Old Timers Basketball League

Old Timers Basketball League is back on October 13, 2014

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Old Timers Basketball League: Arab Potash Wins the Title..

CEC (Sajdi & Partners) 102-64 Jordan Hospital 

It was apparent that both teams were disappointed not to be playing in the championship game as both teams deserved to, so the game started off slow as neither team was able to score 20 points in the first quarter which ended with CEC leading 17-14. Both teams stayed close until the last 4 minutes of the second quarter when CEC used a 13-0 run to take a 46-31 lead into halftime. 

In the 3rd quarter, Jordan Hospital managed to score only 10 points compared to 27 points by CEC. Things remained the same in the fourth quarter as CEC scored 29 compared to 23 by Jordan Hospital giving CEC the third place and the highest scoring game of the league with 102 points.

Top Scorers:

CEC: Nihad Madi 27, Fawaz Shaikh 22, Fadi Saqqa 19
Jordan Hospital: Eyad Mohammad 21, Ahmad Bashir 14, Pat McCurry 13

Arab Potash 84-70 Gulf Oil

Gulf Oil came in as the favorites, having the best offense in the league and winning all 10 games they played so far, while Arab Potash were the underdogs as they barely advanced to the finals and having a record of 6 wins and 5 losses. But Arab Potash did have the best defense in the league, so it looks like it is true "offense wins games but defense wins championships".

The first quarter was even as both teams exchanged baskets till the last 2 minutes when Arab Potash used a 10-0 run to end the quarter leading 21-14. Gulf Oil started the second quarter in a good way, as they were able to tie the game 31-31 midway through the period but Arab Potash went on a run to regain the 7 points lead and go into halftime leading 44-37.

In the 3rd period, Gulf Oil were able to cut into the lead and even take a 5 point lead for themselves (59-54) but like the previous 2 quarters, Arab Potash were able to finish the period strong and go to the 4th and final period leading 60-59. In the final period, Arab Potash didn't wait till the end of the quarter to finish strong, they opened up a double digit lead early and then were able to use the clock wisely and withheld any attempt from Gulf Oil to finally win the game with a final score of 84-70

Top Scorers:
Gulf Oil: Ghazi Naber 37, Ziad Nabulsi 12, Luay Dajani 8
Arab Potash: Ramar Clash 25, Samer Qardan 24, Mustafa Ghool 20

Old Timers Basketball League: Second Semi Final Games

Arab Potash 79-70 CEC (Sajdi & Partners)

Wow, one of the best games of the second season, both teams came with their eyes on advancing to the championship game. That probably is why we had a low scoring 1st quarter. And even though Potash had an early lead 11-7 but CEC were able to finish the period up 14-13. In the second period, Arab Potash had their highest scoring period of the whole league with 28 points while CEC scored 22 points to go into halftime with Potash leading 41-36.

In the 3rd period, Arab Potash were able to increase their lead to 66-51 using their speed and quickness. The fourth quarter was the most exciting as CEC were able to hold Arab Potash scoreless for the first 5 minutes while scoring 11 points themselves to cut the lead down to 4 (66-62), but Arab Potash did not panic and they were able to outscore CEC 13-8 in the last five minutes of the game to win 79-70. Hats off for both teams for a wonderful semi-final.

Top scorers:
CEC: Fadi Saqqa 24, Sultan Abu Mariam 15, Nihad Madi 13
Arab Potash: Ramar Clash 27, Douglas Dye 18, Samer Qardan 17

Old Timers Basketball League: Semi Final Games

2 fascinating games on Friday, in the first semi-final and despite playing short handed, Jordan Hospital gave up a huge fight before losing their second game to Gulf Oil 87-76. With this win, Gulf Oil have secured their place in the final, while Jordan Hospital will play for 3rd place. 

While in the second semi-final, Arab Potash Co. survived a huge comeback from CEC (Sajdi & Partnes) to win 64-56 and force a game 3 on Monday. Arab Potash were up 52-35 after three quarters and everyone thought the game was over but CEC had other thoughts as they held Arab Potash to only 2 points in the first 6 minutes of the 4th period while scoring 17 points to cut the deficit down to 2 with 4 minutes to go but then Arab Potash went on a 10-4 run to finish the game. 

Game three is Monday Dec 23rd at 7 pm. Between the two games, we had a nice kids game, we will post pictures of all the games inshallah on Sunday.

Gulf Oil 87-76 Jordan Hospital
1st Q. 22-15
2nd Q. 22-23
3rd Q. 19-14
4th Q. 24-24

Top scorers:
Gulf Oil: Ghazi Naber 30, Loay Dajani 24, Khaled Quran 16
Jordan Hospital: Ahmad Bashir 31, Fadi Yaghmour 23, Saif Halaseh 10, Pat McCurry 10

Arab Potash 64-56 CEC
1st Q. 18-13
2nd Q. 15-15
3rd Q. 19-7
4th Q. 12-21

Top scorers:
Arab Potash: Douglas Dye 22, Ramar Clash 13, Mustafa Ghool 11
CEC (Sajdi & Partners): Fadi Saqqa 13, Mamdouh Younis 10, Sultan Abu Mariam 9

Old Timers Basketball League: CEC Vs. Arab Potash

A nice competitive game! That was game one of the second semi-final. First quarter was pretty even as CEC managed to finish the period on top 16-14. In the second quarter, Arab Potash scored only 12 points compared to 20 for CEC to go into halftime with a score of 36-26. In the 3rd period, the lead ballooned to 15 midway through the quarter before Arab Potash cut it back down to 10 at the end of the quarter 54-44. 

The final period was the most exciting of the game, as Arab Potash pushed to cut the lead down but CEC countered the Potash run by hitting 3 threes in the period, still Arab Potash were within 5 points with a minute and a half to go but managed to score only 2 points the rest of the way compared to 6 points by CEC to give us a final score of 76-67 for CEC.

Top scorers:

Arab Potash: Ramar Clash 25, Saliba Amash 17, Samer Qardan 11
CEC (Sajdi & partners): Nihad Madi 28, Fadi Saqqa 14, Fawaz Shaikh 12