Vernon Leon Macklin (right) of El Jaish goes for a basket during their Qatar Cup match against Al Shamal at Al Gharafa Sports Club yesterday. Macklin scored 15 points in his team’s win. PICTURE: Othman al-Samaraee
Picture at the right: Qatar Sports Club’s Torrington Cox (right) in action against Al Gharafa during their match yesterday.
By Sports Reporter/Doha
An impressive Torrington Cox was not enough to salvage the Qatar Cup match against Al Gharafa as Qatar Sports Club went down 100-73 at Al Gharafa Sports Club yesterday.
Cox was not only the top-scorer of the match with 28 points, he also had 13 rebounds against his name at the end of the match.
When it all began, Qatar SC looked in control with a 13-7 lead after the first five minutes. Cox’s team had a four-point advantage after the first quarter but from thereon, Gharafa looked increasingly menacing right till they posted a victory with a 27-point margin.
Samuel Monroe Jr. and Emmanuel Adako did the bulk of the scoring for Gharafa with the former scoring 23 points and the latter 22.
Monroe Jr., besides having six two-pointers, three three-pointers and two free-throws against his name, also notched up a team-high nine defensive rebounds.
Adako was impressive every time he got under the net scoring seven two-pointers, two three-pointers and two free throws.
Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad (15 points), Omar Abdelkader Salem (11) and Hussen Abdelrahman Dosa (10) were the others to get into double figures for the eventual winners.
For Qatar SC, Mahmoud Ahmed (17 points) and Jama al-Rahman (15) were among the other scorers.
Earlier, Shawn Taggart led El Jaish to a comfortable 82-55 victory over Al Shamal.
The American forward scored match-high 23 points as Jaish brushed aside Shamal’s challenge almost from the word go.
Shamal did get off the mark first going 3-0 up against their opponents but once Jaish got going, Shamal offered little challenge and eventually lost by a 27-point margin.
Taggart dunked six two-pointers, two three-pointers and five free throws besides notching up eight rebounds for his effort.
The six feet 10 American was ably supported by Vernon Leon Macklin with 15 points and Boney Harold Watson with 11 points.
For Shamal, Kosa al-Kader scored 15 points, which included three two-pointers, two baskets from beyond the arc and three free-throws.
Salim Badir and Mohamed Kamal Hachad pitched in with 10 points each.
In tomorrow’s games at Al Gharafa Sports Club, Jaish will face Al Arabi in the early match at 5pm while Gharafa will take on Al Rayyan at 7pm.
