Muslim Basketball

The team that stays on top behind a Devin Bennett (24pts, 12reb) game winner and Gagan (20pts) causing havoc all over the court. They took down the finalists in back-to-back weeks, and I can’t see anyone taking them down for now.

They lost, but put up a massive fight against the best team this year, and for that, they move up. All without their best player in Musa Yanes. A massive game from Ehsan Popal (32pts) on 10-16 shooting from the perimeter. Take a bow. Todd also had a nice game, going for a double-double on 14pts and 10reb. I also have to point out Ismail Shah’s borderline triple-double (8pts, 9reb, 7ast). 

When you’re on the winning side of the forfeit, you stay put. 

Winners of two in a row behind Omar Hussein (20pts) leading them, Jenin looks like they’re the team to beat. And they were missing Aymen this game too. Ahmed Ismaeil (8pts) might be one of the more talented ISO ball players in the league, ano the chemistry woes people thought would hurt them can be put to bed. They’ll face their first real test when they play Rafah this week. 

After a tough loss last week, Tiberias showed that they’re still the team to beat this week behind Omar Singer (17pts) and newcomer Ronny Sawwan (16pts, 8reb). Mahrooz also had a nice stat line, logging in 12pts and 5 assists. This week finals rematch will be telling. 

When you’re the team that forfeits, you take a hit. 

Mattias (24pts) will continue to be one of the best players in the league, without a doubt. The main issue and downfall of Nablus will be its supporting cast. This is the time for Omar Subhani and Luthfi Mohamed to step up and show us that more than one person can be a scorer here. 

Coach Elias is getting the best out of his players. Marawan (13pts, 16reb) continues from last season, dominating the glass and the paint. Hussein Barahma (16pts, 7-12) is one of the bright youngsters on this team—I’m looking forward to him getting better as the season progresses. Atef Zeed also helped out in this win, scoring 9pts, but also 5ast and 4stls.

Missing a lot of players this week, Bethlehem was led by Ibraheem Sharaf and Araiz Spall, both leading this game with 14pts a piece. Kasey had 10 rebounds. If they had their players, it may have been a different game. 

Looks like they played decent, and if I can do my math right, Elton finished with a team high 10 points. A bright spot here is that rebounds are coming more easily to this squad, and when they start winning on the glass, I’m sure they’ll start winning games. 

This ragtag bunch won their first game, so congrats to them. Tarek Hamid and Hassan Saleh were the driving force behind the W. 

From what I saw, this team had potential but is a young squad. Mezi made some nice moves and Mohammad Ijaz looks like a sniper in the making.