2023-06-27 21:00:59
The Lebanese national team suffered a third successive loss in the World Youth Basketball Championship (U19), which is hosted by the Hungarian capital, Budapest, and came at the hands of its American counterpart, the extraordinary candidate for the title, by 52 points, with a score of 70-122 (games 20-39, 35-74, 56). -96, 70-122).
The Lebanese national team had started its international participation with a loss to the Slovenian team 58-74, then to its Malagasy counterpart 66-83, to bottom of the second group standings with three points.
The Lebanese national team players tried to hold out against the stars of the American national team, who represent the future of the North American Professional Basketball League, but the difference in technical capabilities became clear after a few minutes from the start, as the Americans hit hard and quickly expanded the difference to end the first half with a comfortable difference of 19 points. And Mark Armstrong and his companions continued to gradually widen the difference until it reached more than thirty points by the halfway point of the match. In the third half, the Lebanese performed well defensively, but the American effectiveness did not stop, and the same was true in the last half.
And he appeared in the Lebanese squad, Alaa Sabbagh, by scoring 13 points to six rebounds, Geo Abu Suleiman added 9 points, picked up two rebounds and passed two assists, Brian Mansour 9 points and three assists, Carl Qazha 7 points and two rebounds, Jad Nasr six points, three rebounds and three assists, Karim Ratil six points, three rebounds and one assist, Joseph Abu Samra 5 points, four rebounds and three assists, Abdul Rahman Sabbagh 5 points, Carl Chris Zamata 4 points, Mustafa Assaf three points to nine rebounds, and Anthony Naba three points.
Mark Armstrong was the best in the match, scoring 17 points, and Finn-Allen Lubin scored 11 points with 11 rebounds, and 13 points each for Trey Johnson, Asa Noel and Cody Williams.
The Lebanese national team will play a tough confrontation in the round of 16 against its Spanish counterpart today, at 19:00 Beirut time.
The match of the Cedars team (fourth in Group Two) against the Spanish El Matador (leader of Group A) will be the last chance for the Lebanese national team to continue its career in the largest international competition, because winning means qualifying for the quarter-finals, and losing means playing matches in the ranking of positions.
And a loss for women too
The women’s team was no better, as it suffered a second successive loss, this time against South Korea in the Asian Cup (first level) hosted by Australia, with a score of 54-76 (sets 25-11, 48-24, 63-35, 76-54). ). The best scorer in the match and in the Lebanese national team was the naturalized player Trinity Baptiste (20 points). On the side of the winning team, Ji Hyun Park was the best scorer in her team (18 points). Also in Group A, China beat New Zealand (80-46).
The Lebanese national team will play its third match against New Zealand (ranked 5 in Asia and 29 in the world) on Wednesday at 4:00 am Beirut time, which is an important meeting for the Cedars team.
It is noteworthy that the tournament system stipulates that the team that occupies the eighth and last place will be relegated to the “B” level.
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