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*** SAUDI ARABIAN MEN BASKETBALL MAIN PAGE ***
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- The american point guard Rashad Phillips (178-G-78, agency: Interperformances, college: Detroit Mercy) will be the new face in Al Ansar's roster in the new season...
Phillips has big career esspecially in Europe where he played in Italy, France, Portugal, Greece, Latvia and Portugal.
- Ohod club decided to benifit fro mthe services the senegalese center Ndongo N'diaye (214-C-77, agency: Pro Management Agency, college: Delaware) and the american point guard Brian Waters (188-G-85, agency: Pro Management Agency)...
N'Diaye is very familiar with Ohod as he played with them before in season 2003-2004 adding to his career in Lebanon (3 seasons), Japan, Angola, France and Tunisia, While Waters is a newly graduated player from Elon University (US-NCAA1). |
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| Al Hilal add Randle and Krauser to the team's roster | |
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| | | Ryan Randle (206-F-81, agency: Passing Lane, college: Maryland) and Carl Krauser (188-G-81, college: Pittsburgh) will arrive to Saudi Arabia next week to join the trainings of Al Hilal sports club for the upcoming season.
Randle was one of the best imports in Cyprus in the last 2 seasons after he played before that Ponand, Italy and France, While Krauser is a member in the US Virgin Islands National Team, His career contains big countries such as Germany and Puerto Rico. |
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| Al Ittihad brings back Sealy | |
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| | | Al Ittihad club from Jeddah decided to bring back the american coach Felton Sealey to take over the 1st team...
Sealey coached Al Ittihad before in season 2003-2004 leading them to 4 titles (Nukhba Cup, League, Arab Clubs Championship & Prince Faisal Bin Fahed Cup), He was last season in UAE with Al Ahli club adding to a previous experience in Malaysia (Petronas Club for 4 seasons). |
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| Korea U18 sealed top position outscoring Saudi Arabia U18 | |
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by Eurobasket News - Aug 31, 2008 | | | Korea U18- Saudi Arabia U18 103:97
Korea U18 became the winner of Group B of the FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Men. In the last game of the group the team overcame Saudi Arabia U18 103:97 in overtime. The game that was not important for the winners became very interesting and brought lots of satisfaction. Park Jaehyun paced all the winners with 20 points. Kim Hyun Soon netted 16, while Lim Jongill scored 14. Seraaj Abuswyhel top-scored in the losing effort with 22 points. Yazeed Fallatah and Musaad Alsubaie followed him with 21 each, while Hassan Binmohammed added 17.
Korean coach used many players from the bench and was glad that they managed to bring the win. Korea opened the game with 21:19 taking the deep breath after the period. They increased to three points after another win in the second period. Both teams went to the lockers for 43:40 favorites advantage. Saudi Arabia managed to stretch the proceedings beyond regulation and locked at 84:84.Korea, in the end, won 103:97, but the crowd at the Azadi Stadium building up more for the game that followed involving hosts Iran surely got their bit of extra entertainment.
Korea U18: Park Jaehyun 20, Kim Hyun Soon 16, Lim Jongill 14
Saudi Arabia U18: Seraaj Abuswyhel 22, Yazeed Fallatah 21, Musaad Alsubaie 21, Hassan Binmohammed 17 |
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| Saudi Arabia U18 loses two in a row | |
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by Eurobasket News - Aug 29, 2008 | | | Saudi Arabia opened their FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Junior Men with a win over Jordan in a Group B. Jordan celebrated 110:83 in the opener for both teams. An 18-4 through the midway of the first quarter proved good enough for Jordan to take a firm grip on the game. A position from where they only grew in strength. They led 62:37 after the half and moved to three digits in the end. Louay Obeidi was unstoppable with 37 points and Abdul Aziz added 18. Yazeed Fallatah posted 19 in defeat, while Seraaj Abuswyhel scored 14.
In the second game of FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Junior Men Kazakhstan beat Saudi Arabia 101:72 in Group B. Kazakhstan, who finished just outside the semifinals at Urumqi two years ago, raced ahead 11-4 early in the first quarter and that set the tempo for the rest of the game. They finished with 23:15 in the opening quarter and never looked behind. Kazakhstan outscored Saudi Arabia with 49:27 at the halftime and looked more optimistic. In the second half the winners held off the opponents and led the game to the winning end. Omirzak Akhmet top-scored for the winners with 30 points. Alexander Tyutyunik netted 20, while Denis Degtyarev added 15. Hassan BinMohammed posted 25 in defeat and Yazaeed Fallatah nailed 21.
Jordan U18-Saudi Arabia U18 110:83
Jordan U18: Louay Obeidi 37, Abdul Aziz 18
Saudi Arabia U18: Yazeed Fallatah 19, Seraaj Abuswyhel 14
Kazakhstan U18-Saudi Arabia U18 101:72
Kazakhstan U18:Omirzak Akhmet 30, Alexander Tyutyunik 20, Denis Degtyarev 15
Saudi Arabia U18: Hassan BinMohammed 25, Yazaeed Fallatah 21 |
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| Ifill shines among Asias brightest stars | |
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| | | By Kiev Chesney (Starbroek News)
After shinning as one of the premier scorers in the Asian Basketball League, Andrew Ifill (197-G/F-79) has returned home for a breath of fresh air during the off-season break.
The 197cm (66) small forward played his rookie international basketball season with the Saudi Arabians An Naser Riyadh basketball team with whom he signed a one-year deal last October.
When I joined the team in late October, the season had already started and my coach told me that I have a lot of work to do, Ifill told Stabroek Sport in an exclusive interview.
The former Bounty Colts player did not back down from the challenge and instantly assumed the role of the primary scorer for his team.
The result was him finishing the season with an average 25 points per game (PPG), 10 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.5 blocks and 2.75 steals.
It was no easy task for me to get those numbers among some of Asias and Europes best players but I knew that I had the talent and I worked real hard over the years to get there so it was just a matter of me getting the work done when I got the opportunity, he recounted Ifill also revealed that the he had received offers from a few other teams in the league and may be changing teams depending on how lucrative the offers are.
Like the other international leagues, the Asian League has many former NBA players such as Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (186-G-69, college: LSU) also known as Chris Jackson.
Ifill said that he thought his game had improved tremendously from playing professional basketball.
I have learnt lot from the experience of playing there because the fundamentals of the players are extremely high, he said.
However, I recognized that many of the players are not as athletic as the players in the NBA [National Basketball Association] and in some cases as some of the players that we have right here in Guyana.
Since I have been back I keep telling people that we have many players that can make it to play basketball professionally if they get the chance, he declared.
I have seen it with my own two eyes; we have a lot of talent here but only a few get the chance to shine abroad. I think that if sports in general and more specifically basketball in Guyana get more attention from the government our athletes can really go places, He said.
After discovering his love for the game at age seven, Ifill grew into one of the most promising `ballers that this country has produced.
He confessed that after being on the team which captured the Inter-Guiana Games title in 1996, he became determined to fulfil his dream of becoming a professional basketball player.
Ifill plans to focus on strength and speed training in the off-season followed by ball handling work as the break comes to a close.
He said that without persons who had helped and supported him from the start, including his family, his coach Phillip George, his fans, Rhondell Murphy, Godfrey Munroe, and Anthony de Hart it would not have been possible for him to achive his dream of playing professional basketball.
As far as making the jump to the NBA is concerned, Ifill said he would leave the negotiations up to his agents and would remain focused on trying to dominate in that league until an opportunity presents itself. |
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| Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf's effort is not enough for the team | |
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by Eurobasket News - Apr 27, 2008 | | | In the first game of 21st Arab Clubs Championship Al Ittihad Jeddah beat De La Salle Al Quds Jerusalem 106:83. The game remained even in the first half, but then the team from Saudi Arabia went on a bigger lead. Having 77:62 after three quarters Al Ittihad Jeddah increased to 17 in the end of the game. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (186-G-69, college: LSU) led the game with 33 points and 6 steals, while Adel Guhani supported him with 29 points. Hoky Golesh ended up with 21 points and 7 rebounds in defeat.
In the second game Al Nasr won a thriller over Al Ittihad Jeddah 82:81. The team from Libya started with 24:20 and then created a wonderful streak in the second. The squads went to the lockers with 54:35 for Al Nasr. Al Ittihad Jeddah had a fabulous comeback to the game closing the gap at 64:62 after the third quarter. They could not win the game and upset the team from Lybia and did not advance to the next round. Ellia Zlotic paced the winners with 29 points and 11 rebounds, while Khaled Mohammad scored 16. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf shined again for Al Ittihad Jeddah with 27 points.
Maghreb De Fes edged Al Ittihad Jeddah 91:72 after the even score in the first quarter. The team from Morocco used some runs to take a control later in the game and had 23 points advantage after three quarters played. Alpha Traore (188-G-83) paced all the winners with 22 points and 8 rebounds.Macktar M'Baye nailed 16 and Mohamed Hjira posted 15. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf poured in 25 points in the losing effort. |
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| Memorial Fund in memory of Marvin Stone | |
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| | | Net Worth Sports, a business advisory group has teamed up with international agent, Dozie Mbonu to create a Memorial Fund in memory of Marvin Stone (6'10''-C-81, college: Louisville), who most recently was playing in Saudia Arabia and suffered a fatal heart attack. I cannot thank our friends, family and the international basketball community enough, especially his team in Saudia Arabia for all of their support, ' said Lois Stone, mother of Marvin. For more information on the Memorial Fund visit www.networthsports.com
As previously announced on Eurobasket, Marvin Stone died after halftime of a game in Saudi Arabia, collapsed in the locker room while the coach was talking to the team. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead (heart attack).
His teammate and former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (6'1''-G-69) said Ittihad's coach was talking to the team Tuesday in the locker room at Jiddah's Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium at halftime against Ohud when Stone 'started sliding down from bench' and soon 'was on to the floor.'
'At first I think people thought he was having a seizure,' said Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, of Atlanta. 'We put him on floor. I was rubbing his head trying to calm him down and some people were pouring water on his face. Then some five or six guys picked him up and put him in an SUV and they drove him off.'
He said the team got word at the end of the game that Stone had passed away.
The 26-year old Stone played his senior season at Louisville, where he averaged 10.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots in 2002-03.
Stone was a McDonald's All-American at Grissom High in Huntsville, Ala., where he was selected Mr. Basketball in 1999. He spent three seasons at Kentucky before transferring to Louisville. |
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P.O. Box 4697, Riyadh 11412
Tel: 966 1 482 1713, 966 1 488 7949, 966 1 482 1627
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