by Danotzki Santos
Doha: Al Rayyan trounced Qatar Sports Club 78-48 in the Emir Cup basketball at the Al Gharafa Indoor Arena here yesterday.
Qatar SC looked good at the start and soared to a 13-2 advantage behind Leslie’s intense outside sniping at the start of the ball game.
Tanguy Ngombo retaliated with 7 unanswered markers and Harold Boney Watson added a rainbow conversion bringing down the deficit to a solitary point at 12-13 at the end of the first period.
Leslie and Adel Khalifa drilled three successive long bombers after Okuson opened up the second quarter with a winner to tow the yellow shirts back to a double-digit lead at 24-14 midway in the period.
Al Rayyan went on a 10-1 run before Leslie and Khalifa conspired once more for 6-2 spurt to wind up the first half with Qatar SC on top at 31-26.
Coach Brian Rowsom’s boys ran berserk in the third quarter to wrest the upper hand and rampaged their way to a 51-37 advantage enroute to the lopsided 30-point victory.
In the second match, Al Gharafa beat Al Wakra 89-75.
The Peninsula
