{"id":102014,"date":"2025-05-25T17:59:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/maye-jr-welcomes-diarras-return-after-al-ahli-loss"},"modified":"2025-05-25T18:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T18:20:09","slug":"maye-jr-welcomes-diarras-return-after-al-ahli-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/maye-jr-welcomes-diarras-return-after-al-ahli-loss","title":{"rendered":"Maye Jr Welcomes Diarra&#8217;s Return After Al Ahli Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>APR head coach James Maye Jr. was happy to see his star center Aliou Diarra return to action he wasn\u2019t able to make an impact enough to prevent his team lose 106-102 to Nile Conference leaders Al Ahli in Saturday\u2019s Day 5 encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Diarra had missed APR\u2019s clash against Al Ahli in the first round of the conference games. He was also not fit in time to play against South Africa\u2019s Made By Basketball on Thursday. APR lost both games in his absence.<\/p>\n<p>However, even on his return, his 10 points and five rebounds in 27 minutes weren\u2019t enough to cause an upset against the Libyan champions who are unbeaten in their last five outings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough he didn\u2019t get much time to recover from the injury, today he gave his 100 percent, no doubt. We didn\u2019t see many dunks from him, but he\u2019s a guy that doesn\u2019t want to come off the court,\u201d Maye Jr. said.<\/p>\n<p>APR are one win away from qualifying for the BAL Playoffs which will take place in Pretoria, South Africa in June and Maye has nothing in his mind but beating Nairobi City Thunder (NCT) to make prevent last season\u2019s failure from repeating itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re playing good basketball, and what we want to do is qualify for the finals, and we know that Nairobi are thinking the same, so it&#8217;s our job to do it,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, May 25<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahli SC Vs MBB<\/p>\n<p>NCTA Vs PR<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. APR head coach James Maye Jr. was happy to see his star center Aliou Diarra return to action he wasn\u2019t able to make an impact enough to prevent his team lose 106-102 to Nile Conference leaders Al Ahli in Saturday\u2019s Day 5 encounter. 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