{"id":91376,"date":"2024-12-03T14:12:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ndizeye-stars-as-cape-verdes-kriol-star-qualify-for-bal-2025"},"modified":"2024-12-03T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:51:14","slug":"ndizeye-stars-as-cape-verdes-kriol-star-qualify-for-bal-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/ndizeye-stars-as-cape-verdes-kriol-star-qualify-for-bal-2025","title":{"rendered":"Ndizeye stars as Cape Verde’s Kriol Star qualify for BAL 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwandan small forward Dieudonne\u0301 Ndizeye on Monday, December 2, delivered a stellar performance that helped Cape Verdean side Kriol Star to qualify for the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL).<\/p>\n

Ndizeye scored 21 points for Kriol Star who beat Burundi’s Urunani 90-82 in the semifinals of the elite stage of the qualifiers, to book a ticket to the continent\u2019s premier club basketball showpiece.<\/p>\n

The Cape Verdeans were making their debut to the Road to BAL and made it to the East Division Elite 16 on a wild card, having lost their two matches in the Group Phase held in Libya in October.<\/p>\n

Urunani’s Landry Ndikumana got action underway for the Burundians with two quick baskets to lead 4-0 before Joel Almeida came up for a trey to open the floor for Kriol Star.<\/p>\n

Urunani led 12-7 halfway the opening quarter, but Ndizeye and his American teammate Patrick McGlynn drew the Islanders level at 12 with two minutes to play.<\/p>\n

Three costly turnovers for Kriol, however, saw Urunani lead 18-12 at the end of the opening period.<\/p>\n

Urunani’s biggest lead, so far, came in the opening two minutes of the clash, Mohamed Doumbya’s hot hands and Ndikumana’s trey making it 23-13.<\/p>\n

Hugo Da Silva’s men brought it back to six at 26-19 and again at 29-24 but the opponent, yet again, pulled away to take the difference to double digits at 35-24 as the half ended 37-28.<\/p>\n

Six trebles in the opening four minutes of the third quarter for Kriol, four off McGlynn and one apiece for Ndizeye and Almeida saw the Islanders assume a 39-38 lead, stretching it further to 50-42 halfway through the stanza. Urunani went on a run of their own, with Jean-Jacques Boissy scoring seven to see the East Africans tie the match at 55.<\/p>\n

The Burundian champions led 68-63 but Kriol came right back to tie the match and lead 78-70, before Boissy shot from range to bring his side to within four, but their comeback was never to be as they went on to lose.<\/p>\n

Patrick McGlynn led the charge for Kriol Star, scoring 35, the second best in this year’s Road to BAL. He dropped 7-of- 12 from range to rescue Kriol in the second half as his side went 32-20 in the third.<\/p>\n

A Road to BAL record of 15 treys for Kriol takes the cake in this encounter’s statistics. Granted Urunani shot 9-of-29, it was not enough to stop McGlynn and his troops.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kenyan side, Nairobi City has qualified for BAL, achieving the feat on debut in the Road to BAL.<\/p>\n

In front of an electric crowd at the 5,000-seater Kasarani Indoor Arena, home side Nairobi City Thunder survived a late rally by Uganda’s City Oilers to win 72-62 and book the latest ticket from the East Division Elite 16 to BAL 2025.<\/p>\n

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