2023–24 US Monastir basketball season

US Monastir

2023–24 season
Head coach	Mohamed Kirdani (BAL)
Arena	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall
Championnat Pro A	TBD
BAL	3rd in Sahara Conference
0Playoffs	0Quarterfinals (eliminated by the Rivers Hoopers)
Tunisian Cup	TBD

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

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

Roster

Current roster

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

2023–24 US Monastir roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 00 Bouallegue, Amrou 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1995-12-24)24 December 1995 G 1 Crawford, Chris (I) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992 G 2 Ganouni, Achraf 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 C 4 Ghyaza, Mokhtar (C) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 38 – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986 G 5 Marmouch, Yassine 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2003-06-01)1 June 2003 SF 7 Marnaoui, Oussama 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1999-06-16)16 June 1999 SG 10 Chouaya, Lassaad 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1989-08-22)22 August 1989 G 12 Bedoui, Ahmed 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 17 – (2007-07-28)28 July 2007 C 13 Majok, Ater (I) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 37 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987 G 14 Williams, George (I) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 F 15 Addami, Ahmed 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-07-14)14 July 1997 F 23 Lahyani, Firas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – (1991-07-16)16 July 1991 SF 24 Doucouré, Sadio (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1992-07-27)27 July 1992	Head coach Mohamed El Kirdani Assistant coach(es) M'hamed Gaddour Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (E): BAL Elevate player Injured Roster Updated: 4 May 2024

Basketball Africa League

Main article: 2024 BAL season

Sahara Conference

Main article: 2024 BAL Sahara Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Rivers Hoopers	6	4	2	441	413	+28	.667	Advance to playoffs
2	AS Douanes (H)	6	3	3	409	385	+24	.500[a]
3	US Monastir	6	3	3	437	450	−13	.500[a]
4	APR	6	2	4	432	471	−39	.333

Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).

US Monastir v APR

May 4, 2024	US Monastir	84–890(OT)	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

AS Douanes v US Monastir

May 5, 2024	AS Douanes	76–59	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

US Monastir v Rivers Hoopers

May 7, 2024	US Monastir	63–84	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

APR v US Monastir

May 9, 2024	APR	70–83	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

US Monastir v AS Douanes

May 11, 2024	US Monastir	75–69	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

Rivers Hoopers v US Monastir

May 12, 2024	Rivers Hoopers	62–73	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

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)

Petro de Luanda v US Monastir

25 May 2024	Petro de Luanda	67–70	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

Rivers Hoopers v US Monastir

27 May 2024	Rivers Hoopers	92–88	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

Main article: 2023–24 Championnat Pro A

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

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

^≠Acquired during the season
^~Released during the season

References

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 (2024-04-25). "𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰" – via Instagram.
5. "BAL Expands to South Africa for Fourth Season tipping off in March 2024". The BAL. 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.