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2023 AS Douanes men's basketball season

AS Douanes
ChairmanColonel Cheikh Diop
Head coachPabi Guèye
NM1Champions
BALRunners-up
(Lost to Al Ahly)
Senegalese CupUnknown
Saint Michel CupWinners
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The AS Douanes men's basketball team played the 2023 season in the Nationale 1 (NM1) and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Having won the previous national championship, the Douanes returned to the BAL after one-year of absence. They signed Terrell Stoglin and Chris Crawford for the season as American import players.[1] On 27 September 2023, AS Douanes won its record-setting 11th national championship, thus overtaking ASFA as the Senegalese club with the most NM1 titles.[2]

In the BAL, the Douanes finished second in the Sahara Conference after they won three straight games to make up for a 0–2 start.[3] In the playoffs they became the first Senegalese team to reach the finals, when they defeated Petro de Luanda in the semifinal.[4] They lost in the final to Al Ahly. Pabi Guèye won the BAL Coach of the Year Award.[5]

On 7 May, AS Douanes also won their 5th Saint Michel Cup.[6]

Rosters

BAL roster

AS Douanes roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age From
PG 00 Senegal Ndour, Alkaly (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997
SG 1 United States Crawford, Chris (I) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992
SF 2 Senegal Fall, Samba Daly 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-01-17)17 January 1999
C 4 South Sudan Maluach, Khaman (E) 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 18 – (2006-09-13)13 September 2006
G 5 Senegal Boissy, Jean Jacques 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (2001-01-28)28 January 2001
SF 7 Senegal Diop, Bara 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1992-08-14)14 August 1992
SG 10 Senegal Dieng, Madiara 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1995-11-20)20 November 1995
PF 11 Ghana Osei, Bryan (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 36 – (1988-05-09)9 May 1988
SF 12 Senegal Ndiaye, Bara 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2003-10-06)6 October 2003
F/C 15 Senegal Diagne, Mouhamadou 27 – (1997-01-18)18 January 1997
SF 23 Senegal Kamara, Cheikh Ahmet 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994
C 34 Nigeria Ochereobia, Ifeanyichukwu (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1989-07-27)27 July 1989
SG 41 United States Stoglin, Terrell (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 33 – (1991-11-10)10 November 1991
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Transactions

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Date Source
5 G Senegal Jean Jacques Boissy 21 Cornellà Spain Free agent 2023
41 G United States Terrell Stoglin 31 Al-Ittihad Aleppo Syria Free agent May 2023 (BAL only) January 20, 2023 [7]
1 SG United States Chris Crawford 30 Patriots Rwanda Free agent May 2023 (BAL only) January 20, 2023 [7]
11 PF/C Ghana Bryan Osei 34 Free agent Free agent May 2023 (BAL only) February 6, 2023
4 C South Sudan Khaman Maluach 16 NBA Academy Africa Senegal Drafted May 2023 (BAL only) February 28, 2023 [8]
34 C Nigeria Ifeanyichukwu Ochereobia 33 Cheshire Phoenix United Kingdom Free agent May 2023 (BAL only) March 1, 2023 [9]

Competitions

Basketball Africa League

Sahara Conference

11 March 2023
1
AS Douanes Senegal 70–76 Ivory Coast ABC Fighters Dakar Arena, Dakar
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 17–18, 17–15, 22–18
Pts: Stoglin 21
Rebs: Maluach 9
Asts: Crawford, Ndour 4
Boxscore Pts: Harouna 25
Rebs: Obekpa 9
Asts: Obekpa, Robinson 5
Attendance: 9,873
Referees: Charles Watson, Antonio Bernardo, Kalume Tonton Banza
15 March 2023
2
REG Rwanda 69–55 Senegal AS Douanes Dakar Arena, Dakar
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 17–12, 15–12, 12–19
Pts: Nshobozwabyosenumukiza 14
Rebs: Nshobozwabyosenumukiza 10
Asts: Thomas 6
Boxscore Pts: Crawford 17
Rebs: Crawford 9
Asts: Stoglin 5
Attendance: 4,010
Referees: Kevin Fahy, Sara Elsharnouby, Claudio Eiuba
17 March 2023
3
AS Douanes Senegal 74–58 Mali Stade Malien Dakar Arena, Dakar
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 12–12, 14–13, 27–16
Pts: Crawford 21
Rebs: Ndiaye 8
Asts: Ndour 5
Boxscore Pts: Berthe 17
Rebs: Diarra 14
Asts: Mamadou Keita 4
Attendance: 3,059
18 March 2023
4
Kwara Falcons Nigeria 68–75 Senegal AS Douanes Dakar Arena, Dakar
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 18–21, 12–16, 21–16
Pts: Ezeh 12
Rebs: Mordi 7
Asts: Mordi 4
Boxscore Pts: Boissy 22
Rebs: Diagne 6
Asts: Crawford 6
Attendance: 6,571
Referees: Kevin Fahy, Sara Elsharnouby, Didier Gaga
21 March 2023
5
US Monastir Tunisia 60–76 Senegal AS Douanes Dakar Arena, Dakar
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 22–10, 12–14, 16–20
Pts: Lahyani 15
Rebs: Slimane 9
Asts: Bouallegue, Slimane 3
Livestats Pts: Crawford 28
Rebs: Boissy, Ochereobia 7
Asts: Ndour 5
Attendance: 6,761
Referees: Charles Watson, Aboolo Amr, Didier Gaga

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
22 May 2023 AS Douanes Senegal 93–73 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira BK Arena, Kigali
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 24–14, 19–15, 22–21
Pts: Fall 23
Rebs: Bryan-Amaning 11
Asts: Ndour 8
Report
Livestats
Pts: Gueye 19
Rebs: Gueye 9
Asts: Perry 8
Attendance: 2,240
Referees: JD Ralls, Banza Kalume, Sara Elsharnouby
Semifinals
24 May 2023 Petro de Luanda Angola 86–92 Senegal AS Douanes BK Arena, Kigali
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–29, 18–20, 23–23
Pts: Hollis 19
Rebs: Pedro 8
Asts: Pedro 6
Livestats Pts: Boissy 28
Rebs: Crawford 7
Asts: Ndour 5
Attendance: 4,554
Referees: Marcy Williams, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Mbaye Seye
Final
27 May 2023 Al Ahly Egypt 80–65 Senegal AS Douanes BK Arena, Kigali
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 21–23, 25–13, 17–19
Pts: Omot 22
Rebs: Fakuade 10
Asts: Seif 4
Livestats Pts: Boissy 20
Rebs: Ochereobia 9
Asts: Ndour 4
Attendance: 7,532
Referees: JD Ralls, Yann Vezo Davidson, Arnold Moseya

Awards

Date Player Award
26 May 2023[10] Pabi Guèye BAL Coach of the Year
27 May 2023[2] Jean Jacques Boissy All-BAL First Team
Chris Crawford

Player statistics

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

BAL

After all games.[11]
AS Douanes statistics
Player GP MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Adama Diakhite 3 14.7 .400 .000 .700 2.7 0.0 1.3 0.0 6.3
Alkaly Ndour 8 21.5 .313 .000 .167 3.1 4.4 1.4 0.1 2.6
Bara Diop 7 12.5 .320 .000 .000 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 2.3
Bara Ndiaye 7 14.7 .313 .000 .500 3.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.7
Samba Daly Fall 8 21.6 .389 .333 .375 3.9 1.4 1.5 0.1 6.3
Bryan Osei 5 16.9 .444 1.000 .308 3.4 0.6 0.8 0.2 7.4
Cheikh Ahmet Kamara 2 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chris Crawford 8 34.1 .375 .319 .788 5.3 3.1 1.5 0.6 18.8
Jean Jacques Boissy 8 22.4 .333 .263 .850 4.0 3.5 2.4 0.1 16.5
Khaman Maluach 7 11.5 .346 .250 .667 4.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 3.4
Madiara Dieng 7 2.3 .154 .167 .000 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
Matthew Bryan-Amaning 3 24.2 .571 .667 .111 6.7 0.7 2.3 0.0 9.0
Mouhamadou Diagne 7 12.2 .647 .000 .500 4.4 0.3 0.0 1.1 3.7
Michael Ochereobia 8 18.9 .517 .000 .750 6.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 4.9
Pape Diop 3 4.8 1.000 .000 .500 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.0
Terrell Stoglin~ 2 28.9 .280 .100 .600 1.5 3.0 1.0 0.0 10.5

~ Waived during the season

References

  1. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (20 January 2023). "BAL 2023: Senegal's AS Douanes signs Terrell Stoglin and Chris Crawford". The New Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL ! | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 17 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ "What happened at the 2023 Sahara Conference?". The BAL. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. ^ "AS DOUANES SHOCK PETRO DE LUANDA, ADVANCE TO FINAL". The BAL. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. ^ Basketsenegal (17 September 2023). "Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL ! | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Coupe Saint Michel : L'AS Douanes sacrée en dominant l'ASC Ville de Dakar (75-74) | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "BAL 2023 : l'AS Douanes enrôle Terrel Stoglin et Chris Crawford" (in French). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Basketball Africa League teams draft 12 NBA Academy Africa prospects as part of second "BAL Elevate" program". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  9. ^ "BAL 2023: Michael Ochereobia signs for AS Douanes". Sport News Africa. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  10. ^ "GUEYE NAMED 2023 BAL COACH OF THE YEAR". The BAL. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  11. ^ "AS Douanes Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.