Antranik 2-0 in the Women's Final
Antranik - Beirut is one step away from wining its 6th consecutive championship title and the 9th in the past 11 years after wining the second game in the Women’s Finals against Homentmen - Antelias on the score of 67-56 in Mezher . This game saw the biggest number of fans that have attend a basketball game this season. The court was fully loaded with very enthusiastic fans who cheered for their teams all 40 minutes.
Like in game 1,The game was full of intensity and excitement from its first minutes ,Homentmen - Antelias once again had a great start and they led from the first minutes through their fighting spirit and big time scoring of Sanadra Najem who scored from everywhere and kept her team dominate the first quarter , the quarter finished on the score of 18-12 , it was very obvious that Antranik – Beirut players were feeling the big pressure due to the presence of the fans, in the second quarter the same tempo continued a dominance by the home team until Nisrine Dandan started the come back and gave her team the lead to finish in the end of the first half on the score of 30-30.
In the 3rd quarter the tempo shifted for Antranik who started imposing their rhythm and led the game and outscored Homentmen - Antelias 18-9.The score at the end of the 3rd was 39-48.In the 4th quarter the same tempo continued and The Arab Champions led as much as 15points ,but Homentmen - Antelias answered back and reduced the difference to 7 points through the great offensive rebounding which gave them second chance points. Antranik’s players regained the tempo in the last minutes and managed to win the second game in the series on the score of 67-56.
Game 3 of the finals will be on Sunday April 06th , 2008 in Demirdjian Center .
Best Performances :
Antranik - Beirut :Chada Nasr (16pts) ,Nisrine Dandan (16pts), Christelle Chalouhi ( 10pts), Cherine Cherif ( 9pts) , Nayla Alameddine (8pts), Tamara Khalil (7pts)
Homentmen - Antelias : Sandra Najem(21pts),Caroline Mofarej(13pts) , Nathalie Sevajian (8pts) ,
Q1 : 18-12 Q2: 30-30 Q3: 39-48 Q4: 56-67
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