Muslim Basketball

Unfortunately they did not get to play due to Granada forfeiting. Should be a very even matchup against Islamabad next week. Looking forward to watching this one.

This group of young ballers has flown under the radar all year. Nobody expected them to be where they are at right now. They have “Cinderella team” written all over them.

Many of us could’ve seen this team being on the come-up; it was just a matter of when. With so many versatile scorers on this squad including Omar Hussein (despite some struggling shooting performances), Musa Yanes, and Omar Qasem, it’s especially difficult for defenses to respond with an effective way to match up. Their grit, quickness, and offensive threats were on full display in their past 2 wins against a couple of championship teams in Dhaka and Suba. If they can continue these overall balanced scoring performances when the whole team is present, then this is certainly a team to look out for down the stretch of the season. <

23 points from Omar Hussein is a promising sign, especially coming off of a smooth 26 in his season debut. 3-13 from Omar Qasem in their second outing, however, speaks volumes as to why this team is currently 0-2. Even though we’re only 2 weeks in, I can’t stress enough for this team that these two will have to work together in order to tally up some wins this season. Or else, the lopsided offense will result in, potentially, 8 more losses. The supporting cast will have to raise that field goal percentage too if they hope to make some noise

Despite having shot 27% from the field and 18% from deep, I’m going to have to cut this team some slack for week 1 since they have a lot to figure out, and because they had a veteran opponent that they weren’t close to being ready for. Omar Q and Omar H are two players that need the ball in their hands to be dominant, and have to consider working out a balance or else there stats will be as respectively lop-sided as this one- Omar H obviously having the good game and the other an unacceptably poor shooting performance. If they find ways to work together and facilitate to their wings and big in Muhanned, then they’ll likely make some noise

Interesting move going on here with a Omar Qasem-lead squad that’s given some much needed respect to Damascus’s name. The disadvantage that jumps out to me is size, but if they utilize the opportunities they have to space the floor with shooters like Omar Hussein and Marwan Tamimi, then we’re looking at a pretty solid group.