TUNIS – UNIVERSNEWS (SPORTS – M.S.) – US Monastir celebrates the carnival with its supporters in a colorful Mohamed Mzali room, winning the championship title and the sixth in a row after beating Club Africain (78-58). This is the 9th coronation won by the Monastirian team, already victorious in the 1998, 2000, 2005, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions.
Relying on great defensive solidity, the Monastirians led by Marnaoui, Lahyani and Chris were able to take a lead from the 7′ (14-7). Dominated athletically but also in terms of experience, the Clubists only resisted through their long-distance skill. The Blues go up a notch in defense, going after the visitors higher and with more aggressiveness. The score was affected and it reached 23-10 at the end of the first quarter. Ghayaza and Lahyani, very valuable since his entry at the start of the second half, hurt the Clubists and the gap widened (27-15) in the 14th minute. Hadidane and others lost their footing, made mistakes and the locals took advantage of this to increase the gap to 21 points at the break (45-24).
Returning from the locker room, the Club players tried to regain lost ground, thanks to well-orchestrated actions by Abada and Aichi (56-38). But the offensive rebounds of the Blues keep coming, the defensive pressure increases and we begin to feel the beginnings of the domination of US Monastir which shifts into higher gear at the end of the third quarter (64-45) The coach club player has not found the solutions to counter Monastir who reigns in defense. No club player can contain the power of the massive USM leader, Marnaoui who will finish top scorer of the game with 22 points. Author of several baskets at the end of the match, he is the instigator, with Chris, who will make the difference, for good. The gap increased to 20 points at the end of the match (78-58) allowing Monastir to celebrate this much-deserved title.
2024-06-27 19:35:04
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