Louaize Club

Louaize Club
League	Lebanese Basketball League
Founded	1978
Arena	Louaize Stadium,
Location	Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Team colors	Blue, White
President	Father Charbel Haddad
Head coach	Marwan Khalil
Team captain	Miguel Martinez
Uniforms
Home Away

Louaize Club is the basketball department of Notre Dame University – Louaize , a university basketball club basked in Zouk Mosbeh. The club was established in the founding year of 1978 and is currently participating in the 2016 Lebanese Basketball League.

Men's Basketball Program

The men's basketball team made history in the summer of 2015 when it had won the second division basketball tournament and was immediately promoted to the 2016 Lebanese Basketball League.

The Lebanese Second Division basketball championship came to an end, with Louaize grabbing the title by defeating Antranik 3-1 in the final series. The last game in the series, was taking place at Centre Demerdjian, and Louaize, led by Joe Mansour (191-F-77) who scored 31 points managed to beat Antranik 68-65 in front of a large crowd. On the other hand, Tarek Khersan was Antranik's best scorer with 15 points. Nevertheless, both teams are qualified to the first division and will now be looking to sign new players to strengthen their squads. Finally, Father Charbel Haddad, the Louaize club president, said that the team has now achieved its first goal, and the next step is to establish a plan for the first division championship in order to be able to compete with all teams.

2016 Squad

Louaize roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. PF 24 Okafor, Alex 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PG 9 Johnson, Geron 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) C 40 Lewis, Wendell 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) SF 3 Bechara, Ribal 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PG 6 Martinez, Miguel (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) C 33 Bitar, Jad 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) SG 13 Salem, Jimmy 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PF 18 Thompson, Garnett 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) F 11 Mebarak, Jad 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) PG 12 Dib, Rabih 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) SF 18 Barakat, Salim 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) SF 18 Bechara, Edward 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) SG 18 Greene, Orien 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) PG 22 Saadeh, Imad 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) C 21 Iskandar, Paul 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Head coach Marwan Khalil Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserves
C	Wendell Lewis	Jad Bitar	Paul Iskandar
PF	Alex Okafor	Jad Mebarak	Garnett Thompsin
SF	Ribal Bechara	Salim Barakat	Edward Bechara
SG	Jimmy Salem	Miguel Martinez	Orien Greene
PG	Geron Johnson	Imad Saadeh	Rabih Dib

Achievements

• League achievements: Lebanese Division 2 Champion -15

Women's Basketball Program

The Louaize women's basketball program competes in various combined college competitions in Lebanon and is currently developing progressively alongside the men's team in the hopes of qualifying for division 1.

See also

• Notre Dame University – Louaize

External links

• http://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Lebanon/Louaize/20476?Page=1