US Monastir Outclas-injured Kriol star at the Bal Sahara conference

Dakar, Senegal-Tunisias US monastir scored a foot in the playoffs of basketball Africa League (BAL) with a 91-83 victory against the debutants of Cape Verde on Saturday.

Kriol -Star was without injured Wachduo Richaud Pack and Patrick McGlynn -Both were very influential on the Kap -Verdean page.

They had achieved two victories against the hosts ASC Ville de Dakar (ASCVD) to only follow the defending champion Petro de Luanda, Monastir and ASCVD on Saturday. All four teams had a record of 2-2 before their Saturday and Sunday games to close the conference.

Only the two best automatically qualifies for the playoffs, while the third-placed team need a better record than at least one of FUS Rabat, who organized the Kalahari conference last month, and the third-placed team on the Kigalis Nile Conference (May 17-25).

Monastir dominated the early phases of the game, and Patrick Hardy scored 12 points in the first quarter alone. Ultimately, this was the difference between the pages at the end of the quarter when Monastir 29-17 got up.

Joel Ntambwe, Ivan Almeida, Cameron Parker and Kenneti Mendes were among the most important players who kept the Kriol star in a 9-0 run at the beginning of the second quarter.

Monastir reacted with his own 11-0 run when Radhouane Slimane found his best shooting form. The Tunisian giants were firmly on the driving seat at half time when they led 48-34.

As always, Kriol Star ensured that they gave the crowd a certain price -performance ratio. The NBA Academy player Lewis Uvwo gave them an unforgettable dunk and they did their best to keep up with the 2022 Champions. Despite a late Kriol-Star run, Monastir still led 67-55 into the last quarter.

NTAMAMBWE ended 20 points, 10 assists and the theft and Ivan Almeida 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, as Kriol Star, the gap continued in the last quarter with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. In the late phase, however, Monastir's victory was never really in doubt when Hardy ended 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists with 29 points and 6 assists and Firas Lahyani.

“To be honest, I'm not really interested in my personal baskets, rebound and things like that.

All four teams argue about the playoffs, but the losers on Saturday will be facing a hard battle on Sunday.

The BAL is broadcast on the ESPN channels in Africa (Supersport 218 and 219, Starsat 248).