Africa-Press – Angola. On the debut night of the North American winger, Damia Hollis, Petro de Luanda won 1.o de Agosto this Friday, by 99-94, in a game of the 23rd round of the National Senior Men’s Basketball Championship.
In the challenge, held at the Cidadela Desportiva pavilion, in Luanda, the “oil fighters” won the first period by 11 points difference (27-16).
In the second, they were anxious and in the sequence made successive mistakes, giving space to the “Red Negroes”, with Milton Valente and Benvindo Quimbamba very correct in the outside throws.
The ascendant of 1.o de Agosto created discomfort on Petro’s bench, quite upset with the arbitration team, which resulted in the expulsion, before the break, of the head coach, José Neto.
This situation was well taken advantage of by the formation of the Cameroonian coach, Lazare Adingono, who dominated the period with three points of difference (46-43). Result at halftime.
In the third quarter, already with high motivation levels, 1o de Agosto grew in defense and attack, but saw several influential players disqualified, for reaching the number of allowed fouls (5).
It was at this time that the “tricolor” team, guided by assistant Raúl Duarte, returned to the game with bases Childe Dundão, with 17 points, and Gerson Domingos, with 12, commanding the actions.
Mohamed Malick, with 19 points, and Milton Valente, with 18, were the top scorers for 1.o de Agosto.
With this victory, Petro remains in second place, with 35 points, and 1.o de Agosto in the lead, with 36 points.
For the same round (23rd), Vila Clotilde lost to Interclube, by 95-102, Petro B beat Jesus Cristo Basketball, by 76-72, and 1.o de Agosto B beat Clube Amigo do Basquetebol de Benguela, by 108-78.
With arbitration by António Bernardo, Cláudio Eyuba and Francisco Seco, Petro and 1.o de Agosto scored as follows:
Petro de Luanda : Gerson Domingos (12 points), Childo Dundão (17), Jone Pedro (07), José António (10), Mouloukou Diabate (06), Teotónio Dó (00), Glofete Buiamba (10), Gerson Gonçalves ( 11), Angelo Alexandre (00), Pedro Bastos (05), Aldemiro João (08) and Damia Hollis (13)
Coach: José Neto
August 1st : Bamba Cisse (05), Edson Ndoniema (00), Gerson Santos (00), Macachi Brás (02), Juscelino Ricardo (02), Tarcio Domingos (13), Felizardo Ambrósio (06), Benvindo Quimbamba (11), Islando Manuel (10), Delcio Sebastião (08), Mohamed Malock (19) and Milton Valente (18)
Coach: Lazare Adingono
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