With 72 points between them, Dominic James Davon and Vernon Leon Macklin sealed the fate of Qatar Sports Club as El Jaish registered a dominating 108-85 victory in the Qatar Basketball Federation Men’s League at Al Gharafa Sports Club yesterday.
In the first match of the day, Qatar SC started slow as Jaish took a 5-1 lead. However, a nine-point run saw Qatar SC wrestle a 10-5 lead. However, by the end of the first quarter Jaish was back in the front at 28-23.
The second quarter was largely an even affair after both the teams dunked 26 points each, with the half-time score at 54-49.
Moments into the final quarter, with the scoreline at 82-71 in Jaish’s favour, a 13-point haul by Jaish players completely decimated Qatar SC’s confidence, and the latter were soon staring at a mammoth task.
Jaish pressed on, even extending their lead to 29 points at 106-77, before ending the game at 108-85.
Davon and Macklin dunked 37 and 35 points respectively, while Mohamed Yousef Mohamed and Fadi Hani Abilmona adding 14 and 11 points respectively.
James Edward Justice Jr’s match-leading haul of 41 points for Qatar SC ended up in vain eventually, while teammates Quinton Meddrick Doggett (14 points) and Abdirahman Ibrahim Giama (12 points) were the other players to get into double digits.
Al Gharafa brushed aside Al Arabi challenge with a big 93-59 win yesterday.
While Arabi did lead in the first few minutes of the game, thereafter it was Gharafa all the way.
A 15-point scoring run by Gharafa meant that they had the upper hand towards the end of the first quarter. Gharafa’s biggest lead was 47 points at 75-28.
Sammy Monroe Jr. II was the top-scorer for Al Gharafa with 25 points, while Wayne Alexander Arnold Jr, Khalid Abdulla Adam and Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad added 16, 12 and 10 points respectively.
Adamu Saaka scored 19 points for Al Arabi while teammates Emmanuel Osaro Adako and Fahad Abdulla Abu-Faisal added 12 points each.
Action in the league returns tomorrow, with Al Sadd taking on Al Ahli in the first match at 5:15pm, while Al Rayyan and Al Shamal facing off with each other at 7:15pm.