QBL Round 4 (Regular Season): Al Rayyan lose their first game against Al Ahli D.

Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most surprising game was the first loss of Al Rayyan (3-1) in Doha on Sunday night. Visitors were defeated by sixth ranked Al Ahli D. (3-2) 73-65. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Al Rayyan. Al Ahli D. dominated down low during the game scoring 44 of its points in the paint compared to Al Rayyan's 22. They outrebounded Al Rayyan 47-21 including a 15-4 advantage in offensive rebounds. Worth to mention a great performance of Greek center Stavros Toutziarakis (210-1987) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 16 points and 19 rebounds (on 7-of-8 shooting from the field) and the former international guard Mohamed Ndao (193-2007) who added 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists during the contest. At the losing side the former international point guard Abdulla Mousa (184-2008) responded with 22 points and 4 assists. Al Ahli D. have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to fourth place. Defending champion Al Rayyan still keeps top position with one game lost. They share it with Al Arabi and Al Wakrah. Al Ahli D.'s supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Doha to the arena Al Sadd.
Very significant was Al Arabi's (#3) 66-56 road victory against one of their biggest challengers Qatar Club. It was a key game for the top position in the league. The winners were led by South Sudanese-Australian center Deng Acuoth (208-1996) who had that evening a double-double by scoring 13 points and 18 rebounds and Khalid Abdi supported him with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists. Al Arabi's coach Hatem Mamlouk allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Even 24 points by American guard Holland Woods II (184-1999, college: GCU, agency: Octagon Europe) did not help to save the game for Qatar Club. Al Arabi (3-1) keeps a position of league leader, which they share with Al Rayyan and Al Wakrah. Qatar Club at the other side dropped to the sixth place with two games lost. Al Arabi's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Doha Al Shamal.
Bottom-ranked Al Khor (0-4) is still winless. This time they could not use their home court advantage losing their fourth consecutive match to seventh ranked Al Sadd (2-1) 92-77 on Saturday evening. Babacar Dieng fired a double-double by scoring 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. Tyree Crump produced 23 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals for lost side. Al Sadd moved-up to fifth place. Loser Al Khor still closes the standings with four games lost. Al Sadd's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Doha Al Ahli D..

In the last game of round 4 Al Wakrah destroyed Al Shamal on the opponent's court 99-69.
The most impressive stats of the last round was 19 points and 12 rebounds by Ronald Delph of Al Sadd.



Qatar Club - Al Arabi 56-66

Very significant was Al Arabi's (#3) 66-56 road victory against one of their biggest challengers Qatar Club. It was a key game for the top position in the league. They outrebounded Qatar Club 46-31 including a 36-25 advantage in defensive rebounds. The winners were led by South Sudanese-Australian center Deng Acuoth (208-1996) who had that evening a double-double by scoring 13 points and 18 rebounds and the former international swingman Khalid Abdi (199-1987) supported him with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists. Four Al Arabi players scored in double figures. Al Arabi's coach Hatem Mamlouk allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Even 24 points by American guard Holland Woods II (184-1999, college: GCU, agency: Octagon Europe) did not help to save the game for Qatar Club. Serbian Dejan Janjic (198-1995) added 12 points and 6 rebounds for lost side. Al Arabi (3-1) keeps a position of league leader, which they share with Al Rayyan and Al Wakrah. Qatar Club at the other side dropped to the sixth place with two games lost. Al Arabi's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Doha Al Shamal.
Top scorers:
Qatar Club: H.Woods II 24+3reb+3ast, S.Diallo 12+4reb, D.Janjic 12+6reb+3ast, A.Ndoye 5+6reb, A.Abdalla Ali 3+4reb+3ast, A.Diop 0+5reb+2ast
Al Arabi: K.Brown 19+4reb+4ast, A.Khaled 17+6reb+3ast, A.Deng 13+18reb+3ast, K.Abdi 11+13reb+5ast, A.Omar 5+2reb, M.Hussein 1+2reb

Al Shamal - Al Wakrah 69-99

Very expected game in Doha where 8th ranked Al Shamal (1-4) was crushed by second ranked Al Wakrah (3-1) 99-69 on Saturday. Al Wakrah forced 19 Al Shamal turnovers. American guard Darious Clark (193-1990, college: Slippery Rock) fired 22 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals (made all of his seven free throws) for the winners. The former international center Ndour Mame Souleye (206-1987) chipped in 30 points and 5 rebounds. Clark is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. Al Wakrah's coach felt very confident that he used 11 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. American center Tyler Harris (208-1993, college: Auburn, agency: AG Sports Solutions) produced a double-double by scoring 29 points and 13 rebounds and Palestinian-Canadian forward Shane Osayande (200-1993, college: Saskatchewan) added 20 points and 12 rebounds respectively for lost side. Al Wakrah have a solid three-game winning streak. They keep a position of league leader, which they share with Al Rayyan and Al Arabi. Al Shamal lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the eighth place with four games lost. Al Wakrah will meet at home bottom-ranked Al Khor (#9) in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Al Shamal's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Doha to the arena Al Arabi.
Top scorers:
Al Shamal: T.Harris 29+13reb+3ast, S.Osayande 20+12reb+1ast, A.Fadi 6+1reb+3ast, M.Talla 6+2reb+1ast, M.Hasan-Mohamed 6+5reb, M.Fakhirah 2+3reb+1ast
Al Wakrah: N.Mame Souleye 30+5reb, D.Clark 22+6reb+9ast, A.Mitchell 20+9reb+5ast, J.Mubarak 9+6reb, D.Djibrirou 8+3reb+1ast, G.Abdirahman 8+5reb+5ast

Al Ahli D. - Al Rayyan 73-65

The most surprising game was the first loss of Al Rayyan (3-1) in Doha on Sunday night. Visitors were defeated by sixth ranked Al Ahli D. (3-2) 73-65. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Al Rayyan. Al Ahli D. dominated down low during the game scoring 44 of its points in the paint compared to Al Rayyan's 22. They outrebounded Al Rayyan 47-21 including a 15-4 advantage in offensive rebounds. Worth to mention a great performance of Greek center Stavros Toutziarakis (210-1987) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 16 points and 19 rebounds (on 7-of-8 shooting from the field) and the former international guard Mohamed Ndao (193-2007) who added 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists during the contest. Five Al Ahli D. players scored in double figures. At the losing side the former international point guard Abdulla Mousa (184-2008) responded with 22 points and 4 assists and American guard Shamorie Ponds (185-1998, college: St.John's) scored 16 points and 4 assists. Al Ahli D. have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to fourth place. Defending champion Al Rayyan still keeps top position with one game lost. They share it with Al Arabi and Al Wakrah. Al Ahli D.'s supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Doha to the arena Al Sadd.
Top scorers:
Al Rayyan: M.Abdulla 22+2reb+4ast, S.Ponds 16+3reb+4ast, M.Heron 8+2reb+1ast, M.Haracic 6+1reb, M.Faye 5+7reb, A.Bobo Magassa 5+5reb+1ast
Al Ahli D.: N.Mohamed 17+6reb+5ast, S.Toutziarakis 16+19reb+1ast, N.Seydou 15+8reb+2ast, A.Mohammed 13+8reb+3ast, B.Massey 12+5reb+6ast, H.Kurtovic 0

Al Khor - Al Sadd 77-92

Bottom-ranked Al Khor (0-4) is still winless. This time they could not use their home court advantage losing their fourth consecutive match to seventh ranked Al Sadd (2-1) 92-77 on Saturday evening. Al Sadd dominated down low during the game scoring 56 of its points in the paint compared to Al Khor's 34. They outrebounded Al Khor 48-34 including 34 on the defensive glass. Al Sadd looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists. International forward Babacar Dieng (196-1997) fired a double-double by scoring 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. American Darryl Owens chipped in a double-double by scoring 17 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists. Four Al Sadd players scored in double figures. American guard Tyree Crump (185-1997, college: Georgia, agency: BIG) produced 23 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals and his fellow American import swingman Jerald Gillens-Butler (196-1997, college: Elon) added 24 points and 6 rebounds respectively for lost side. Al Sadd moved-up to fifth place. Loser Al Khor still closes the standings with four games lost. Al Sadd's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Doha Al Ahli D..
Top scorers:
Al Khor: J.Gillens-Butler 24+6reb+3ast, T.Crump 23+9reb+7ast, O.Salem 15+9reb+1ast, A.Kosar 8+2reb, N.Waleed 5+2reb+1ast, K.Mohamed 2+6reb+2ast
Al Sadd: B.Dieng 25+10reb+4ast, R.Delph 19+12reb+1ast, O.Darryl 17+7reb+12ast, O.Saad 14+5reb+2ast, Y.Badr 6+1reb+1ast, A.Faisal 4+4reb+2ast