(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Al Rayyan overcame a spirited late fightback from Al Sadd to post a
92-85 win in their Qatar Basketball League match at the Al Gharafa
Sports Club yesterday.
Former giants Al Rayyan appeared coasting to an emphatic win when they
scored 30 points in the third quarter to take what looked like a
match-winning 70-54 lead with 10 minutes of the match remaining.
But Al Sadd didn't give up hope and produced a scintillating 31-point
performance to run their rivals close while restricting Al Rayyan to
just 22 points in the process.
Tanguy Ngombo scored a match-high 31 points for Al Rayyan, 15 of them
coming from three-pointers, while Sherwood Brown scored 19. Abdelrahman
Abdelhaleem and Meho Haracic also made valuable contributions of 11
points each.
For Al Sadd, Julius Coles excelled with 25 points while Hiue Mozer had 21 and Darrius Oldham 19.
In another match, Al Shamal edged Qatar Sports Club 74-68 with Darryl Bryant scoring 21 and Moses Ahambi contributing 18.
Al Shamal led for 31 minutes and at times only marginally, but Qatar Sports Club couldn't raise their game to cause an upset.
Skipper Mohamed Yousif top scored for Qatar Sports Club with 23 points,
while Brandan Kearney chipped in with 21 and Nicholas West 14.
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