# 2021–22 US Monastir basketball season

The 2021–22 season was the 63rd season of the US Monastir men's basketball team and the 2nd of the team in the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
Monastir won both the Championnat National A and the Tunisian Basketball Cup. On May 28, 2022, it won its first-ever BAL championship after winning the 2022 BAL Finals over Petro de Luanda.

## Transcations
### Departures

US Monastir Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Age | Height | To |
| Omar Abada | 00 | G | 28 | 1.88 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
| Makrem Ben Romdhane | 12 | F/C | 32 | 2.06 | Benfica |
| Chris Crawford | 2 | G | 28 | 2.06 | SLAC |
| Wael Arakji | 10 | G | 26 | 2.06 | Al-Jahra |

### Incoming

US Monastir Reinforcements :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Date | Former club |
| Solo Diabate | 10 | G | February 2, 2022 | Smouha |
| Michael Dixon | 00 | G | February 8, 2022 | Wilki Morskie Szczecin |
| Julius Coles Jr. | 5 | G | May 11, 2022 | Al-Wakrah |

## US Monastir Roster in Basketball Africa League

From the past season, six players returned for their second BAL season. On May 11, Monastir signed Julius Coles Jr. ahead of the playoffs.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Championnat Pro A | 25 September 2021 | 10 May 2022 | Round 1 | Winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Tunisian Cup | In Progress | In Progress | To be confirmed | Winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Basketball Africa League | 6 March 2022 | 28 May 2022 | To be confirmed | Winners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: October 8, 2023 Source: Competitions

### Championnat Pro A

The regular season started on 25 September 2021. The six highest placed teams advance to the play-offs, while the bottom four teams will play in the play-out.

#### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ezzahra Sports | 18 | 15 | 3 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 2 | US Monastir | 18 | 13 | 5 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 3 | Club Africain | 18 | 13 | 5 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 4 | Étoile Sportive de Radès | 18 | 11 | 7 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 5 | JS Kairouan | 18 | 10 | 8 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 6 | Stade Nabeulien | 18 | 8 | 10 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 7 | Dalia Sportive de Grombalia | 18 | 8 | 10 | Qualification to relegation round |
| 8 | JS Manazeh | 18 | 7 | 11 | Qualification to relegation round |
| 9 | US Ansar | 18 | 5 | 13 | Qualification to relegation round |
| 10 | SS Sfaxien | 18 | 0 | 18 | Qualification to relegation round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 October 2023. Source: Competitive matches

#### Play-offs table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | US Monastir | 10 | 8 | 2 | Advance to Super play-offs |
| 2 | Ezzahra Sports | 10 | 8 | 2 | Advance to Super play-offs |
| 3 | ES Radès | 10 | 6 | 4 | Advance to Super play-offs |
| 4 | Stade Nabeulien | 10 | 5 | 5 | Advance to Super play-offs |
| 5 | Club Africain | 10 | 3 | 7 | Qualification to play-out |
| 6 | JS Kairouan | 10 | 3 | 7 | Qualification to play-out |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 October 2023. Source: Competitive matches

### Basketball Africa League
#### BAL Sahara Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | REG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 431 | 423 | +8 | .800 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | US Monastir | 5 | 4 | 1 | 397 | 355 | +42 | .800 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | AS Salé | 5 | 3 | 2 | 454 | 438 | +16 | .600 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | SLAC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 392 | 394 | −2 | .400 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Ferroviário da Beira | 5 | 1 | 4 | 416 | 448 | −32 | .200 | |
| 6 | DUC (H) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 402 | 434 | −32 | .200 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: REG 77–74 US Monastir on 14 March 2022.
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Ferroviário da Beira 98–92 DUC on 8 March 2022.

#### Playoffs

The two teams have never faced each other before. Monastir defeated Cape Town comfortably, never trailing in the game. With a margin of 39 points, it was the largest win in the BAL season.

#### Final
## Player statistics
### BAL

US Monastir statistics :
| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Radhouane Slimane | 8 | 31.0 | .419 | .294 | .903 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 14.4 |
| Mohamed Rassil | 3 | 5.4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Charles Onana Awana | 3 | 4.4 | .500 | .667 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Wassef Methnani | 3 | 1.8 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Oussama Marnaoui | 7 | 19.5 | .277 | .300 | .917 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| Ater Majok | 8 | 31.4 | .648 | .333 | .577 | 10.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 13.6 |
| Houssem Mahemli | 8 | 10.1 | .500 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Firas Lahyani | 8 | 24.8 | .607 | .308 | .667 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 12.3 |
| Neji Jaziri | 4 | 6.8 | .385 | .364 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| Mokhtar Ghayaza | 8 | 16.8 | .656 | .000 | .714 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| Michael Dixon | 8 | 29.8 | .539 | .474 | .818 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 16.5 |
| Solo Diabate | 6 | 24.7 | .358 | .211 | .889 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| Julius Coles Jr.$^≠$ | 3 | 28.5 | .294 | .158 | .667 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 |
| Mohamed Abbassi | 3 | 5.4 | .800 | .000 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
$^≠$Acquired during the season $^~$Waived during the season