2024 AS Douanes men's basketball season

The AS Douanes men's basketball team played the 2024 season in the Nationale 1 (NM1) and the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

AS Douanes

Chairman	Colonel Cheikh Diop
Head coach	Pabi Guèye
NM1	In progres
BAL	2nd in Sahara Conference
0Playoffs	0Quarter-finalist
Senegalese Cup	Unknown
Saint Michel Cup	In progres
← 2022 2024 →

The Douanes are the defending champions of the NM1, and were coming off their silver medal performance in the 2023 BAL season. In the 2024 BAL season, they finished second in the Sahara Conference and were the number three seed in the playoffs. In the quarter-finals, they were eliminated by Petro de Luanda.^[1]

Rosters

The final roster for the BAL season was announced on 30 April 2024.^[2]

BAL roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

AS Douanes roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 00   Ndour, Alkaly 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997 G 2   Fall, Samba Daly 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1999-01-17)17 January 1999 G 5   Boissy, Jean Jacques 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (2000-01-28)28 January 2000 PF 6   Thomas, Ibrahima 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 37 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 F/C 7   Obekpa, Chris (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-11-14)14 November 1993 G 10   Harouna, Amadou (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1992-12-12)12 December 1992 PF 11   Diop, Bara 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1992-08-14)14 August 1992 F 13   Fofana, Mike (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-05-10)10 May 1997 SF 14   Mboup, Khadim (E) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 17 – (2006-09-14)14 September 2006 C 15   Ochereobia, Ifeanyichukwu (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1989-07-27)27 July 1989 C 28   Diakhite, Adama 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-04-12)12 April 1997 F/C 34   Sy, Abdou 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 21 – (2003-01-13)13 January 2003 SF 45   Akec, Madut (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-01-01)1 January 1999	Head coach   Pabi Gueye Assistant coach(es)   Parfait Advijon   JP Adams Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (E): BAL Elevate player   Injured Roster Updated: May 5, 2024

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Date	Source
–	PF		Babacar Diallo		Jeanne d'Arc		Free agent	Undisclosed	December 23, 2023
–	C		Ndery Khoulé		Louga		Free agent	Undisclosed	December 23, 2023
–	SF		Alioune Ass Seck		DUC		Free agent	Undisclosed	December 23, 2023
–	SG		Abdoulaye Harouna	22	ABC Fighters		Free agent	Undisclosed	December 28, 2023	^[3]
–	G/F		Bassirou Bâ	27	DUC		Free agent	2024	December 28, 2023	^[4]
–	F		Birahim Gaye	36			Free agent	Undisclosed	January 20, 2024
–	G/F		Abdou Karim Kébé	26	ASC Ville de Dakar		Free agent	Undisclosed	January 19, 2024
–	PG		Pape Ibrahima Nidaye		ASC Ville de Dakar		Free agent	Undisclosed	January 19, 2024
–	PF		Doudou Ndoye		Jeanne d'Arc		Free agent	Undisclosed	January 19, 2024
–	PF		Mike Fofana	26	ABC Fighters		Free agent	Undisclosed	March 8, 2024	^[5]
–	C		Ibrahima Thomas	36	Champville		Free agent	Undisclosed	March 5, 2024	^[6]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Date	Source
5	G		Jean Jacques Boissy	22	Aurore Vitré		End of contract	June 22, 2023	^[7]
1	SG		Chris Crawford	31	Al Ahli Benghazi		End of contract	October 2023	^[citation needed]
11	PF/C		Bryan Osei	35			End of contract	May 28, 2023
4	C		Khaman Maluach	17	NBA Academy Africa		End of contract	May 29, 2023	^[8]
34	C		Ifeanyichukwu Ochereobia	34			End of contract	May 29, 2023	^[9]
15	C		Mouhamadou Diagne	26			End of contract

Games

BAL

Main article: 2024 BAL season

Sahara Conference

Main article: 2024 BAL Sahara Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Rivers Hoopers	6	4	2	441	413	+28	.667	Advance to playoffs
2	AS Douanes	6	3	3	409	385	+24	.500^[a]
3	US Monastir	6	3	3	437	450	−13	.500^[a]
4	APR	6	2	4	432	471	−39	.333

Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).

AS Douanes   v   Rivers Hoopers

May 4, 2024 1	AS Douanes	68–77	Rivers Hoopers	Dakar Arena, Dakar
5:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 16–19, 9–19, 20–21
	Pts: Akec 19 Rebs: Obekpa 14 Asts: Boissy 4	Livestats	Pts: Eke 31 Rebs: Eke 12 Asts: Amayo 8	Attendance: 8,543 Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Aboolo Amr, Hassan Kamate

AS Douanes   v   US Monastir

May 5, 2024 2	AS Douanes	76–59	US Monastir	Dakar Arena, Dakar
5:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 20–14, 14–15, 30–15
	Pts: Harouna 35 Rebs: Akec 9 Asts: Boissy 8	Livestats	Pts: Williams 16 Rebs: Majok 13 Asts: Crawford 5	Attendance: 4,578 Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto, Natascha Onono

APR   v   AS Douanes

May 7, 2024 3	APR	66–61	AS Douanes	Dakar Arena, Dakar
7:00 PM	Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 16–9, 19–16, 20–19
	Pts: Noel 24 Rebs: Noel 8 Asts: Filer, Robeyns 3	Livestats	Pts: Boissy 14 Rebs: Boissy, Fofana 6 Asts: Boissy 11	Attendance: 4,478 Referees: Kenny Jones, Aboolo Amr, Adlen Larouci

Rivers Hoopers   v   AS Douanes

May 9, 2024 4	Rivers Hoopers	54–56	AS Douanes	Dakar Arena, Dakar
7:00 PM	Scoring by quarter: 5–14, 21–19, 15–7, 13–16
	Pts: Perry 17 Rebs: Olisemeka 18 Asts: Perry 5	Livestats	Pts: Akec 17 Rebs: Thomas 9 Asts: Boissy 4	Attendance: 6,876 Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Yann Vezo Davidson, Natascha Onono

US Monastir   v   AS Douanes

May 11, 2024 5	US Monastir	75–69	AS Douanes	Dakar Arena, Dakar
5:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 31–20, 10–15, 17–19
	Pts: Crawford 16 Rebs: Lahyani 10 Asts: Crawford 6	Livestats	Pts: Harouna 22 Rebs: Akec 7 Asts: Fofana 2	Attendance: 8,208 Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Natascha Onono

AS Douanes   v   APR

May 12, 2024 6	AS Douanes	79–54	APR	Dakar Arena, Dakar
5:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–10, 19–18, 16–8
	Pts: Fofana 27 Rebs: Akec 9 Asts: Harouna 8	Livestats	Pts: Mpoyo 22 Rebs: Mpoyo 7 Asts: Robeyns 4	Attendance: 8,632 Referees: Kaitlynn Versoza, Yann Vezo Davidson, Hassan Kamate

Playoffs

Main article: 2024 BAL playoffs

Seeding game

Rivers Hoopers   v   AS Douanes

25 May 2024	Rivers Hoopers	57–63	AS Douanes	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda
5:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 14–15, 5–13, 29–13
	Pts: Ike 11 Rebs: Olisemeka 13 Asts: Amayo 7	Livestats	Pts: Harouna 16 Rebs: Akec, Fofana 7 Asts: Akec 4	Attendance: 5,992 Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Amir Taboubi

Quarterfinals

AS Douanes   v   Petro de Luanda

27 May 2024	AS Douanes	65–66	Petro de Luanda	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda
8:00 PM	Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 17–15, 31–14, 9–24
	Pts: Boissy 28 Rebs: Akec, Diakhite 9 Asts: Harouna 5	Livestats	Pts: Faust 13 Rebs: Moreira 9 Asts: Buiamba 5	Attendance: 5,470 Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Monicca Nassuuna

References

1. "Faust sends Petro de Luanda to the 2024 BAL Semifinals". The BAL. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
2. "AS Douanes : Pabi Gueye dévoile ses 13 joueurs pour la BAL | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 30 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
3. "Basketball : L'AS Douanes s'offre l'arrière nigérien Abdoulaye Harouna" (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
4. Basket221 (22 December 2023). "NM1 - Saison 2024 : L'AS Douane enrôle Bassirou Bâ". Basket 221. Retrieved 23 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "BAL 2024 : L'AS Douanes officialise l'arrivée de Mike Fofana" (in French). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
6. "BAL 2024 : L'AS Douanes s'attache les services d'Ibrahima Thomas" (in French). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
7. "Vitré attire le jeune Sénégalais Jean-Jacques Boissy". BeBasket (in French). 22 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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.