March 8th - Week Thirteen

A quick recap of Week Thirteen Games:

Adiyat broke their four game losing streak with a 52-48 win over Kawthar who put up a good showing despite having no subs. Komail Rawjani had a big game with 26 points in a losing effort. Adiyat was led by Nouraiz Akbarand Mish Ahmed who each finished with 10 points. Adiyat's struggles have been noted before as after a great start they went into a tailspin so ending the season with a win is a boost going into the playoffs. For Kawthar it has been a tough season highlighted by a short bench most games.

Ikhlas got a default win over Takathur who were ravaged by injuries. If the rumblings are true about an elbow injury to captain Hussain Shivji then a long playoff run for Takathur may be in jeopardy. They had a chance to grab 4th place but the default loss ended that hope and they finished in 5th place. Ikhlas
is now on an 8-game win streak highlighted by their big win over Nas last week.

Ma'un played spoiler by defeating Falaq 66-65 in Overtime to spoil Falaq's chance to grab 4th place and instead dropped them to 6th. Ma'un was led byJamal Khan with 24 points while The-Sarim Khan put up 15 points (5/7 shooting 3's). Solid contributions from Babur Ali with 10 points and Moazzam Sheikh with 9 points were key down the stretch. Falaq was led by Nathan Campbell with 16 points and 15 rebounds while Ahsan Mahmood finished with 14 points and Zohaib Kamal finished with 13 points.

Fatiha ground out a 56-48 surprise win over Nas in a physical affair. Arsalan Jamil led the way with 18 points while Nas was led by Yoosrie Salhia with 17 points and 13 rebounds while Jamal SaugaCity Bundy Douglas finished with 15 points. It was a close game all the way and some close misses from Nas let Fatiha walk away with the win. Nas still clinches first place based upon point differential and the bye will serve them well as Sanel Sehic injured his thumb early in this game and was limited to just 2 points while Jim Ex suffered a lower body injury but persevered on to finish the game.

The upsets continued as Kursi defeated Tamjeed 56-49. Kursi was led by big games from ONeil Wells with 21 points and 11 rebounds and Sherif Shehata with 18 points (including 5/7 on 3's) and 6 rebounds. Tamjeed was led by Jeremy Alleyne with 32 points while the rest of the team struggled to find their rhythm.

Zilzal defeated Asr by a 45-36 final score. Fareed Cheema led Zilzal with 16 points while Tyler-Anthony Tessier finished with 15 points and 9 rebounds. Asr was led by Zohaib Danish with 13 points and Adil Mirza with 8 points.