Al Riyadi's Women Section
The Riyadi's Basketball team for women was formed in 1965, and competed against few Lebanese women's teams. However, Riyadi ladies team qualified for the first time in the club history to the final of the Lebanese league in 2006 -2007 after their third consecutive win over Homenetmen in the final four. Riyadi was crowned Lebanese cup 2006 champion after defeating Antranik by 5 points with a final score of 61 to 56.
Riyadi's Emma Eskedjian dominated the glass grabbing 14 rebounds and managed to score 18 points; while Nour Chkeir lead the team in scoring with 19 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Talar Marcusian nailed 4 3-pointers and the team's American Jessica Butler grabbed 10 rebounds. As for Antranik, Nisrine Dandan was the best scorer of the game with 20 points while the team's import Shandra Brown scored 10 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.
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