Al Sadd celebrate QBL title

Alen Hadzibegovic

Al Gharafa - Al Sadd 64-83

Al Sadd outscored Al Gharafa to win the championship series 2-1. Al Sadd forced 19 Al Gharafa turnovers and outrebounded them 50-32 including a 39-24 advantage in defensive rebounds. The best player for the winners was Montenegrin forward Alen Hadzibegovic (207-1999, agency: BeoBasket) who had a double-double by scoring 25 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. American guard Byron Ashe (186-1995, college: Longwood) chipped in 19 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals. Al Sadd's coach Vassilis Bratsiakos used an eleven-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. At the other side the best for losing team was American center Tyler Harris (208-1993, college: Auburn, agency: Interperformances) who recorded 22 points and 7 rebounds and the former international forward Nedim Muslic (197-1998) added 15 points and 5 rebounds respectively.
Top scorers:
Al Gharafa: T.Harris 22+7reb+1ast, N.Muslic 15+5reb+3ast, M.Yousuf Mohmmed 9+6reb+4ast, A.Mitchell 8+5reb+3ast, G.Abdirahman 7+3reb, M.Ouiri 2+2reb+1ast
Al Sadd: A.Hadzibegovic 25+13reb+4ast, B.Dieng 19+9reb+2ast, B.Ashe 19+7reb+7ast, Z.Sarikopoulos 9+15reb+2ast, O.Saad 6+1reb+1ast, Y.Badr 5+3reb+1ast