2023–24 US Monastir basketball season

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US Monastir
2023–24 season
Head coachMohamed Kirdani (BAL)
ArenaMohamed-Mzali Sports Hall
Championnat Pro ATBD
BAL3rd in Sahara Conference
0Playoffs0Quarterfinals
(eliminated by the Rivers Hoopers)
Tunisian CupTBD

The 2023–24 season of the US Monastir basketball team is the 65th season in club history and will be the 4th season in the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Monastir played in their fourth consecutive BAL season, and following a disappointing performance in the previous season, US Monastir brought in ex-players Ater Majok and Chris Crawford for the 2024 season. Monastir reached the playoffs again, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the Rivers Hoopers of Nigeria.[1]

Transactions[edit]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Ends Date Source
13 C South Sudan Ater Majok 33 Sagesse Lebanon Undisclosed February 22, 2024 [2]
14 G United States George Williams 33 Al Ittisalad Egypt Undisclosed April 24, 2024 [3]
24 G Mali Sadio Doucouré 31 Peja Kosovo Undisclosed April 25, 2024 [4]

Roster[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

2023–24 US Monastir roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 00 Tunisia Bouallegue, Amrou 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1995-12-24)24 December 1995
G 1 United States Crawford, Chris (I) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992
G 2 Tunisia Ganouni, Achraf 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997
C 4 Tunisia Ghyaza, Mokhtar (C) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986
G 5 Tunisia Marmouch, Yassine 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2003-06-01)1 June 2003
SF 7 Tunisia Marnaoui, Oussama 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1999-06-16)16 June 1999
SG 10 Tunisia Chouaya, Lassaad 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1989-08-22)22 August 1989
G 12 Tunisia Bedoui, Ahmed 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 16 – (2007-07-28)28 July 2007
C 13 South Sudan Majok, Ater (I) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 36 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987
G 14 United States Williams, George (I) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 34 – (1990-04-16)16 April 1990
F 15 Tunisia Addami, Ahmed 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1997-07-14)14 July 1997
F 23 Tunisia Lahyani, Firas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1991-07-16)16 July 1991
SF 24 Mali Doucouré, Sadio (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1992-07-27)27 July 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • (E): BAL Elevate player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 4 May 2024

Basketball Africa League[edit]

Main article: 2024 BAL season

Sahara Conference[edit]

Main article: 2024 BAL Sahara Conference
Pos Team
 Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification
1 Nigeria Rivers Hoopers 6 4 2 441 413 +28 .667 Advance to playoffs
2 Senegal AS Douanes 6 3 3 409 385 +24 .500[a]
3 Tunisia US Monastir 6 3 3 437 450 −13 .500[a]
4 Rwanda APR 6 2 4 432 471 −39 .333
Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).
May 4, 2024 US Monastir Tunisia 84–890(OT) Rwanda APR Dakar Arena, Dakar
2:30 PM Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 20–19, 15–13, 23–26, Overtime: 6–11
Pts: Crawford 21
Rebs: Lahyani, Majok 9
Asts: Crawford 7 		Livestats Pts: Filer, Noel 24
Rebs: Abdullah 9
Asts: Filer 4 		Attendance: 850
Referees: Kenny Jones, Yann Vezo Davidson, Kingsley Ojeaburu
May 5, 2024 AS Douanes Senegal 76–59 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar Arena, Dakar
5:30 PM Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 20–14, 14–15, 30–15
Pts: Harouna 35
Rebs: Akec 9
Asts: Boissy 8 		Livestats Pts: Williams 16
Rebs: Majok 13
Asts: Crawford 5 		Attendance: 4,578
Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto, Natascha Onono
May 7, 2024 US Monastir Tunisia 63–84 Nigeria Rivers Hoopers Dakar Arena, Dakar
4:00 PM Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 16–25, 22–18, 12–17
Pts: Doucouré 21
Rebs: Crawford 7
Asts: Crawford 14 		Livestats Pts: Amayo 30
Rebs: Eke 12
Asts: Amayo, Perry 9 		Attendance: 973
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Kalume Tonton Banza, Hassan Kamate
May 9, 2024 APR Rwanda 70–83 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar Arena, Dakar
4:00 PM Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 15–17, 17–14, 16–33
Pts: Hunt 17
Rebs: Filer 11
Asts: Noel 5 		Livestats Pts: Crawford 31
Rebs: Majok 10
Asts: Crawford 5 		Attendance: 2,330
Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Kalume Tonton Banza
May 11, 2024 US Monastir Tunisia 75–69 Senegal AS Douanes Dakar Arena, Dakar
5:30 PM Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 31–20, 10–15, 17–19
Pts: Crawford 16
Rebs: Lahyani 10
Asts: Crawford 6 		Livestats Pts: Harouna 22
Rebs: Akec 7
Asts: Fofana 2 		Attendance: 8,208
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Natascha Onono
May 12, 2024 Rivers Hoopers Nigeria 62–73 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar Arena, Dakar
2:30 PM Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 20–19, 9–18, 20–17
Pts: Eke 13
Rebs: Olisemeka 10
Asts: Amayo 7 		Livestats Pts: Crawford 21
Rebs: Majok 16
Asts: Crawford 9 		Attendance: 2,604
Referees: Kenny Jones, Kalume Tonton Banza, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto

BAL playoffs[edit]

Main article: 2024 BAL playoffs

The playoffs will begin on 24 May 2024 with the seeding games and finish on 1 June 2024 with the final.[5]

Seeding game (4th–5th seed)[edit]

25 May 2024 Petro de Luanda Angola 67–70 Tunisia US Monastir BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda
2:30 PM Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 25–17, 16–19, 13–18
Pts: Faust 12
Rebs: Gakou 8
Asts: Gonçalves 7 		Livestats Pts: Lahyani 19
Rebs: Lahyani 9
Asts: Crawford 11 		Attendance: 2,663

Quarterfinal[edit]

27 May 2024 Rivers Hoopers Nigeria 92–88 Tunisia US Monastir BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda
5:00 PM Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 25–19, 23–22, 24–26
Pts: Perry 33
Rebs: Eke 12
Asts: Amayo 11 		Livestats Pts: Crawford 31
Rebs: Majok 7
Asts: Crawford 10 		Attendance: 3,032
Referees: Chelisa Painter, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Aboolo Amr

Championnat Pro A[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Championnat Pro A

Player statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
US Monastir statistics
Player GP MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chris Crawford 8 35.8 .420 .339 .938 4.5 9.0 1.3 0.4 19.0
Oussama Marnaoui 8 28.0 .353 .339 .800 2.8 1.6 1.3 0.1 12.5
Sadio Doucouré 7 20.1 .542 .429 .545 6.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 9.1
Firas Lahyani 8 22.9 .489 .429 .667 7.9 2.6 0.8 0.3 9.0
George Williams 8 16.7 .419 .357 .857 1.9 1.0 1.0 0.0 8.6
Ater Majok 8 30.8 .568 .000 .750 8.8 0.8 0.8 2.0 8.5
Achref Gannouni 8 23.1 .333 .222 .538 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.0 4.4
Lassaad Chouaya 8 13.3 .308 .250 .500 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.0 2.6
Ahmed Addami 4 7.5 .364 .167 .000 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 2.3
Amrou Bouallegue 2 11.5 .200 .000 .000 2.0 2.0 0.5 0.5 1.0
Mokhtar Ghyaza 8 7.1 .125 .000 .500 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4
Avry Holmes 2 5.2 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A dream come true for Rivers Hoopers". The BAL. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  2. ^ Addasi, Abdul Hamid (2024-02-22). "Majok comes back to US Monastir, ex Sagesse". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  3. ^ Addasi, Abdul Hamid (2024-04-24). "US Monastir adds George Williams to their roster". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  4. ^ @usmonastir.org_official. "𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰" – via Instagram. {{Cite Instagram}}: Missing or empty |postid= (help); {{Cite Instagram}}: Missing or empty |date= (help)
  5. ^ "BAL Expands to South Africa for Fourth Season tipping off in March 2024". The BAL. 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
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