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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya Morans went down 66-63 to Gabon but still romped to the FIBA AfroCan quarterfinals as Group \u2018A\u2019 leaders at the Pavilhao Multiusos de Luanda arena, Angola, on Monday.<\/p>\n

The result saw Kenyans head their group with the three teams winning one game each. Kenya beat Ivory Coast 62-52 in the opener but the Ivorians recovered to hit Gabon 66-52. Kenya has 125 points with the other two on 118 each.<\/p>\n

Group winners advance directly to the quarterfinals while teams ranked second and third will compete in a qualifying round for the quarter-finals in knockout matches. The quarters start on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Morans will now play Group \u2018B\u2019 runners-up \u2014 either home side Angola or Nigeria. The two teams who were due to play latter in the day, had both beaten Mali to third.<\/p>\n

Gabon started off well as both teams tied 5-5- and 7-7 early before a Fidel Okoth basket have Kenya a 9-7 edge. A Derrick Ogechi trey saw Kenya up 12-7 but Gabon rallied before trailing 16-14 at the end of the first stanza.<\/p>\n

The second quarter was again a close call as Gabon shook Kenya\u2019s three-point lead by closing in 18-17 before a Eugene Adera\u2019s five straight points gave the Kenyans a 25-20 cushion midway through the stanza.<\/p>\n

Gabon wouldn\u2019t go away as a three-pointer had them trailing by two points, 27-29, but again Kenya slipped away to take a 32-27 half time advantage. After intermission, Gabon refused to be cowed despite trailing 35-27. They regrouped, catching Kenya cold with baskets and only trailed 36-37 mid way through the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Gabon then broke away after a 61-61 deadlock on a three pointer by Lerry Rostand with 2:47 left on the game clock that had the scores 64-61. Despite a concerted effort by Kenya, the final horn sounded ending the tie.<\/p>\n

Ogechi, who led Kenya with 19 points in the win against Ivory Coast, was again at it… leading the charge with 16 points while pulling down seven rebounds.<\/p>\n

Adera nailed 12 with just the two of them hitting double figures for Morans. Sunday results saw Cameroon go down 71-65 to Mozambique, Mali lost 62-56 to Nigeria, Morocco dimmed Rwanda 59-58 and Ivory Coast hit Gabon 66-52.<\/p>\n

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