Bahrain's Muharraq faced a disappointing exit from the 35th Arab Clubs Basketball Championship in Doha after a hard-fought quarter-final match resulted in a 95-108 loss to Morocco's AS Sale.
Throughout the game, the Bahraini representatives trailed, but they put up a valiant effort to stay in the contest. However, their opponents proved too formidable on the day.
AS Sale now advances to the semi-finals, where they will square off against the winner of an all-Egyptian quarter-final clash between Al Ahly and Al Ittihad Alexandria.
The semi-finals are scheduled for tomorrow, followed by the gold and bronze medal games on Thursday. Today serves as a rest day for the teams.
Muharraq was narrowly behind 21-22 at the end of the first period, with American professional Julius Coles Jr making a crucial baseline three-pointer right before the quarter buzzer.
In the second quarter, the Bahraini team briefly took the lead, but AS Sale fought back and established a double-digit advantage, leading 48-37 at halftime. Muharraq faced a 41-53 deficit at the half.
Despite their efforts to make a comeback, AS Sale extended their lead to 80-66 heading into the final quarter. Coles managed to reduce the gap to 14 with a long triple before the end of the third quarter. However, AS Sale closed out the game, dashing Muharraq's hopes of becoming the first Bahraini club to win the tournament crown.
Yesterday's result snapped Muharraq's three-game winning streak in the competition. They had begun their campaign with a loss to defending champions Kuwait Sports Club but bounced back with consecutive victories against Bureij Services of Palestine and Qatar Sports Club in the preliminary stage.
Muharraq then secured a win against Dynamo from Lebanon in the round of 16, setting up their challenging match-up against AS Sale.
The tournament is being conducted under the auspices of the Arab Basketball Confederation.
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