Basketball Africa League
13 May
Rivers Hoopers, at the weekend, became the first team from the Sahara Conference to qualify for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs when they defeated Rwanda’s Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) 78-71 in the first-ever BAL double-overtime game.
7 May
Nigerian champions, Rivers Hoopers, started their campaign in the Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in dominant fashion, securing two of Senegal and Rwanda’s APR in Dakar at the weekend.
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A group comprising US Monastir of Tunisia, APR of Rwanda and Senegal’s AS Douanes is expected to be as tough as any pairings can be, but Rivers Hoopers Head Coach, Ogoh Odaudu, has said that his team would be ready for the challenges when the Basketball Africa League (BAL) begins.
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