Review of Superleague Round 1 of Semi-Finals

Alexandria - Heliopolis 75-51

Alexandria outrebounded Heliopolis 59-39 including a 22-6 advantage in offensive rebounds. The former international forward Hala El-Shaarawy (185-1993, college: St.Peter's) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 11 points and 17 rebounds for the winners and the former international guard Nouralla Abdelalim (184-1997) chipped in 15 points and 11 rebounds. Four Alexandria players scored in double figures. Alexandria's coach Amr Elsebakhy felt very confident using entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. At the losing side the former international guard Alia El Shabrawy (160-2001) responded with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists and the former international forward Nada Merssal (182-1995) scored 2 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.
Top scorers:
Alexandria: A.Bakr 16+2reb+3ast, N.Abdelalim 15+11reb+2ast, H.El-Shaarawy 11+17reb+3ast, D.Cierra 11+5reb+5ast, I.Salah 6+2reb+3ast, N.Ahmed 4+2reb
Heliopolis: E.Shabrawy Alia 21+5reb+5ast, G.Malak 10+4reb+3ast, M.Farida 9+2reb, E.Aya 4+3reb+1ast, A.Farida 3+4reb+2ast, M.Nada 2+12reb+4ast

Al Ahly - Al Gezira 87-61

Al Ahly outrebounded Al Gezira 52-27 including a 17-6 advantage in offensive rebounds. Al Ahly looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. The former international power forward Raneem Elgedawy (193-1997, college: WKU) stepped up and scored 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists (on 7-of-8 shooting from the field) for the winners and the former international guard Soraya Degheidy (172-1995) chipped in 19 points. Al Ahly's coach Tarek Abouzeid felt very confident using entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. At the losing side Sara Khaled responded with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals and the former international Radwa Sherif (184-1998) scored 10 points and 5 rebounds.
Top scorers:
Al Ahly: R.Elgedawy 22+9reb+4ast, S.Degheidy 19+2reb+1ast, N.Soliman 14+5reb+3ast, M.Hazem 8+4reb+1ast, N.Tamara 7+7reb+4ast, F.Abdelnabi 6+1reb+3ast
Al Gezira: E.Jana 14+2reb+1ast, K.Sara 12+5reb+4ast, S.Radwa 10+5reb+2ast, A.Sandy 9+3reb+3ast, A.Radwa 7+3reb+2ast, A.Khadiga 6+7reb+3ast