian league. He contributed to his team winning the league title. The last (2011) season Cage played at Hoops Club (Division A) in Lebanese league. In 26 games he was fourth best scorer with impressive 22.8ppg and had 3.2rpg, 2.7apg and 1.2spg. Great season indeed as he was voted to PMA Basketball Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Honorable Mention. He is a very experienced player. Cage has played also professionally in Cyprus, Iraq (Duhok), Iran (BEEM), Mexico (Halcones Rojos), Philippines (Global Port), Saudi Arabia (Uhud) and Lebanon (Feytroun). He attended University of Buffalo until 2006 and it will be his seventh season in pro basketball. The scouts decsribe him following way:
Great scorer in penetration, can easily beat higher opponents.
True point guard who is extremely quick and excels at creating scoring opportunities for his teammates as well as himself, can beat you from the outside or slashing to the basket finding teammates or scoring himself.
Al Sadd triumphs at Arabian Gulf Basketball Clubs Championship 2013 - May 10, 2013
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Al Sadd triumphs at Arabian Gulf Basketball Clubs Championship 2013. The team from Qatar lost only one game at the campaign and sealed the title.
The team from Qatar started the tournament with the win against Kazma from Kuwait 73:55. In Day 2 Uhud from Saudi Arabia overcame Al Sadd 92:89. The latter finished the group with 2-1 record on the first place after a 89:73 win over ahli sadab from Oman.
In the Semifinals Al Sadd faced another Qatar team Al Rayyan [read more]
Al Sadd triumphs at Arabian Gulf Basketball Clubs Championship 2013. The team from Qatar lost only one game at the campaign and sealed the title. The team from Qatar started the tournament with the win against Kazma from Kuwait 73:55. In Day 2 Uhud from Saudi Arabia overcame Al Sadd 92:89. The latter finished the group with 2-1 record on the first place after a 89:73 win over ahli sadab from Oman. In the Semifinals Al Sadd faced another Qatar team Al Rayyan. The latter lifted Emir Cup up and Heir Apparent Cup 2013 earlier in the season. Al Sadd however managed to revenge with a 65:63 win. In the Final game Al Sadd overcame Al-Ahli from United Arab Emirates 85:72. Al Rayyan took the third place at the tournament as they defeated Kazma from Kuwait in the game for the third place.
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