2022–23 US Monastir basketball season

US Monastir
2022–23 season
Championnat Pro A champions
Tunisian Cup champions
Head coach	Linos Gavriel (CNA); Miodrag Perišić (BAL)
Arena	Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall
Championnat Pro A	Champions
BAL	5th place in Sahara Conference
Tunisian Cup	Winners
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	2	Randle, Jerome (I)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	37 – (1987-05-21)21 May 1987
SG	5	Braiek, Omar		20 – (2004-03-03)3 March 2004
PF	6	Thomas, Ibrahima (I)	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	37 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987
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
PG	11	Mahemli, Houssem	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	24 – (2000-02-14)14 February 2000
PF	12	Addami, Ahmed	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1997-07-14)14 July 1997
SG	12	Bouallegue, Amrou	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	28 – (1995-12-24)24 December 1995
F	15	Chennoufi, Ziyed	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	35 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988
F	23	Lahyani, Firas	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	33 – (1991-07-16)16 July 1991
C	24	Ghyaza, Mokhtar	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	38 – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986
F/C	41	Abass, Churchill (E)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	20 – (2004-08-21)21 August 2004
PF	45	Slimane, Radhouane (C)	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	44 – (1980-08-16)16 August 1980

Head coach

Miodrag Perišić

Assistant coach(es)

Zied Kechaou

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
(E): BAL Elevate player
Injured

Roster

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

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	112–42	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	107–84	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

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	68–78	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	85–74	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	90–74	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	79–84	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	60–76	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

Championnat Pro A MVP: Radhouane Slimane
Championnat Pro A Finals MVP: Oussama Marnaoui
Tunisian Cup Final MVP: Oussama Marnaoui

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

^ Boubaker, Saber Ben (29 October 2022). "Basket - US Monastir : Linos Gavriel remplace Marouen Kechrid". Sport By TN (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ "Miodrag Perisic returns to US Monastir, sets playoff target". OJB SPORT. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ Skerletic, Dario (21 January 2023). "U.S. Monastir, ingaggiati Jerome Randle e Michael Roll - Sportando". Sportando (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "BAL 2023 : Acuoth Deng débarque à l'US Monastir | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ Skerletic, Dario (21 January 2023). "U.S. Monastir, ingaggiati Jerome Randle e Michael Roll - Sportando". Sportando (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "BAL 2023: Ibrahima Thomas signs for Monastir". Sport News Africa. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
^ lumanhula, Jose (23 September 2022). "SOULEYMAN "SOLO" DIABATE É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ "Piratas add Majok to their roster". Afrobasket.com. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ "US Monastir at the FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[1] Boubaker, Saber Ben (29 October 2022). "Basket - US Monastir : Linos Gavriel remplace Marouen Kechrid". Sport By TN (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[2] "Miodrag Perisic returns to US Monastir, sets playoff target". OJB SPORT. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[3] Skerletic, Dario (21 January 2023). "U.S. Monastir, ingaggiati Jerome Randle e Michael Roll - Sportando". Sportando (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[4] "BAL 2023 : Acuoth Deng débarque à l'US Monastir | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[5] Skerletic, Dario (21 January 2023). "U.S. Monastir, ingaggiati Jerome Randle e Michael Roll - Sportando". Sportando (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[6] "BAL 2023: Ibrahima Thomas signs for Monastir". Sport News Africa. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

[7] umanhula, Jose (23 September 2022). "SOULEYMAN "SOLO" DIABATE É PETROLÍFERO". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[8] "Piratas add Majok to their roster". Afrobasket.com. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[9] "US Monastir at the FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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v t e 2023 BAL season
Qualification tournaments Group stage Nile Conference Sahara Conference Playoffs Final Rosters
Nile Conference	Al Ahly Cape Town Tigers City Oilers Ferroviário da Beira Petro de Luanda SLAC
Sahara Conference	ABC Fighters AS Douanes Kwara Falcons REG Stade Malien US Monastir