A quick recap of the First Round of the Playoffs:
8th Seed Zilzal defeated 9th Seed Kursi by a 56-42 final score riding a big second half for the win. Kursi had players battling through illness and sickness but the turning point was a silly technical that Kursi picked up that broke momentum and changed the game in Zilzal's favour. Zilzal got a big effort from a trio of players as Tyler-Anthony Tessier, Andre Henriques and Fareed Cheema each finished with 15 points. Kursi was led by ONeil Wells with 20 points and 12 rebounds and Sherif Shehata with 10 points.
7th Seed Adiyat defeated 10th Seed Asr by a 47-38 score. Asr started well and their strategy to limit Omar Sabri with double teams worked as he was limited to 4 points and 9 rebounds but that strategy came with a price.Saurabh Acharya put up 21 points with some solid shooting. Asr was led by Umer Jamal with 13 points and Uzair Danish with 10 points.
6th Seed Falaq defeated 11th Seed Kawthar by a 55-51 final score in a game that went right down to the wire. Falaq was led by Nathan Campbell with 20 points and 10 rebounds while Ahsan Mahmood added 17 points. Kawthar put up a great fight and were led by Farhad Khan with 17 points and 9 rebounds and Komail Rawjani with 16 points. Kawthar had a chance for the upset but missed free throws in the final minutes cost them and allowed Falaq to escape with the win.
5th Seed Takathur defeated 12th Seed Ma'un by a 47-45 final score with a last second buzzer beater for Ma'un rimming out. Takathur came into the game with only five players available and confirmed the loss of Hussain Shivji with an elbow injury. Jamal Khan of Ma'un led all players with 14 points whileThe-Sarim Khan added 10 points in the losing effort. Takathur was led by Omar Shamji with 13 points and Aman Bhojani with 11 points. Ma'un kept the game close throughout and in the final seconds pushed the ball up-court with a chance for the win but Babur Ali had his shot rim out and allow Takathur to avoid the upset.
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