Captain Abdelaziz scores 40 points
The Emirati national team snatched an important and deserved win over the green Saudi team 72/59 in the second stage of the 19th Arab Basketball Championship for Youth currently held in Cairo. The white team succeeded in converting his set back in the first half of the game with score of 35/30 to well-deserved win with a score difference of 13 points because of the good defense and the pressing attacks especially that of Captain/ Abdelaziz Khalifa who scored 40 points to raise his score to 71 points and put himself among the stars of the Championship. The Saudi team advanced in the first quarter scoring 19/14, then the second quarter ended with a tie of 16/16, whereas the Emirati national team surpassed in the third quarter 22/6 along with the fourth quarter 20/18, scoring 22 points out of 44 attempts inside the area, 22 free shots, and 45 rebounds, of which 34 were in defense.