Nigeria’s representative at the ongoing 2024 Basketball Africa League, Rivers Hoopers BC, achieved the historic feat of reaching their first-ever semi-final at the tournament after earning a tough 92-88 victory over former BAL Champions US Monastir of Tunisia in the quarter-final.
Rivers Hoopers, Nigeria’s top basketball team, went into the quarterfinal encounter on the back of consecutive defeats.
This was against US Monastir in the final game of the Sahara Conference, and AS Douanes (Senegal) during the classification round at the BAL Playoffs in Kigali, Rwanda.
On the other hand, US Monastir were riding the wave of four straight wins.
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However, it was the KingsMen, Rivers Hoopers, who started brighter and looked on the front foot until late in the opening quarter when US Monastir rallied to take a slim one-point advantage as the first quarter ended 21-20 in favour of the Tunisians.
Rivers Hoopers increased the intensity in the second quarter and enjoyed a brilliant scoring run to end the quarter 25-19 for a five-point lead at halftime, with the scores at 45-40 in favour of the Hoopers.