AL Ahli raced to the top of the Zain Basketball League table with a convincing 125-71 victory over Isa Town last night at Zain Arena in Umm-ul-Hussam.
In a one-sided contest, Al Ahli dominated from start to finish winning 31-6, 29-29, 36-12, 29-24.
Maitham Jameel was Al Ahli’s hero, top scoring with 34 points, including six three pointers, while Hesham Sarhan (19), Hashim Habib (14) and Nawaf Nabeel (10) were the other main contributors.
Mohammed Nabeel (24) top scored for Isa Town, while Mansoor Jaber (21) and Abdulla Alromaihi (17) were the other main contributors.
Al Ahli top the table with 19 points from 10 matches while unbeaten Manama are second with 18 points and Muharraq third with 17 points.
In the earlier match, Al Namja beat Nuwaidrat 89-71.
Haminn Quantance (17) was the hero for Al Najma with 27 rebounds and nine assists.
Qassim Hassan (16), Ali Jaber (15), Ali Jaffar (12) and Fadalallah Abbas ((12) were the other main contributors.
For Nuwaidrat, Mohammed Batti was the top scorer with 19 points, including 11 rebounds and two assists.
Ahmed Hassan (17), Hassan Abbas (13) and Murtadha Salman (10) were the other main scorers.
Playing tomorrow:
7pm: Muharraq vs Manama