Antranik
CHAMPION OF LEBANON BY NAILING Homentmen antelias (66-56) AND ENDING THE
SERIES (3-0)
3
weeks after their defeats vs riyadi in the final of Lebanon cup , the
first in 2 years. Antranik heroes coached by the Lebanese Chafic akiki
with a team consisting of great heroes by the names of chada nasr, Nayla
alam el dine, nisrine dandan, Tamara khalil,Natalie mamo, sossy hamouch,
maya achkar, cherine el cherif,natalie jbeily, diala balech, jessica
ghazarian, rima naja, remy saida, chandrabrown.
clinched the valuable Lebanese Championship Cup for the 2005-2006
season. Antranik win the Lebanese Championship without any loss (16wins
in 16 games). 7 championships sins 10 years and 49 victory of sharp.
In its last game of the final of Lebanese championship, the Champions of
Lebanon and the best Arabs women team hosted Homentmen antelias in
center Demerjian and succeeded in taking a good care of their guests.
The league leaders, easily, smashed their guests by a well deserved 10
points margin, 66-56 specifically in a game where Antranik had better
athletic skills, collective game and defence.
the antranik�s coach chafic akiki begin the game with his 5 abitual
players: Chandra brown, cherine el cherif, Nayla alam el dine, nisrine
dandan et chada nasr.
On the other hand, the homentmen antelias� s coach koussay hatem begin
with his abitual 5 player: zaruhi aleksanian, Christine mofarej, alik
tabakian, Natalie saoujianet Sandra njeim.
Antranik quickly took a broad advantage which who was impossible to
rattrap for the opposing team. The second quarter began with a very good
concentration from Homentmen antelias players on both defensive side
which resulted an 1 point lead at . the end of second quarter, 13-12.The
scoreboard signalled 36 - 27 as the half witnessed an amazing
performance from the Antranik team who was the leader in scoring during
this first half of the game. Less better organized than Antranik the
girls of Homentmen antelias suffered throughout second half time and did
not manage to return to the score .the match finished on the score of
66-56 for Antranik.
For Antranik,chandra brown was the best scorer of the game with 17
points while the team's lebanese Nisrine dandan scored 14 points .
As, for Homentmen antelias the best scorer was Nesrine njem with 17
points .
Riyadi take the third place after after ended the series 2-1 over
Homentmen Beirut.
Lebanese Basketball Premier League Women Final
Friday, March 17, 2006
Antranik - Homentmen Antleas, 62 : 46 ( 20-16, 14-14,
12-12, 16-4)
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Homentmen Antleas - Antranik 45: 76 (10-15,
22-21,3-24,10-16)
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Antranik - Homentmen Antleas 66: 56
(24-14,12-13,20-15,14-10)
Riyadi
crowned champion of the Women Lebanese Cup
Antranik's two year non-losing run ended up on Saturday the 4th of March
facing Riyadi�s women team. Riyadi was crowned Lebanese cup 2006
champion after defeating Antranik by 5 points with a final score of 61
to 56.
Since the very beginning it looked obvious that it was an exciting close
game. Riyadi finished the first quarter leading by one single point, 15
- 14.
The second quarter began with a very good concentration from Riyadi
players on both defensive and offensive sides which resulted an 11
points lead at half time. The scoreboard signaled 35 - 24 as the half
witnessed an amazing performance from the team's forward
Nour Chkeir who was the leader in scoring during this first half of
the game.
The second half began with Antranik trying to come back to the game as
Nisrine Dandan tried to give a push to her teammates. However, Riyadi's
forward
Talar Marcusian nailed 2 three pointers, breaking down Antranik�s
zone defense efficiently. Dandan managed to close the gap to 6 points as
Antranik ended up the third quarter trailing 46 � 40.
Both teams began the last quarter with a single goal: winning the
trophy! Antranik's Nisrine Dandan kept pushing and scoring on fast
breaks and hitting the long range shots, while Riyadi's Mayssa Fneish
did a good defensive job after she replaced the American
Jessica Butler (191-C). Butler had a small shoulder injury 3 minutes
into the 4th quarter. Riyadi's experienced point guard Nelly Nassar
controlled the last minutes of the game leading her team alongside
Marcusian and Chkeir. Both ladies succeeded in hitting 3 long range
shots to snatch the Lebanese cup title.
The Last cup title holder was Antranik who won the final game two years
ago against ENB.
Riyadi's
Emma Eskedjian (-C) dominated the glass grabbing 14 rebounds and
managed to score 18 points; while
Nour Chkeir lead the team in scoring with 19 points and grabbed 8
rebounds.
Talar Marcusian nailed 4 3 pointers and the team's American
Jessica Butler (191-C) grabbed 10 rebounds. As for Antranik,
Nisrine Dandan was the best scorer of the game with 20 points while
the team's import Shandra Brown scored 10 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.