2012 Fiba Asia Cup: Khatib Fadi leads Lebanon to the 7th place

Fadi El Khatib

Lebanon-Uzbekistan 84:73

Fadi Khatib (199-F-79) leads Lebanon to the 7th place at the 2012 Fiba Asia Cup He erupted with 44 points as his team won over Uzbekistan 84:73 in the last game. The latter finished on the 8th position.
Lebanon scored the first 8 points in the game and never looked behind after. They won the first period 28-15 and added 21-16 in the second frame. Moreover Lebanon was stronger in the third quarter with 18-17 for 67:48 lead after 30 minutes. Uzbekistan replied with 25-17 to reduce to 11 points at the end.
Elie Estephane (193-G-86, college: Alabama So. CC) scored 14 points for the winners and Elie Roustom (197-F-87) posted 11. Aleksandr Kozlov (201-F-82) finished the game with 24 points in defeat and Samender Juginisov (202-F-87) delivered 17. Nail Kadirov (200-F-89) and Aleksandr Yahin (205-C-89) scored 8 points each in a loss.

Lebanon: Fadi Khatib 44, Elie Estephane 14, Elie Roustom 11
Uzbekistan: Aleksandr Kozlov 24, Samender Juginisov 17, Nail Kadirov 8, Aleksandr Yahin 8