Bahrain Club crush Isa Town

Bahrain Club romped past Isa Town 112-75 last night in the Silver Division of the Zain Bahrain Basketball League, currently being played at Zain Arena in Um Al Hassam. Bahrain Club had a red hot start, scoring more than 30 points in each of the first two quarters as they built a comfortable advantage and never looked back.

The victors led by as many as 48 points the rest of the way, en route to securing the lopsided win. The result earned Bahrain Club their second win in as many games in the Silver League. Isa Town, on the other hand, suffered their third straight defeat and remained winless.

The Silver Division is being contested by the bottom six teams from this year’s national league. They are playing for their own championship, while the top six are vying for four places in the Golden Square semi-finals. League action continues the next two nights with games in the Top Six Division. Two fixtures are scheduled for this evening. At 5.45pm, Riffa take on Al Najma Club followed at 7.30pm by Al Hala facing off with Manama.

Tomorrow, a titanic matchup between defending champions Muharraq lock horns with perennial contenders Al Ahli at 7.30pm. In Bahrain Club’s win yesterday, they raced out to a 31-18 lead at the end of the first quarter, which they extended to a commanding 64-32 advantage at the half-time break. In the third, they continued their fine play to go up 93-45 at period’s end, which was their biggest lead of the game and more than double Isa Town’s score.

Bahrain Club then took the pedal off the gas in the fourth as they cruised to the final buzzer. Serbian-Bosnian professional Dragan Tubak paced Bahrain Club with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Bahraini guard and team captain Khalid Ali added 21 points, including four three-pointers, to go with six assists and zero turnovers. Nooh Qaedi came off the bench with 18, also with four triples, while Hussain Lulu added 16 and seven assits.

Bahrain Club made an impressive 13 baskets from beyond the three-point arc. Meanwhile, American import William Joseph scored 24 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and registered six blocked shots to lead Isa Town in the loss. Sayed Mohammed Habib had 15 as a substitute while Mohammed Nabeel had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Isa Town never led in the game. In yesterday’s other game, Al Ettihad defeated Samaheej 76- 56. Ettihad claimed their second straight win while Samaheej suffered their second loss.