2023 AS Douanes men's basketball season

AS Douanes
Nationale Masculin 1 champions
Chairman	Colonel Cheikh Diop
Head coach	Pabi Guèye
NM1	Champions
BAL	Runners-up; (Lost to Al Ahly)
Senegalese Cup	Unknown
Saint Michel Cup	Winners
	← 2022 2024 →

The AS Douanes men's basketball team played the 2023 season in the Nationale 1 (NM1) and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Having won the previous national championship, the Douanes returned to the BAL after one-year of absence. They signed Terrell Stoglin and Chris Crawford for the season as American import players.^[1] On 27 September 2023, AS Douanes won its record-setting 11th national championship, thus overtaking ASFA as the Senegalese club with the most NM1 titles.^[2]

In the BAL, the Douanes finished second in the Sahara Conference after they won three straight games to make up for a 0–2 start.^[3] In the playoffs they became the first Senegalese team to reach the finals, when they defeated Petro de Luanda in the semifinal.^[4] They lost in the final to Al Ahly. Pabi Guèye won the BAL Coach of the Year Award.^[5]

On 7 May, AS Douanes also won their 5th Saint Michel Cup.^[6]

Rosters

BAL roster

AS Douanes roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	00	Ndour, Alkaly (C)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997
SG	1	Crawford, Chris (I)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	32 – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992
SF	2	Fall, Samba Daly	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	25 – (1999-01-17)17 January 1999
C	4	Maluach, Khaman (E)	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	18 – (2006-09-13)13 September 2006
G	5	Boissy, Jean Jacques	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	23 – (2001-01-28)28 January 2001
SF	7	Diop, Bara	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	32 – (1992-08-14)14 August 1992
SG	10	Dieng, Madiara	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	29 – (1995-11-20)20 November 1995
PF	11	Osei, Bryan (I)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	36 – (1988-05-09)9 May 1988
SF	12	Ndiaye, Bara	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	21 – (2003-10-06)6 October 2003
F/C	15	Diagne, Mouhamadou		27 – (1997-01-18)18 January 1997
SF	23	Kamara, Cheikh Ahmet	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	30 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994
C	34	Ochereobia, Ifeanyichukwu (I)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	35 – (1989-07-27)27 July 1989
SG	41	Stoglin, Terrell (I)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	33 – (1991-11-10)10 November 1991

Head coach

Pabi Guèye

Assistant coach(es)

Parfait Advijon

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Date	Source
5	G	Jean Jacques Boissy	21	Cornellà	Free agent	2023
41	G	Terrell Stoglin	31	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	Free agent	May 2023 (BAL only)	January 20, 2023	^[7]
1	SG	Chris Crawford	30	Patriots	Free agent	May 2023 (BAL only)	January 20, 2023	^[7]
11	PF/C	Bryan Osei	34	Free agent	Free agent	May 2023 (BAL only)	February 6, 2023
4	C	Khaman Maluach	16	NBA Academy Africa	Drafted	May 2023 (BAL only)	February 28, 2023	^[8]
34	C	Ifeanyichukwu Ochereobia	33	Cheshire Phoenix	Free agent	May 2023 (BAL only)	March 1, 2023	^[9]

Competitions

Basketball Africa League

Sahara Conference

11 March 2023 1	AS Douanes	70–76	ABC Fighters	Dakar Arena, Dakar
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 17–18, 17–15, 22–18
	Pts: Stoglin 21 Rebs: Maluach 9 Asts: Crawford, Ndour 4	Boxscore	Pts: Harouna 25 Rebs: Obekpa 9 Asts: Obekpa, Robinson 5	Attendance: 9,873 Referees: Charles Watson, Antonio Bernardo, Kalume Tonton Banza

15 March 2023 2	REG	69–55	AS Douanes	Dakar Arena, Dakar
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 17–12, 15–12, 12–19
	Pts: Nshobozwabyosenumukiza 14 Rebs: Nshobozwabyosenumukiza 10 Asts: Thomas 6	Boxscore	Pts: Crawford 17 Rebs: Crawford 9 Asts: Stoglin 5	Attendance: 4,010 Referees: Kevin Fahy, Sara Elsharnouby, Claudio Eiuba

17 March 2023 3	AS Douanes	74–58	Stade Malien	Dakar Arena, Dakar
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 12–12, 14–13, 27–16
	Pts: Crawford 21 Rebs: Ndiaye 8 Asts: Ndour 5	Boxscore	Pts: Berthe 17 Rebs: Diarra 14 Asts: Mamadou Keita 4	Attendance: 3,059

18 March 2023 4	Kwara Falcons	68–75	AS Douanes	Dakar Arena, Dakar
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 18–21, 12–16, 21–16
	Pts: Ezeh 12 Rebs: Mordi 7 Asts: Mordi 4	Boxscore	Pts: Boissy 22 Rebs: Diagne 6 Asts: Crawford 6	Attendance: 6,571 Referees: Kevin Fahy, Sara Elsharnouby, Didier Gaga

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

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

22 May 2023	AS Douanes	93–73	Ferroviário da Beira	BK Arena, Kigali
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 24–14, 19–15, 22–21
	Pts: Fall 23 Rebs: Bryan-Amaning 11 Asts: Ndour 8	Report Livestats	Pts: Gueye 19 Rebs: Gueye 9 Asts: Perry 8	Attendance: 2,240 Referees: JD Ralls, Banza Kalume, Sara Elsharnouby

Semifinals

24 May 2023	Petro de Luanda	86–92	AS Douanes	BK Arena, Kigali
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–29, 18–20, 23–23
	Pts: Hollis 19 Rebs: Pedro 8 Asts: Pedro 6	Livestats	Pts: Boissy 28 Rebs: Crawford 7 Asts: Ndour 5	Attendance: 4,554 Referees: Marcy Williams, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Mbaye Seye

Final

27 May 2023	Al Ahly	80–65	AS Douanes	BK Arena, Kigali
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 21–23, 25–13, 17–19
	Pts: Omot 22 Rebs: Fakuade 10 Asts: Seif 4	Livestats	Pts: Boissy 20 Rebs: Ochereobia 9 Asts: Ndour 4	Attendance: 7,532 Referees: JD Ralls, Yann Vezo Davidson, Arnold Moseya

Awards

Date	Player	Award
26 May 2023^[10]	Pabi Guèye	BAL Coach of the Year
27 May 2023^[2]	Jean Jacques Boissy	All-BAL First Team
27 May 2023^[2]	Chris Crawford	All-BAL First Team

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

After all games.^[11]

AS Douanes statistics
Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Adama Diakhite	3	14.7	.400	.000	.700	2.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	6.3
Alkaly Ndour	8	21.5	.313	.000	.167	3.1	4.4	1.4	0.1	2.6
Bara Diop	7	12.5	.320	.000	.000	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	2.3
Bara Ndiaye	7	14.7	.313	.000	.500	3.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	3.7
Samba Daly Fall	8	21.6	.389	.333	.375	3.9	1.4	1.5	0.1	6.3
Bryan Osei	5	16.9	.444	1.000	.308	3.4	0.6	0.8	0.2	7.4
Cheikh Ahmet Kamara	2	3.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Crawford	8	34.1	.375	.319	.788	5.3	3.1	1.5	0.6	18.8
Jean Jacques Boissy	8	22.4	.333	.263	.850	4.0	3.5	2.4	0.1	16.5
Khaman Maluach	7	11.5	.346	.250	.667	4.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	3.4
Madiara Dieng	7	2.3	.154	.167	.000	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9
Matthew Bryan-Amaning	3	24.2	.571	.667	.111	6.7	0.7	2.3	0.0	9.0
Mouhamadou Diagne	7	12.2	.647	.000	.500	4.4	0.3	0.0	1.1	3.7
Michael Ochereobia	8	18.9	.517	.000	.750	6.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	4.9
Pape Diop	3	4.8	1.000	.000	.500	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.0
Terrell Stoglin^~	2	28.9	.280	.100	.600	1.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	10.5

^~ Waived during the season

References

^ Sikubwabo, Damas (20 January 2023). "BAL 2023: Senegal's AS Douanes signs Terrell Stoglin and Chris Crawford". The New Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL ! | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 17 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "What happened at the 2023 Sahara Conference?". The BAL. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ "AS DOUANES SHOCK PETRO DE LUANDA, ADVANCE TO FINAL". The BAL. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ Basketsenegal (17 September 2023). "Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL ! | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Coupe Saint Michel : L'AS Douanes sacrée en dominant l'ASC Ville de Dakar (75-74) | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "BAL 2023 : l'AS Douanes enrôle Terrel Stoglin et Chris Crawford" (in French). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ "Basketball Africa League teams draft 12 NBA Academy Africa prospects as part of second "BAL Elevate" program". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ "BAL 2023: Michael Ochereobia signs for AS Douanes". Sport News Africa. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ "GUEYE NAMED 2023 BAL COACH OF THE YEAR". The BAL. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ "AS Douanes Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[1] Sikubwabo, Damas (20 January 2023). "BAL 2023: Senegal's AS Douanes signs Terrell Stoglin and Chris Crawford". The New Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[:1-2] "Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL ! | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 17 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[3] "What happened at the 2023 Sahara Conference?". The BAL. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[:0-4] "AS DOUANES SHOCK PETRO DE LUANDA, ADVANCE TO FINAL". The BAL. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

[:12-5] Basketsenegal (17 September 2023). "Championne du Sénégal après son succès sur la JA (64-56), l'AS Douanes retourne à la BAL ! | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[6] "Coupe Saint Michel : L'AS Douanes sacrée en dominant l'ASC Ville de Dakar (75-74) | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[:2-7] "BAL 2023 : l'AS Douanes enrôle Terrel Stoglin et Chris Crawford" (in French). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[8] "Basketball Africa League teams draft 12 NBA Academy Africa prospects as part of second "BAL Elevate" program". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[9] "BAL 2023: Michael Ochereobia signs for AS Douanes". Sport News Africa. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[:02-10] "GUEYE NAMED 2023 BAL COACH OF THE YEAR". The BAL. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

[11] "AS Douanes Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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