Africa-Press – Angola. Petro de Luanda qualified, this Sunday, for the semi-finals of the African Basketball League (BAL) by beating ABC da Côte d’Ivoire, by 88-84, in a quarter-final game. final.
The game, played at the Arena pavilion in Kigali (Rwanda), was decided in the last quarter with successive ties at 73 and 84 points, with the Angolan representative being clearer in the final leg.
When there were less than two minutes left to play, Carlos Morales played a triple, catapulting Petro to a very difficult victory.
Winning by 86-84, the tricolor Joni Pedro converted two free throws dispelling any doubt about who would be the winner of the match, setting the score at 88-84.
Carlos Morais was Petro’s top scorer with 18 points, followed by Childe Dundão, with 15.
Also Ferroviário da Beira (Mozambique) lost to AS Douanes from Senegal, by 73-93, thus failing to qualify for the other stage in their second participation in the event.
Petro de Luanda and AS Douanes from Senegal will play on Wednesday for the semi-finals.
Saturday, at the start of the continental competition, Al Ahly from Egypt and Stade Malien from Mali also qualified for the semi-finals.
The Egyptians of Al Ahly eliminated the hosts of REG with a victory of 94-77, while the Stade Malien of Mali left Cape Town Tigers of South Africa with a victory of 78-69.
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