At the end of Ladies
basketball championships
Orthodox
crowned the title and Fuhais ranner up

- Hashem Abu Ayyash
Ibrahim Al Shaarawi, secretary of
the Jordanian Basketball Federation, crowned the Orthodox Women's Team with the
league title for the season (2016-2017) after defeating his opponent Al-Fuhais
(60-55) in the fifth and final match in the final series held on Friday evening
14-4-2017) in the Orthodox hall to bring Orthodoxy result (five meetings versus
none) out of nine scheduled meetings between the two teams.
Osama Madanat, vice-president of the
Orthodox Club, topped Al-Fuhais team with a silver medals and second place
Menal Banat crowned Al-Khaleej on
the third place and bronze medals.
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The Orthodox was able to impose his
control at the beginning and progressed after relying on the corrections and
breakthroughs of Anoud Asi and Zarra Al-Najjar rebounds . The response was
modest from Fuhais through Lilian Abu Jbara and the first period ended in favor
of the Orthodox (17-8), before the second period witnessed a clear shine of the
star Robbie Habash put Al-Fuhais in the lead at the end of the first half
(27-25).
In the third period, the Orthodox
players adopted the strong defense and close observation of Al-Fuhais. The
response came through Farah Al-Shyab, but the fast break attach brought the initiative back to the Orthodox
with a clear activism from Tala Iweys, who remained in the Al-Fuhais basket
after finding support from Al-Asi and Al-Najjar. The third period came to the
Orthodox (43-35) and the meeting (60-55).
The result of the quarters was
Orthodox (17-8), (8-19), (18-8), (17-20).
Scored to Orthodoxy: Zara Najjar
(16), Tala Iweys (14), Anoud Al-Assi (10), Lana Al-Sana'a (7), , Maria Han (5), Dana Feda (4), Lubna Nasser (2), Dina Hassa (2) .
Scored Fuhais: Rubi Habash (19), Farah Al-Shyab (10),
Aya Al-Qar'an (9), Lilian Abu Jabara (7), Sarah Matoukh (4), Farah Abu Abed
(3), Rokaya Ghanem (3).