2024 AS Douanes men's basketball season

AS Douanes
Chairman	Colonel Cheikh Diop
Head coach	Pabi Guèye
NM1	Semifinalist; (eliminated by ASCVD)
BAL	2nd in Sahara Conference
0Playoffs	0Quarter-finalist; (elimianted by Petro de Luanda)
Senegalese Cup	Unknown
Saint Michel Cup	In progres
	← 2022 2024 →

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

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]

In the 2024 Nationale 1 season, the Gabelous were eliminated in the semi-finals, missing out on the finals for the first time in eight seasons.

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 nationalities not displayed.

AS Douanes roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	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)	32 – (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)	18 – (2006-09-14)14 September 2006
C	15	Ochereobia, Ifeanyichukwu (I)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	35 – (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)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
(E): BAL Elevate player
Injured

Roster

Updated: May 5, 2024

Transactions

In

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

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Date	Source
5	G	Jean Jacques Boissy	22	Aurore Vitré	End of contract	22 June 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	28 May 2023
4	C	Khaman Maluach	17	NBA Academy Africa	End of contract	29 May 2023	^[8]
34	C	Ifeanyichukwu Ochereobia	34		End of contract	29 May 2023	^[9]
15	C	Mouhamadou Diagne	26		End of contract

Games

Nationale 1

Regular season

4 February 2024	US Ouakam	59–63	AS Douanes	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

6 February 2024	ASCVD	vs.	AS Douanes	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

11 February 2024	AS Douanes	70–63	GBA	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

15 February 2024	Bopp	50–57	AS Douanes	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

25 February 2024	AS Douanes	71–67	ASCVD	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

1 March 2024	AS Douanes	52–46	USCT Port	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

9 March 2024	UGB	58–67	AS Douanes	Dakar

				Arena: Joseph Gaye Stadium

15 March 2024	Sibac	55–60	AS Douanes	Dakar

				Arena: Joseph Gaye Stadium

20 March 2024	USCT Port	66–69	AS Douanes	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

30 March 2024	AS Douanes	73–58	US Ouakam	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

6 April 2024	GBA	61–68	AS Douanes	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

17 April 2024	AS Douanes	61–52	Sibac	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

21 April 2024	AS Douanes	74–65	Bopp	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

25 April 2024	AS Douanes	vs.	UGB	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

Coupe du Maire

Quarterfinal

28 February 2024	AS Douanes	83–56	USCT Port	Dakar

				Arena: Marius Ndiaye Stadium

Semifinal

13 April 2024	AS Douanes	53–58	ASC Ville de Dakar	Dakar

				Arena: Stadium Marius Ndiaye

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seeding game

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

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

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

After all games.^[10]

AS Douanes statistics
Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Abdoulaye Harouna	8	33.7	.289	.292	.767	2.8	3.4	4.0	0.1	17.1
Jean Jacques Boissy	8	28.7	.310	.091	.656	5.0	4.9	1.9	0.0	10.9
Madut Akec	8	33.6	.457	.526	.571	8.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	12.0
Mike Fofana	8	28.7	.420	.333	.895	4.9	1.5	1.0	0.3	10.6
Adama Diakhite	8	21.5	.500	.000	.652	5.6	0.3	0.8	0.8	7.9
Alkaly Ndour	8	11.9	.200	.000	.500	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9
Ibrahima Thomas	7	15.3	.150	.125	.500	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.6
Samba Daly Fall	7	9.6	.320	.222	.000	2.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	2.6
Chris Obekpa	7	16.7	.313	.000	.750	4.3	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.9
Abdou Sy	1	3.2	.000	.000	.000	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bara Diop	2	2.5	.250	.000	.000	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Khadim Rassoul Mboup	2	4.7	.500	.000	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Michael Ochereobia	3	8.5	.143	.000	.375	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7

References

^ "Faust sends Petro de Luanda to the 2024 BAL Semifinals". The BAL. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ "AS Douanes : Pabi Gueye dévoile ses 13 joueurs pour la BAL | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 30 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ "Basketball : L'AS Douanes s'offre l'arrière nigérien Abdoulaye Harouna" (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ 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)
^ "BAL 2024 : L'AS Douanes officialise l'arrivée de Mike Fofana" (in French). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "BAL 2024 : L'AS Douanes s'attache les services d'Ibrahima Thomas" (in French). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Vitré attire le jeune Sénégalais Jean-Jacques Boissy". BeBasket (in French). 22 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Cape Town Tigers Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[table_hth_ASD0.11321158200186-10] Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).

[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.

[11] "Cape Town Tigers Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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v t e 2024 BAL season
Qualification Playoffs Final Rosters
Kalahari Conference	Cape Town Tigers Dynamo FUS Rabat Petro de Luanda
Nile Conference	Al Ahly Al Ahly Benghazi Bangui Sporting Club City Oilers
Sahara Conference	APR AS Douanes US Monastir Rivers Hoopers