By Danotzki Santos/Doha
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Al Rayyan bombarded Qatar Club with a 52-17 onslaught in the second half to overhaul a 5-point halftime deficit and snatch a convincing 78-48 victory last night in the HH the Emir Basketball Cup at the Al Gharafa Indoor Arena.
Qatar Sports Club looked good at the start and soared to a 13-2 advantage behind Leslie’s intense outside sniping at the start of the ball game.
Tanguy Ngombo retaliated with 7 unanswered markers and Harold Boney Watson added a rainbow conversion bringing down the deficit to a solitary point at 12-13 at the end of the first period.
Leslie and Adel Khalifa drilled three successive long bombers after Okuson opened up the second quarter with a winner to tow the yellow shirts back to a double-digit lead at 24-14 midway in the period.
Al Rayyan went on a 10-1 run before Leslie and Khalifa conspired once more for 6-2 spurt to wind up the first half with Qatar on top, 31-26.
Coach Brian Rowsom’s boys ran berserk in the third quarter to wrest the upper hand and rampaged their way to a 51-37 advantage enroute to the lopsided 30-point victory.
Meanwhile, Calvin Earl Cage and Victor Hakim Thomas combined for 47 points to pummel Al Gharafa to an 89-75 beating of a hapless Al Wakrah squad in the first game.
The burly forward Thomas also dished out 9 assists and hauled down 7 rebounds to cap an outstanding all-around game. Cage top-scored with 26 points and Awako Emanuel lorded the boards with 13 rebounds.