Round 7 of Semifinals. Al Ahly and Kuwait advance into Final

Kazma - Al Ahly 91-95

Al Ahly rallied past Kazma to advance into the title game. It was a great evening for guard Ehab Saleh (193-1995, college: Oregon) who led his team to a victory scoring 31 points and 5 rebounds. Center Seif Samir (205-1993) helped adding 10 points and 10 rebounds. Al Ahly's coach used entire bench in such tough game. At the losing side American guard Kevin Murphy (197-1990, college: Tenn Tech) responded with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists and the other American import power forward Latavious Williams (203-1989, agency: BeoBasket) produced a double-double by scoring 25 points and 10 rebounds. Five Al Ahly and four Kazma players scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Al Ahly: E.Saleh 31+5reb+1ast, W.Hodge 15+2reb+2ast, M.Fakuade 12+4reb, A.Abdelhalim 12+3reb+4ast, S.Samir 10+10reb+3ast, Z.Amr Alaa 7+5reb+2ast
Kazma: K.Murphy 29+8reb+7ast, L.Williams 25+10reb+2ast, A.Ahmad 17+5reb+9ast, A.Alhumaidi 14+6reb+2ast, B.Yousef 4+3reb+1ast, M.Farhan 2

Kuwait - Beirut Club 84-74

Kuwait overcame Beirut Club to seal their championship game appearance. Kuwait made 20-of-26 charity shots (76.9 percent) during the game. It was an exceptional evening for Haitian center Cady Lalanne (208-1992, college: UMass, agency: BeoBasket) who led the winners with a double-double by scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds. Palestinian power forward Sani Sakakini (204-1988) accounted for 17 points and 8 rebounds for the winning side. Power forward Mohamad Haidar (203-1990, college: Michigan Tech) came up with 33 points (!!!) and 6 rebounds and American forward Kenneth Horton (201-1989, college: CCSU, agency: Octagon Europe) added 10 points and 7 rebounds respectively for Beirut Club in the defeat.
Top scorers:
Kuwait: C.Lalanne 21+10reb+1ast, A.Hamad 18+2reb+3ast, S.Sakakini 17+8reb+2ast, M.Georges-Hunt 8+2reb+3ast, J.Omran 7+3reb, A.Ali 6+3reb+2ast
Beirut Club: M.Haidar 33+6reb+2ast, K.Horton 10+7reb+1ast, O.Jamaleddine 9+5reb+1ast, R.Akl 8+2reb, M.Dixon 7+5reb+5ast, E.Rustom 7+7reb+2ast



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