Division I Round 2: Ezzahra lose to ES Sahel - Oct 4, 2018
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There were only 2 rounds played so far and it's still very beginning of the Regular Season in Division I. There were many interesting games last round. The round ended with change at the leadership position and favorites losing the games. Here is the last round review presented by ESL.
The biggest surprise of round 2 in Division I took place in Sousse where host ES Sahel (1-1) crushed Ezzahra (1-1) 76-53 on Wednesday evening. Ezzahra will play next round against strong U.S. Monastir trying to make it back to the top of the standings. ES Sahel will try to continue on its current victory against AS Hammamet at home. ESG (1-1) recorded a loss on the court of DSG. Visitors were defeated by DSG 98-91. DSG will play against Club Africain (#5) in Tunis in the next round. ESG will play at home against JS Manazeh and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Very important is a home loss of JS Kairouan (1-1) against U.S. Monastir (1-1) on Wednesday night. Host JS Kairouan was defeated by U.S. Monastir in Kairouan 76-60. U.S. Monastir will meet at home Ezzahra (#5) in the next round. JS Kairouan will play against Stade Nabeulien and it may be a tough game between close rivals. An exciting game was played in Hammamet. Stade Nabeulien faced AS Hammamet. Guests from Nabeul (2-0) smashed host AS Hammamet (0-2) 77-57. Stade Nabeulien's next round opponent will be JS Kairouan (#4) at home. AS Hammamet will play against ES Sahel in Sousse and hope to win that game. An exciting game was played in Rades. ES Rades faced JS Manazeh. Host ES Rades (2-0) smashed guests from Manazeh (1-1) 82-62. ES Rades will face CA Bizerte (#6) in Bizertin in the next round where they are favorite. JS Manazeh will play on the road against ESG (#4) in Goulette and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
In the last game of round 2 C Africain defeated CA Bizertin in Tunis 70-55.
An exciting game was played in Hammamet. Stade Nabeulien faced AS Hammamet. Guests from Nabeul (2-0) smashed host AS Hammamet (0-2) 77-57. Stade Nabeulien's next round opponent will be JS Kairouan (#4) at home. AS Hammamet will play against ES Sahel in Sousse and hope to win that game.
ESG (1-1) recorded a loss on the court of DSG. Visitors were defeated by DSG 98-91. DSG will play against Club Africain (#5) in Tunis in the next round. ESG will play at home against JS Manazeh and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Very important is a home loss of JS Kairouan (1-1) against U.S. Monastir (1-1) on Wednesday night. Host JS Kairouan was defeated by U.S. Monastir in Kairouan 76-60. U.S. Monastir will meet at home Ezzahra (#5) in the next round. JS Kairouan will play against Stade Nabeulien and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
There was a minor upset in Bizertin where CA Bizerte (0-1) was defeated by Club Africain (1-2) 70-55 on Wednesday. Club Africain will face DSG in the next round and it may be quite challenging game. CA Bizerte will play against ES Rades (#1) and hope to win that game.
An exciting game was played in Rades. ES Rades faced JS Manazeh. Host ES Rades (2-0) smashed guests from Manazeh (1-1) 82-62. ES Rades will face CA Bizerte (#6) in Bizertin in the next round where they are favorite. JS Manazeh will play on the road against ESG (#4) in Goulette and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
The biggest surprise of round 2 in Division I took place in Sousse where host ES Sahel (1-1) crushed Ezzahra (1-1) 76-53 on Wednesday evening. Ezzahra will play next round against strong U.S. Monastir trying to make it back to the top of the standings. ES Sahel will try to continue on its current victory against AS Hammamet at home.
Michael Roll selected the top Tunisian playing abroad in last week's games - 6 days ago
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We bring you last week's top performances from Tunisians who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level. This week's number one is an international shooting guard Michael Roll (198-87). He contributed to Maccabi T-A's victory against the league outsider Darussafaka in the Euroleague in Thursday night's game.
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MICHAEL ROLL
We bring you last week's top performances from Tunisians who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level.
#1. This week's number one is an international shooting guard Michael Roll (198-87, college: UCLA, currently plays in Euroleague). He contributed to a 2-point Maccabi T-A's victory against the league outsider Darussafaka (1-10) 73-71 in the Euroleague in Thursday night's game.
Roll scored 8 points in 21 minutes on the court.
Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv (3-8) is placed 14th in the Euroleague.
There are only four games left until the end of the Euroleague Regular Season. So now every game will be critical.
Roll has relatively good stats this year: 10.4ppg, 1.9rpg, 2.9apg, 3FGP: 37.9% in 10 games he played so far.
He is a naturalized American.
Roll is currently a member of the Tunisian senior national team. Strangely he has never played in Tunisia.
#2. Second place goes to an international power forward Makram Ben Romdhane (205-89, currently plays in France). Ben Romdhane was the major contributor in a Saint Chamond's victory against the 15th-ranked Denain Voltaire (2-6) 79-73 in the French ProB (second division) last Friday.
He scored 14 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished 3 assists.
Saint Chamond Basket Valle du Gier (5-3) is placed fourth in the ProB.
But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen.
It's Ben Romdhane's first year with the team.
This season Ben Romdhane has relatively solid stats: 13.5ppg, 11.1rpg, 4.3apg, 1.5spg, 2FGP: 68.5%(37-54), 3FGP: 22.2% and FT: 52.4%.
He is in the roster of the Tunisian senior national team.
#3. The Tunisian player who performed third best last week abroad was an international point guard Omar Abada (189-93, currently plays in France) is a teammate of previously mentioned Makram Ben Romdhane and both played together in the last French ProB game.
Abada managed to help Saint Chamond Basket Valle du Gier in a victory against the 15th-ranked Denain Voltaire (2-6) 79-73.
He scored 5 points and added 3 passes in 19 minutes.
It's Abada's first season with the team.
Abada has reliable stats this year: 11.0ppg, 1.3rpg, 2.4apg, 1.1spg, 3FGP: 38.5% and FT: 87.5% in eight games.
He is also a member of the Tunisian senior national team.
#4. Forward Hamdi Karoui (201-93, college: E.Utah JC, currently plays in Germany) led Hagen-Haspe to a victory over the 14th-ranked Kamp-Lintfort (1-10) 86-77 in the German Regionalliga (fourth division) in Saturday night's game.
Karoui was MVP of the game. He recorded 22 points and grabbed 6 rebounds; quite an impressive performance considering it's only Karoui's third season in pro basketball. SV Hagen-Haspe 70 (5-6) is placed eighth in West group.
Karoui has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages: 20.5ppg, 4.6rpg, 1.5apg and 2.1spg.
Karoui has a dual citizenship: French and Tunisian.
He used to play for the Tunisian U19 national team
back in 2011.
One more player who has never been selected to any of national teams, but has Tunisian passport:
#1.Ahmed Salman, who plays in the Bahrain Premier League could not help Isa Town (1-4) in their last game. Despite Salman's very good performance Isa Town lost 74-84 at home to the one of league's weakest teams (#12) Al-Bahrain.
He was the top scorer with 40 points. Salman also added 6 rebounds in 38 minutes.
Salman has individually a very good year with high stats. He averages: 31.0ppg, 6.7rpg, 4.8apg and 1.3spg in six games he played so far.
FIBA World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers: Tunisia concede defeat to Egypt 64--73 - 13 days ago
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Tunisia's national basketball team conceded defeat to Egypt's 64-73 after extra time (first half: 37-37) at a FIBA World Cup 2019 Qualifiers last round day-2 game played on Saturday in Luanda, Angola. Tunisia, who had already booked their ticket for the World Cup, had defeated Morocco 98-51 at day 1. They will play Angola at day 3 on Sunday (8 p [read more]
Tunisia's national basketball team conceded defeat to Egypt's 64-73 after extra time (first half: 37-37) at a FIBA World Cup 2019 Qualifiers last round day-2 game played on Saturday in Luanda, Angola. Tunisia, who had already booked their ticket for the World Cup, had defeated Morocco 98-51 at day 1. They will play Angola at day 3 on Sunday (8 p.m.). Despite this loss, the defending African champions still top Group E with 21 points (10 wins and 1 loss in 11 matches), ahead of Egypt who had defeated Chad at day 1 who have 18 points (7 wins/4 losses in 11 games). Angola who beat Cameroon 77-73 at day 1 are third (17 points/ 7 wins 3 losses). They will play Chad (5th) later in this evening, while Cameroon (4th) are playing Morocco (6th). Courtesy of: tap.info.tn
FIBA World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers: Tunisia beat Morocco 89-51 - 14 days ago
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Tunisia's national basketball team defeated Morocco's 89-51 (first half: 50-24), at a FIBA World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers 2nd round Group E game played on Friday in Luanda, Angola. Tunisia, who had already qualified for the World Cup along with Angola, will play Egypt on Saturday and Angola on Sunday [read more]
Tunisia's national basketball team defeated Morocco's 89-51 (first half: 50-24), at a FIBA World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers 2nd round Group E game played on Friday in Luanda, Angola. Tunisia, who had already qualified for the World Cup along with Angola, will play Egypt on Saturday and Angola on Sunday. With this win, the defending African champions strengthen their Group E leadership with 20 points (10 wins in as many matches) ahead of Angola (15 points/9 matches) who will play Cameroon later in the evening. Egypt are third with 14 points pending their match against bottom-ranking Chad, while Morocco are 5th with 13 points/10 matches. Courtesy of: tap.info.tn
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