2022–23 US Monastir basketball season

US Monastir
2022–23 season
Tunisian Cup champions
Head coachLinos Gavriel (CNA)
Miodrag Perišić (BAL)
ArenaMohamed-Mzali Sports Hall
Championnat Pro AChampions
BAL5th place in Sahara Conference
Tunisian CupWinners

The 2022–23 season of US Monastir was the 64th in the club's history. It is the club's third season in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). This season US Monastir was coached by Marouan Kechrid until October, when Linos Gavriel took over.[1] However, Gavriel did not coach during the 2023 BAL season, where the head coaching duties were given to former BAL championship-winning Miodrag Perišić.[2]

In February, Monastir was the first Tunisian team to play in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. In the BAL season, they were surprisingly eliminated in the Sahara Conference, losing on tie-breakers to four other teams after the team had finished with a 3-2 record.

In the 2022–23 Championnat Pro A, US Monastir won their fifth consecutive national championship following their 3–1 finals series win over Club Africain.

Roster

The following was US Monastir's roster of the 2023 BAL season:

US Monastir roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 2 United States Randle, Jerome (I) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 37 – (1987-05-21)21 May 1987
SG 5 Tunisia Braiek, Omar 20 – (2004-03-03)3 March 2004
PF 6 Senegal Thomas, Ibrahima (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 37 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987
SF 7 Tunisia Marnaoui, Oussama 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1999-06-16)16 June 1999
SG 10 Tunisia Chouaya, Lassaad 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1989-08-22)22 August 1989
PG 11 Tunisia Mahemli, Houssem 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (2000-02-14)14 February 2000
PF 12 Tunisia Addami, Ahmed 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-07-14)14 July 1997
SG 12 Tunisia Bouallegue, Amrou 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1995-12-24)24 December 1995
F 15 Tunisia Chennoufi, Ziyed 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 36 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988
F 23 Tunisia Lahyani, Firas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-07-16)16 July 1991
C 24 Tunisia Ghyaza, Mokhtar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 38 – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986
F/C 41 Nigeria Abass, Churchill (E) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2004-08-21)21 August 2004
PF 45 Tunisia Slimane, Radhouane (C) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 44 – (1980-08-16)16 August 1980
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • (E): BAL Elevate player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 25, 2023

Transactions

In

Date Number Name Pos. To Note
21 January 2023[3] 2 Jerome Randle PG Metropolitans 92 (France)
28 January 2023[4] - Deng Acuoth C Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
21 January 2023[5] 10 Michael Roll G Paris Basketball (France) Signed only for the Intercontinental Cup.
28 February 2023 41 Churchill Abass F/C NBA Academy Africa Drafted under the BAL Elevate program.
1 March 2023[6] 6 Ibrahima Thomas PF/C Ohud Medina (Saudi Arabia)

Out

Including players that were on US Monastir roster in the 2022 BAL season.

Date Number Name Pos. To Note
9 September 2022[7] 10 Solo Diabate G Petro de Luanda (Angola)
26 November 2022 0 Michael Dixon PG Kolossos Rodou (Greece)
November 2022 5 Julius Coles Jr. G Al Morog (Libya)
June 2022[8] 13 Ater Majok C Piratas de La Guaira (Venezuela)
- 28 Mohamed Rassil F ES Radès (Tunisia)
12 Charles Loic Onana G NBA Academy Africa End of BAL Elevate program contract.

Games

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup (Tenerife)

US Monastir was the first-ever Tunisian team to play in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, and the second representative from the BAL to play in the competition.[9]

Semifinal

10 February 2023 (2023-02-10) Lenovo Tenerife Spain 112–42 Tunisia US Monastir San Cristóbal de La Laguna
21:00 (UTC±0) Scoring by quarter: 25–6, 27–10, 31–11, 29–15
Pts: Abromaitis 20
Rebs: Diagne 11
Asts: Huertas 7 		Boxscore Pts: Randle 14
Rebs: Marnaoui 5
Asts: Ghyaza 3 		Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Attendance: 4,062
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Scott Beker (AUS), Juan Fernández (ARG)

Third place game

12 February 2023 (2023-02-12) Rio Grande Valley Vipers United States 107–84 Tunisia US Monastir San Cristóbal de La Laguna
16:00 (UTC±0) Scoring by quarter: 32–20, 31–17, 24–18, 20–29
Pts: Culver 34
Rebs: Stanley 5
Asts: Lecque 7 		Boxscore Pts: Marnaoui 19
Rebs: Lahiani 8
Asts: Marnaoui 3 		Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Jean Ruhamiriza (RWA)

Basketball Africa League

Main article: 2023 BAL season

Sahara Conference

Main article: 2023 BAL Sahara Conference

US Monastir was drawn in the Sahara Conference, which was held in the Dakar Arena in Dakar, Senegal.

12 March 2023
1
 Stade Malien Mali 68–78 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar Arena, Dakar
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 22–21, 12–16, 19–18
Pts: Berthe 34
Rebs: Diarra 14
Asts: Keita 3 		Boxscore Pts: Randle 18
Rebs: Thomas 10
Asts: Randle 7 		Attendance: 883
Referees: Nate Cearley, Yann Vezo Davidson, Erick Otieno
15 March 2023
2
 US Monastir Tunisia 85–74 Nigeria Kwara Falcons Dakar Arena, Dakar
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 23–20, 23–18, 28–20
Pts: Thomas 22
Rebs: Lahyani 10
Asts: Randle 8 		Livestats Pts: Ezeh 22
Rebs: Monyyong 9
Asts: Mordi 6 		Attendance: 372
17 March 2023
3
 ABC Fighters Ivory Coast 90–74 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar Arena, Dakar
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 20–9, 17–18, 32–20
Pts: Harouna 33
Rebs: Obepka 9
Asts: Harouna, Fofana 3 		Boxscore Pts: Randle 25
Rebs: Thomas 10
Asts: Randle 5 		Attendance: 800
Referees: Nate Cearley, Sara Elsharnouby, Arnold Moseya
20 March 2023
4
 REG Rwanda 79–84 Tunisia US Monastir Dakar Arena, Dakar
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 20–13, 16–25, 33–21
Pts: Thomas 38
Rebs: Graham, Ndizeye 7
Asts: Thomas 4 		Livestats Pts: Randle 32
Rebs: Thomas 7
Asts: Five players 3 		Attendance: 600
Referees: Nate Cearley, Kalume Tonton Banza, Erick Otieno
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

Individual awards

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
Ibrahima Thomas 5 25.3 .431 .464 .588 7.0 0.4 0.2 0.8 13.4
Radhouane Slimane 5 28.9 .304 .207 .889 5.4 1.6 1.0 0.2 10.0
Jerome Randle 5 34.6 .486 .367 .840 3.4 5.2 1.4 0.0 20.4
Oussama Marnaoui 5 14.1 .385 .316 .583 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.6 6.6
Houssem Mahemli 5 8.1 .250 .000 .500 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.0
Firas Lahyani 5 22.8 .548 .143 .667 4.8 1.4 0.8 0.2 9.8
Mokhtar Ghayaza 5 24.5 .722 .000 .800 5.8 1.4 1.2 0.6 6.8
Lassaad Chouaya 5 13.3 .333 .143 .500 0.6 1.4 1.0 0.0 2.0
Ziyed Chennoufi 4 7.7 .000 .000 1.000 2.5 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.5
Amrou Bouallegue 5 17.3 .467 .273 .000 1.6 2.2 0.6 0.2 3.4
Omar Beriek 1 0.7 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ahmed Addami 4 5.8 .556 .500 .000 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.0 3.0
Churchill Abass 1 0.7 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0

References

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