Khalid Suliman Abdi (left) of Al Sadd rises to score against Al Khor during their Qatar Men’s Basketball League match at Al Gharafa Sports Club yesterday. Abdi scored 22 points as Sadd won the match 97-85. PICTURE: Mamdouh

By Sports Reporter/Doha


Patrick Ronald Rembert and Charles Abouo scored 63 points between them but that wasn’t enough as Al Sadd beat Al Khor 97-85 in the Qatar Men’s Basketball League at Al Gharafa Sports Club yesterday.
Rembert scored 32 points, while Abouo scored 31 but with little scoring from the rest of the squad, they couldn’t force a win for Khor.
Sadd, powered by Mohamed Deba Kone and Khalid Suliman Abdi, led for almost 39 minutes of the match for an eventual victory.
Kone scored 26, while Abdi had 22 points to his name. The others in the team who got to double figures were Michael Brandon Provost (17 points), Saad Abdulrahman Ali (15 points) and Erfan Ali Saeed (10 points).
In the other match of the day, Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad led Gharafa to a 67-57 win over El Jaish.
Saad was the leading scorer in the match with 23 points, while Emmanuel Osaro Adako added 17 points, and Omar Abdelkader Salem 10.
For Jaish, who could never wrest the lead from the eventual winners, Vernon Leon Macklin scored 14 points, while Fadi Hani Abilmona added 13 and Alex Charles Legion scored 10.
Action in the league returns on Saturday, with Al Wakrah taking on Al Ahli in the first match at 5:15pm, while Qatar Sports Club and Al Shamal face off at 7:15pm.


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