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Pitchou Manga’s double-double sparks Rwanda Energy Group (REG) in shocking win over US Monastir

With the win, REG improved to 3-1 with one game left Pitchou Manga came up with his best performance in the Sahara Conference on Monday to help Rwanda Energy Group (REG) cause the biggest upset in the Basketball Africa League...

Obekpa, Crawford spark SLAC to 2-2 with a game left in Sahara Conference

Obekpa finished 13 points and 11 rebounds, Marcus Crawford, who finished the opening quarter without contributing a single point, owned the following quarter When a traditionally defensive player like Chris Obekpa finishes 3-for-3 from the behind arc it tells the...

Monastir cruise to BAL playoffs undefeated

The runners-up of last year’s BAL outrebounded DUC 45-33, scored 34 of their 74 points near the basket to cover the absences of influential Souleymane Diabaté and Michael Dixon  Monastir Head Coach Modrag Perisic attributed his short-handed team’s 74-62 win...

Basketball Africa League and the Senegal Tourism Agency sign partnership

The Basketball Africa League #BAL and the Agence Sénégalaise de Promotion Touristique (ASPT)), Senegal’s #Tourism Promotion Board, today announced a partnership that makes Destination #Senegal, the country’s marketing and tourism initiative, the Host Partner of the BAL’s Sahara Conference group phase underway now at the...

Slimane’s 24 points ignite US Monastir’s winning streak

The Tunisian champions finished second in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2021 in Kigali, and this season they have self-proclaimed to be title contenders Radhouane Slimane on Friday reminded everyone why the Sahara Conference is...

Dakar Université Club (DUC) bounce back after players-only talk

DUC outrebounded REG 49-38 and they benefited from a productive bench which outscored REG’s bench 45-22 On the night that Dakar Université Club (DUC) secured their first win in the Sahara Conference, an unexpected hero rose to the occasion in...

African sports greats inaugurate state of the art sports facility for disadvantaged youth in...

Launched in 2003, ‘Giants of Africa’ uses basketball to educate and enrich the lives of African youth There was a buzz in the air as young spectators found their seats. Their excitement bubbled over at the sight of three African...

Nshobozwabyosenumukiza calls his buzzer-beater “biggest shot in my career”

Thomas Jr., who finished with a game-high 24 points, had no sight of the basket, but found Nshobozwabyosenumukiza widely open to hit Teammates and alike got lost for words when Jean Jacques Nshobozwabyosenumukiza hit a three-point buzzer-beater that boosted Rwanda...

Stoglin leads AS Salé past Beira

Stoglin had game-highs 34 points and 8 assists to help the Moroccan champions beat Ferroviário da Beira 95-84 on Wednesday night at Dakar Arena in Senegal Terrel Stoglin had his second highest Basketball Africa League (BAL) (www.BAL.nba.com) scoring performance on the day...

Kennedy powers Beira over host DUC

The Mozambican champions stepped on the floor reminding everyone that they were on a mission and a 6-0 run to start the game reflected their intentions in a game that registered seven lead changes DUC Head Coach Parfait Adjivon remained...
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