"Beirut" Edges "Antonin" in Lebanese Basketball Championship

The "Beirut" team succeeded in avoiding its second consecutive loss in the "Snips" Lebanese basketball championship, defeating its host Antonin Baabda by a margin of 6 points, 89-83, with quarter scores of (31-14, 44-37, 64-59). The match took place at the Antonin Institute's court, where Beirut was missing its playmaker Ali Mezher and Ali Haidar, who was suspended. Meanwhile, Antonin played with all three of its foreign players and remained competitive against the international and Arab champion from the start of the second quarter until the end of the match. Dar Tucker scored 25 points for Beirut with 7 rebounds, while Sergio Darwish added 25 points with 8 assists, and Cliff Alexander contributed 21 points with 19 rebounds, marking a record for rebounds this season. Naeem Rabai also scored 15 points. For Antonin, Edward Daniel scored 19 points with 12 rebounds, while Jordan Davis added 18 points with 6 rebounds and 12 assists. Lakatos Russ scored 15 points with 6 rebounds, Brian Mansour provided 13 points with 6 steals, and Mark Abi Khresh scored 11 points with 8 rebounds.