Lebanese Basketball Championship - Men Division One - Regular Season 2005/06

Game v/s Week Date Venue
Mouttahed Tripoli Leg 2-Game 1 Tuesday 03/01/06 - 10pm Safadi
Score: Q1: 25-18 / Q2: 36-33 (18-18) / Q3: 50-41 (27-12) / Q4: 101-71 (31-23)

Starters:      Lamine Diawara - Elie Mechantaf - Bassem Balaa - Fady Khatib - George Chibani
Substitutes: Kenny Satterfield - Paul Khoury - Rodrigue Nacouzi - Joe Ghattas - Robert Boudagher

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New coach Dragan Raca had the opportunity to assess and test his players in his 1st official game in the Leg 2 opener against Tripoli's Muttahed on their own Safadi home Court.
Focused and fast since the starting whistle, Sagesse players had no serious problem overcoming their opponent and leading the game from start to finish

In a court full of Muttahid fans, Sagesse was facing a problem in the position 1 when Chibani was slightly injured, with Kenny suffering from a jet lag following his late arrival tonight at 7:00 P.M.

The game started with a slight domination on the rebound for the favor of Sagesse. 2nd quarter started while both teams depended on their centers to defend under the basket, with zone defense applied by both most of this quarter.

Kenny and Khatib favored long range shooting, and the same worked for Batts from Al Muttahid. Some easy chances were missed by the Khatib-Kenny duo for the sake of showtime. In the last minutes of this quarter, Muttahid switched to Zone 2/3 which made it rather hard for the Greens to score, allowing Muttahid to narrow the gap to 43-36 at halftime.

The 3rd quarter title was the score run: 10-2 run for Sagesse at its beginning put the team back on track. Sagesse players were able to score easy shots from the paint, forcing Muttahid to call for a time out. The game resumed with a 6-0 run for Muttahid after they managed sorting their offence.
Following some hasty turn overs done by his players, coach Racca called an urgent time out. Things worked fine and the 3rd quarter ended 70-48 for Sagesse.

The last quarter was a procedure matter; both teams were content with the game outcome. Khatib made a superb dunk after a nice assist from the Captain, while Kenny was scoring from everywhere and ended the game with a 40 points game high.