January 18th - Week Eight

Adiyat defeated Tamjeed by a 51-45 score, Saurabh Acharya led his team to the win with 17 points and 8 rebounds and hit a big (banked) three in crunch time - a big win for Adiyat who breaks a two-game losing streak. Tamjeed got a big game from Mike Husbands with 16 points and Bilal Forde with 15 points & 11 rebounds but it wasn't enough. After a breakout game last week Jibran Khan was held scoreless. Tamjeed was missingSteve Anagnostopoulos who is one of their under the radar studs as he contributes on both ends of the court for his team.

Ikhlas gutted out a 54-45 win over Asr despite having no subs against Asr who was missing their leading scorer David. Asr jumped out to an early halftime 25-14 lead but was not able to hold it as Ikhlas made a run led byChad Mondesir and Brandon Augustine; they got great support from fill in Ahsan Mian who was credited with five steals. Asr got a big game fromUmer Jamal with 19 points but team defense and some silly fouls got them in trouble and resulted in two players fouling out leaving them with no subs of their own.

Takathur finished with a strong second half to defeat Kursi 57-40.Alhussein Gillani had another strong game for Takathur finishing with 17 points & 7 rebounds while Hussain Shivji finished with 15 points & 8 rebounds. Kursi got a big game from ONeil Wells with 20 points & 11 rebounds but it wasn't enough.

Fatiha defeated Kawthar 62-48 in a game that was close much of the way. Fatiha was playing without Arsalan Jamil but Jawad Khalid stepped up with a big game as he distributed the ball well and created easy baskets. Khalid finished with 12 points while Waseem Manigat ended with 22 points and Youssef Daif finished with 11 points & 8 rebounds against his old team. Kawthar played with a short bench but got a gutsy effort fromKomail Rawjani with 18 points, Mudasir Marfatia with 14 points andFarhad Khan with 11 points & 9 rebounds.

Nas steamrolled Ma'un with a 96-60 win. Nas was led by Yoosrie Salhia with 27 points & 12 rebounds as he punished Ma'un in the paint. Jim Ex finished with 15 points while Jamal SaugaCity Bundy Douglas added 14 points. Ma'un was led by their young star, Jamal Khan who torched Nas for 33 points. Khan had a quiet first half, struggling to find space among the big defenders for Nas so second half he took his game outside and at one point knocked down four three's in a row. Moazzam Sheikh added 21 points in a strong game but Ahmed Khalid wasn't able to get his game going which hurt his team.
Post Game, Jamal Douglas upon learning he was outscored by fellow Jamal (Khan) summed the game up by stating "Jamal Khan won the battle, but Jamal Douglas won the war"

Falaq defeated Zilzal by a 64-56 final score as they got a balanced effort and seem to be silencing critics who wrote them off when Maheer Khanwas lost for the season. Nathan Campbell finished with 17 points & 10 rebounds while Imran Salam finished with 16 points and Ahsan Mahmoodadded 12 points. Husain Chanda broke out in a big way with 14 points and some clutch three's in the second half. Falaq just seemed to want this more and was exemplified best by a play where an errant Zilzal pass went into their backcourt and the team didn't bother to chase it thinking it would go out of play, Ahsan Mahmood sprinted down court, saved the ball and scored an uncontested layup - the type of hustle play that has his team in 5th place and moving up the table. Zilzal came into this game with no subs and the fatigue clearly impacted them. Fareed Cheema started strong but seemed gassed at the end finishing with 18 points. Andre Henriques added 16 points while Kenrick Williams finished with 12 points & 13 rebounds. Zilzal is now on a surprising four-game losing streak and they seem to be fading late in each game so better attendance may help them get back on track.