2021–22 US Monastir basketball season

US Monastir
2021–22 season
BAL champions
Tunisian Cup champions
PresidentAhmed Belli
Head coachMiodrag Perišić
ArenaMohamed Mzali Sports Hall
Championnat Pro AChampions
Tunisian CupWinners
BAL seasonChampions

The 2021–22 season was the 63rd season of the US Monastir men's basketball team and the 2nd of the team in the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Monastir won both the Championnat National A and the Tunisian Basketball Cup. On May 28, 2022, it won its first-ever BAL championship after winning the 2022 BAL Finals over Petro de Luanda.[1]

Transcations

Departures

US Monastir Departures
Name Number Pos. Age Height To
Omar Abada 00 G 28 1.88 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Makrem Ben Romdhane 12 F/C 32 2.06 Portugal Benfica
Chris Crawford 2 G 28 2.06 Guinea SLAC
Wael Arakji 10 G 26 2.06 United Arab Emirates Al-Jahra

Incoming

US Monastir Reinforcements
Name Number Pos. Date Former club
Solo Diabate 10 G February 2, 2022[2] Egypt Smouha
Michael Dixon 00 G February 8, 2022[3] Poland Wilki Morskie Szczecin
Julius Coles Jr. 5 G May 11, 2022[4] Qatar Al-Wakrah

US Monastir Roster in Basketball Africa League

Main article: 2022 BAL season rosters

From the past season, six players returned for their second BAL season. On May 11, Monastir signed Julius Coles Jr. ahead of the playoffs.[4]

US Monastir roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 00 Georgia (country) Dixon, Michael (WI) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 34 – (1990-12-01)1 December 1990
SG 1 Tunisia Marnaoui, Oussama 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-06-16)16 June 1999
SG 2 Tunisia Jaziri, Naji 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1994-10-21)21 October 1994
G 5 United States Coles Jr., Julius (WI) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1989-01-15)15 January 1989
PG 10 Ivory Coast Diabate, Mouloukou (AI) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 37 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987
PG 11 Tunisia Mahemli, Houssem 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (2000-02-14)14 February 2000
G 12 Cameroon Onana Awana, Charles Loic (E) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2003-12-15)15 December 2003
C 13 South Sudan Majok, Ater (AI) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 37 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987
F 15 Tunisia Methnani, Wassef 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-08-07)7 August 1998
SF 23 Tunisia Lahyani, Firas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – (1991-07-19)19 July 1991
C 24 Tunisia Abbassi, Mohamed 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-03-28)28 March 1991
G/F 26 Tunisia Ghyaza, Mokhtar 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 38 – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986
F 28 Tunisia Rassil, Mohamed 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-02-03)3 February 1998
F 45 Tunisia Slimane, Radhouane (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 44 – (1980-08-16)16 August 1980
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • (E): BAL Elevate player
  • (WI): World import
  • (AI): African import
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 5, 2022

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L PF PA PD Win %
Championnat Pro A 25 September 2021 10 May 2022 Round 1 Winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Tunisian Cup In Progress In Progress To be confirmed Winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Basketball Africa League 6 March 2022 28 May 2022 To be confirmed Winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: October 8, 2023
Source: Competitions

Championnat Pro A

Main article: 2021–22 Championnat Pro A

The regular season started on 25 September 2021. The six highest placed teams advance to the play-offs, while the bottom four teams will play in the play-out.

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 Ezzahra Sports 18 15 3 Qualification to play-offs
2 US Monastir 18 13 5
3 Club Africain 18 13 5
4 Étoile Sportive de Radès 18 11 7
5 JS Kairouan 18 10 8
6 Stade Nabeulien 18 8 10
7 Dalia Sportive de Grombalia 18 8 10 Qualification to relegation round
8 JS Manazeh 18 7 11
9 US Ansar 18 5 13
10 SS Sfaxien 18 0 18
Source: FTBB

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W L PF PA PD W L PF PA PD W L PF PA PD
0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 8 October 2023.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

Play-offs table

Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 US Monastir 10 8 2 Advance to Super play-offs
2 Ezzahra Sports 10 8 2
3 ES Radès 10 6 4
4 Stade Nabeulien 10 5 5
5 Club Africain 10 3 7 Qualification to play-out
6 JS Kairouan 10 3 7
Source: FTBB

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W L PF PA PD W L PF PA PD W L PF PA PD
0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 8 October 2023.
Source: Competitive matches

Basketball Africa League

Main article: 2022 BAL season

BAL Sahara Conference

Main article: 2022 BAL Sahara Conference
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Rwanda REG 5 4 1 431 423 +8 .800[a] Advance to playoffs
2 Tunisia US Monastir 5 4 1 397 355 +42 .800[a]
3 Morocco AS Salé 5 3 2 454 438 +16 .600
4 Guinea SLAC 5 2 3 392 394 −2 .400
5 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 5 1 4 416 448 −32 .200[b]
6 Senegal DUC (H) 5 1 4 402 434 −32 .200[b]
Source: BAL, Afrobasket
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: REG 77–74 US Monastir on 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head: Ferroviário da Beira 98–92 DUC on 8 March 2022.
6 March 2022
1
 US Monastir Tunisia 77–71 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira Dakar
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 16-23, 19-23, 23-18
Pts: Ater Majok 19
Rebs: Ater Majok 12
Asts: Radhouane Slimane 5
PIR: Ater Majok 32 		Boxscore Pts: Perry, Kennedy 17 each
Rebs: Prince Orizu 7
Asts: Jermelle Kennedy 5
PIR: Jermelle Kennedy 21 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 434
8 March 2022
2
 SLAC Guinea 55–76 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 5–20, 15–15, 15–17
Pts: Chris Crawford 15
Rebs: Chris Obekpa 11
Asts: Dane Miller Jr. 4
PIR: Chris Obekpa 20 		Boxscore Pts: Radhouane Slimane 15
Rebs: Ater Majok 14
Asts: Lahyani, Slimane 5 each
PIR: Ater Majok 22 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Marcy Williams, Annie Joyce Muchenu, Arnold Moseya
11 March 2022
3
 AS Salé Morocco 90–96 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–32, 18–20, 20–19, 31–25
Pts: Terrell Stoglin 41
Rebs: Four players 4
Asts: Terrell Stoglin 7
Eff: Terrell Stoglin 36 		Boxscore Pts: Radhouane Slimane 24
Rebs: Ater Majok 12
Asts: Michael Dixon 11
Eff: Radhouane Slimane 27 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 340
Referees: Kenny Jones, Aboollo Amr, Claudio Eviba
12 March 2022
4
 US Monastir Tunisia 74–62 Senegal DUC Dakar
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 15-11, 19-17, 20-14
Pts: Ater Majok 20
Rebs: Ater Majok 13
Asts: Radhouane Slimane 8
PIR: Ater Majok 30 		Boxscore Pts: Bamba Diallo 19
Rebs: Abel Diop 9
Asts: Hameed Ali 7
PIR: Bamba Diallo 15 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Stephanie Barksdale, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Euiba Claudio
14 March 2022
5
 REG Rwanda 77–74 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 15–16, 20–13, 21–19
Pts: Pitchou Kambuy Manga 16
Rebs: Pitchou Kambuy Manga 10
Asts: Adonis Filer 9
PIR: Pitchou Kambuy Manga 23 		Boxscore Pts: Michael Dixon 23
Rebs: Ater Majok 14
Asts: Oussama Marnaoui 6
PIR: Ater Majok 23 		Arena: Dakar Arena
Attendance: 400
Referees: Marcy Williams, Aboolo Amr, Arnold Moseya

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 BAL Playoffs

The two teams have never faced each other before. Monastir defeated Cape Town comfortably, never trailing in the game. With a margin of 39 points, it was the largest win in the BAL season.[5]

22 May 2022
Quarterfinals
 US Monastir Tunisia 106–67 South Africa Cape Town Tigers Kigali
13:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 22–15, 27–26, 35–8
Pts: Dixon 23
Rebs: Majok 9
Asts: Five players 5
PIR: Dixon 24 		Boxscore Pts: Early 15
Rebs: Prinsloo 8
Asts: Kabongo 5
PIR: Prinsloo 18 		Arena: Kigali Arena
Attendance: 718
Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Mahamadou Diallo
25 May 2022
Semifinals
 US Monastir Tunisia 88–81 Egypt Zamalek Kigali
21:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 19–18, 29–18, 24–23
Pts: Slimane 21
Rebs: Majok 9
Asts: Dixon, Coles Jr. 4
PIR: Dixon 20 		Pts: McKinney 26
Rebs: Diogu, Mahmoud 9
Asts: Strawberry 5
PIR: McKinney 25 		Arena: BK Arena
Referees: JD Ralls, Antonio Bernardo, Yann Vezo Davidson

Final

28 May 2022 Petro de Luanda Angola 72–83 Tunisia US Monastir Kigali
18:00 CAT Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 23–15, 19–24, 13–26
Pts: Gonçalves 28
Rebs: Moreira 7
Asts: Gonçalves 4
PIR: Gonçalves 27 		Boxscore
Pts: Dixon, Lahyani 21
Rebs: Lahyani 10
Asts: Dixon 6
PIR: Lahyani 24 		Arena: BK Arena
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Marie Leslie Cherubin


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

US Monastir statistics
Player GP MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Radhouane Slimane 8 31.0 .419 .294 .903 5.0 3.8 1.3 0.5 14.4
Mohamed Rassil 3 5.4 .000 .000 .000 2.3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0
Charles Onana Awana 3 4.4 .500 .667 .000 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.0
Wassef Methnani 3 1.8 .000 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
Oussama Marnaoui 7 19.5 .277 .300 .917 2.1 1.7 1.0 0.0 6.6
Ater Majok 8 31.4 .648 .333 .577 10.9 2.0 0.3 2.5 13.6
Houssem Mahemli 8 10.1 .500 .250 1.000 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.1 1.4
Firas Lahyani 8 24.8 .607 .308 .667 6.1 2.8 0.4 0.5 12.3
Neji Jaziri 4 6.8 .385 .364 1.000 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.0 3.8
Mokhtar Ghayaza 8 16.8 .656 .000 .714 5.1 0.9 1.1 0.3 6.5
Michael Dixon 8 29.8 .539 .474 .818 2.0 3.9 0.4 0.1 16.5
Solo Diabate 6 24.7 .358 .211 .889 2.7 3.8 1.2 0.0 8.3
Julius Coles Jr.≠ 3 28.5 .294 .158 .667 2.7 4.3 2.0 0.0 10.3
Mohamed Abbassi 3 5.4 .800 .000 .000 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 2.7

≠Acquired during the season
~Waived during the season

References

  1. ^ "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "🏀 سليمان ديباتي نجم المنتخب الإيفواري لكرةالسلة إتحادي 👏". Instagram.com. Union Sportive Monastirienne. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ "مايكل ديكسون نجم المنتخب الجورجي لكرة السلة اتحادي 👏". Instagram.com. Union Sportive Monastirienne. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b @@USMonastirBB (May 11, 2022). "Welcome to the City of Champions Julius 💎" (Tweet). Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Dixon powers US Monastir in comprehensive win over Cape Town". The BAL. Retrieved 22 May 2022.