QBL Round 11 of Regular Season

Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

QBL round 11 most important game was a victory of Al Ahli over 6th ranked Al Shamal 112-73 on Saturday night. Al Ahli dominated down low during the game scoring 72 of its points in the paint compared to Al Shamal's 36. Al Ahli forced 20 Al Shamal turnovers and outrebounded them 40-27 including 26 on the defensive glass. Al Ahli looked well-organized offensively handing out 24 assists. American players dominated the game. Guard Nigel Johnson (187-1995, college: Virginia, agency: 6th Man Basketball Agency) orchestrated the victory by scoring 27 points and 9 assists. Center Taylor Adway (205-1996, college: Ferris St.) contributed with 18 points and 13 rebounds for the winners. Al Ahli D.'s coach Thomas Nikou felt very confident that he used 10 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Guard Shane Rector (188-1994, college: Utah St.) answered with 28 points for Al Shamal. Al Ahli have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain fourth place with 6-4 record. Al Shamal at the other side dropped to the fifth position with five games lost. They share it with Al Wakrah. Al Ahli's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Doha Qatar Club.
Another exciting game was a derby match between two teams from Doha: Al Rayyan (#1) and Al Gharafa (#7). Al Rayyan (9-1) crushed visiting Al Gharafa (2-8) by 19 points 101-82. It was a great evening for who led his team to a victory scoring 16 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Babacar Dieng helped adding 21 points. Al Rayyan's coach Stathis Nerantzakis allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. American forward Josh Hall (206-2000) responded with a triple-double by scoring 18 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. Al Rayyan have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain first place with 9-1 record. Al Gharafa lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the seventh position with eight games lost. They share it with Qatar Club. Al Rayyan's supporters look forward to another derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Doha .
Bottom-ranked Qatar Club managed to get a second victory on Saturday night. This time they outleveled eighth-ranked Al Khor in Doha 86-67. It's especially surprising that the victory came too easily and 19-point difference suggests that Qatar Club is in a good shape to leave the bottom place. It was an exceptional evening for Josh Nicholas who led the winners with a double-double by scoring 26 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists. Lazar Trunic came up with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists for Al Khor in the defeat. Qatar Club (2-8) moved-up to seventh place, which they share with Al Gharafa. Loser Al Khor dropped to the bottom position with eight games lost. Qatar Club's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Doha to the arena Al Ahli.

In the last game of round 11 Al Wakrah was smashed by Al Arabi on the road 113-66.
The most impressive performance of 11th round was 21 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists by Dee Bost of Al Arabi.



Qatar Club - Al Khor 86-67

Bottom-ranked Qatar Club managed to get a second victory on Saturday night. This time they outleveled eighth-ranked Al Khor in Doha 86-67. It's especially surprising that the victory came too easily and 19-point difference suggests that Qatar Club is in a good shape to leave the bottom place. They also forced 23 Al Khor turnovers. It was an exceptional evening for American-Jamaican guard Josh Nicholas (190-1998, college: ULM) who led the winners with a double-double by scoring 26 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists. Dejan Janjic accounted for 23 points and 8 rebounds for the winning side. Italian-Serbian Lazar Trunic (198-2000) came up with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists and American point guard Jesse Jones (183, college: Bridgeport) added 21 points and 5 assists respectively for Al Khor in the defeat. Qatar Club (2-8) moved-up to seventh place, which they share with Al Gharafa. Loser Al Khor dropped to the bottom position with eight games lost. Qatar Club's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Doha to the arena Al Ahli.
Top scorers:
Qatar Club: N.Josh 26+7reb+10ast, D.Janjic 23+8reb+3ast, T.Terrence 12+12reb, M.Aleksandar 9+5reb+1ast, A.Arnaoot 7+1reb+2ast, F.Alojan 6+2reb+1ast
Al Khor: L.Trunic 27+8reb+4ast, J.Jones 21+4reb+5ast, D.Djibrirou 5+6reb, D.Abdoukhader 4+10reb+1ast, N.Karim 3+1reb+1ast, G.Shawki 3+4reb+1ast

Al Shamal - Al Ahli D. 73-112

QBL round 11 most important game was a victory of Al Ahli over 6th ranked Al Shamal 112-73 on Saturday night. Al Ahli dominated down low during the game scoring 72 of its points in the paint compared to Al Shamal's 36. Al Ahli forced 20 Al Shamal turnovers and outrebounded them 40-27 including 26 on the defensive glass. Al Ahli looked well-organized offensively handing out 24 assists. American players dominated the game. Guard Nigel Johnson (187-1995, college: Virginia, agency: 6th Man Basketball Agency) orchestrated the victory by scoring 27 points and 9 assists. Center Taylor Adway (205-1996, college: Ferris St.) contributed with a double-double by scoring 18 points and 13 rebounds for the winners. Johnson is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. Four Al Ahli D. players scored in double figures. Al Ahli D.'s coach Thomas Nikou felt very confident that he used 10 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Guard Shane Rector (188-1994, college: Utah St.) answered with 28 points and guard Tyree Crump (185-1997, college: Georgia, agency: BIG) added 21 points and 6 rebounds (was perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line !!!) in the effort for Al Shamal. Al Ahli have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain fourth place with 6-4 record. Al Shamal at the other side dropped to the fifth position with five games lost. They share it with Al Wakrah. Al Ahli's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Doha Qatar Club.
Top scorers:
Al Ahli D.: J.Nigel 27+2reb+9ast, R.Raekwon 19+10reb, A.Taylor 18+13reb+3ast, M.Abbasher 12+4reb+3ast, M.Darwish 11+2reb, M.Ndao 9+7reb+2ast
Al Shamal: S.Rector 28+2reb+3ast, T.Crump 21+6reb+2ast, T.Baxter Jr. 18+6reb+1ast, H.Ghassan 5+6reb+5ast, N.Alioune 1+5reb+2ast, A.Oussama 0

Al Rayyan - Al Gharafa 101-82

Another exciting game was a derby match between two teams from Doha: Al Rayyan (#1) and Al Gharafa (#7). Al Rayyan (9-1) crushed visiting Al Gharafa (2-8) by 19 points 101-82. Al Rayyan dominated down low during the game scoring 62 of its points in the paint compared to Al Gharafa's 34. They outrebounded Al Gharafa 41-28 including a 37-25 advantage in defensive rebounds. Al Rayyan players were unselfish on offense dishing 25 assists. It was a great evening for Abdulla Mousa who led his team to a victory scoring 16 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. International forward Babacar Dieng (196-1997) helped adding 21 points. Al Rayyan's coach Stathis Nerantzakis allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. American forward Josh Hall (206-2000) responded with a triple-double by scoring 18 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists and Greek forward Georgios Mykoniatis (198-2006) scored 21 points. Five Al Rayyan and four Al Gharafa players scored in double figures. Al Rayyan have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain first place with 9-1 record. Al Gharafa lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the seventh position with eight games lost. They share it with Qatar Club. Al Rayyan's supporters look forward to another derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Doha .
Top scorers:
Al Rayyan: D.Babacar 21+2reb+3ast, F.Rolands 19+4reb+1ast, B.Rion 16+2reb+4ast, A.Mousa 16+7reb+8ast, H.Tyler 14+2reb, H.Meho 7+6reb
Al Gharafa: G.Mykoniatis 21+1reb+1ast, Y.Azam 19+4reb, J.Hall 18+14reb+10ast, A.Raslan 15+5reb+2ast, A.Zaahin 5+2reb+2ast, M.Mohd 4+2reb+3ast

Al Arabi - Al Wakrah 113-66

No shocking result in a game when second ranked Al Arabi (8-2) crushed 5th ranked Al Wakrah (5-5) in Doha 113-66 on Monday. Al Arabi outrebounded Al Wakrah 45-32 including a 31-18 advantage in defensive rebounds. Al Arabi shot the lights out from three sinking 19 long-distance shots on high 52.8 percentage. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 26 assists. It was an exceptional evening for Bulgarian-American point guard Dee Bost (189-1989, college: MSU) who led the winners and scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Ousmanediatta Dieng accounted for 18 points and 11 rebounds for the winning side. Five Al Arabi players scored in double figures. American-Mali guard Bakary Camara (198-1998, college: Bridgeport) came up with 13 points and 6 rebounds and Ndour Mame Souleye added 16 points respectively for Al Wakrah in the defeat. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Defending champion maintains second place with 8-2 record behind leader Al Rayyan. Loser Al Wakrah keeps the fifth position with five games lost. They share it with Al Shamal. 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:
Al Arabi: B.Dee 21+7reb+6ast, A.Mustafa 19+7reb+4ast, O.Dieng 18+11reb+3ast, D.Sindou 16+3reb+8ast, Y.Abdelrahman 12+4reb+1ast, K.Roushdy 10+7reb+3ast
Al Wakrah: S.Ndour Mame 16+1reb+1ast, B.Camara 13+6reb+3ast, J.Mubarak 8+7reb, W.Alcegaire 7+3reb+1ast, M.Ehab 5+4reb, A.Mitchell 4+4reb+9ast