Superleague Round 2 of Quarter-Finals

NBEC - Al Ahly 77-88

Al Ahly dominated down low during the game scoring 50 of its points in the paint compared to NBEC's 28. Al Ahly forced 23 NBEC turnovers and outrebounded them 51-27 including a 18-5 advantage in offensive rebounds. Al Ahly looked well-organized offensively handing out 31 assists. The best player for the winners was the former international power forward Raneem Elgedawy (193-1997, college: WKU) who had a double-double by scoring 35 points (!!!), 10 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 steals. The former international guard Nadine Soliman (178-1998, college: UNCG) chipped in a double-double by scoring 15 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists. Al Ahly's coach Tarek Abouzeid used a ten-player rotation and allowed the starting five to rest. point guard Farida Youssef (166-2003) produced 24 points and 9 assists and forward Huda Alaa (180) added 15 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists respectively for the hosts. Four NBEC players scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
NBEC: Y.Farida 24+2reb+9ast, S.Shadw 19+2reb+4ast, A.Huda 15+9reb+5ast, E.Aiten 11+5reb+1ast, T.Mona 6+2reb+5ast, E.Yasmine 2+3reb+1ast
Al Ahly: R.Elgedawy 35+10reb+9ast, N.Soliman 15+17reb+4ast, M.Rose 10+9reb+2ast, S.Degheidy 6+1ast, D.Amir 6+2reb+1ast, R.Oweis 6+4reb+6ast

Misr Insurance - Alexandria 60-86

Alexandria dominated down low during the game scoring 50 of its points in the paint compared to Misr Insurance's 30. Alexandria forced 22 Misr Insurance turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 26 assists. The former international guard Nouralla Abdelalim (184-1997) had a double-double by scoring 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead the charge for the winners and the former international forward Hagar Amer (184-1993) chipped in 19 points and 11 rebounds during the contest. Four Alexandria players scored in double figures. The former international Shaza Abdelhakam (-1992) responded with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists and guard Nada Moneer (-2002) scored 13 points and 5 rebounds. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games.
Top scorers:
Misr Insurance: M.Nada 13+5reb+1ast, A.Shaza 12+7reb+5ast, M.Malaa 8+2reb+3ast, M.Menna 7+4reb+2ast, A.Talaat Reem 6+9reb+3ast, M.Nada 6+3reb+4ast
Alexandria: N.Abdelalim 20+12reb+2ast, H.Amer 19+11reb+2ast, D.Cierra 11+5reb+8ast, H.Elgizawy 10+6reb+2ast, A.Bakr 9+1reb+2ast, N.Mahmoud 7+3reb

Heliopolis - Shooting 56-35

Heliopolis held Shooting to an opponent 24.5 percent shooting from the field compared to 33.3 percent accuracy of the winners. Heliopolis forced 36 Shooting turnovers. Farida Mossad (177-2003) notched 19 points and 5 rebounds to lead the effort and the former international point guard Malak Gamaleldin (169-2002) supported her with 12 points and 6 rebounds. Even 6 points and 6 rebounds by point guard Hana Elgoly (167-2007) did not help to save the game for Shooting. Reham Elzomor added 3 points and 10 rebounds for the guests. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games.
Top scorers:
Shooting: G.Mariam 7+2reb+1ast, S.Nour 6+2reb+1ast, E.Hana 6+6reb+1ast, J.Hazem 4, B.Salma 3+2reb+1ast, E.Reham 3+10reb
Heliopolis: F.Mossad 19+5reb+1ast, M.Gamaleldin 12+6reb, J.Sayed 8+6reb, S.El 7+5reb+4ast, N.Merssal 5+6reb, Y.Taha 5+4reb+2ast

Somouha - Al Gezira 71-79

Al Gezira made 19-of-21 free shots (90.5 percent) during the game. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 25 assists. The best player for the winners was Radwa Alaa who scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Guard Jana Elshamy (175-2004) chipped in 15 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Center Malak Sadek (185-2003) produced 14 points and 6 rebounds and the former international guard Joudi Elsayed (182-2009) added 12 points respectively for the hosts. Somouha's coach Mahmoud Emad rotated twelve players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Somouha: S.Malak 14+6reb+1ast, E.Joudi 12+4reb+3ast, A.Menna 10+3reb+2ast, A.Reem 9+3reb+1ast, H.Farida 6+8reb, N.Hania 5+4reb
Al Gezira: Z.Haleem 20+7reb+1ast, R.Alaa 20+8reb+5ast, J.Elshamy 15+6reb+8ast, S.Khaled 8+8reb+3ast, K.Abouelghait 6+3reb+2ast, S.Abdellatif 5+4reb+2ast