Muharraq lose WASL opener

TDT | Manama    

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain’s Muharraq Club bowed to Kuwait Sporting Club 92-108 in their opening Group A game of the Gulf subzone in the FIBA West Asia Super League (WASL) 2023/2024.

A disappointing second quarter, where they were outscored 10-26, saw the Bahrainis concede a narrow advantage, and they never recovered.

They fell behind 38-53 at the half and went down by as many as 28 points the rest of the way.

Tyler Wilkerson finished as Muharraq’s leading scorer with 34 points in the loss, while Mohammed Juma’a added 23 and Bader Abdulla Malabes had 14.

Julius Coles Jr was held to just eight points in the setback.

For Kuwait, Hamad Hasan finished with 28 as their leading scorer, while Cody Lalanne had 16 and Mohammad Hasan 15.

Muharraq are one of two Bahrain clubs in this year’s WASL.

Making their debut in the competition, Muharraq are in Group A alongside Al Ahli Jeddah of Saudi Arabia, Al Rayyan of Qatar and Kuwait.

Manama, the reigning WASL champions, are in Group B of the tournament’s Gulf subzone along with Kazma of Kuwait, Shabab Al Ahli of the UAE and Al Shamal from Qatar.

Muharrq return to action against Saudi’s Ahli on 28 November.

Manama, on the other hand, play their first game against Kazma on Monday next week.