Petro de Luanda marched on to the semi-finals of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) on Sunday with an 88-84 win over Liz Mills ABC Fighters, who lived up to their name in a titanic tussle with the tournament favourites.
ABC Fighters have added three African veterans to their roster ahead of their Basketball Africa League playoff game, with coach Liz Mills opting to go into the game against Petro de Luanda with an all-African line-up.
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Ongwae s buzzer-beater shocks Angola as Kenya return to AfroBasket after 28-year wait
YAOUNDE (Cameroon) - Cometh the hour, cometh the man. On what was Kenya s biggest night in the continental basketball for close to three decades, Tylor Ongwae stepped up and shouldered the aspirations of the Morans AfroBasket dream.
A game that had looked void of any suspense came to a very dramatic end thanks to the genius of the small forward.
With five seconds down the clock and a slim 73-72 lead for Angola, the ball was delivered to the Morans captain, he conjured a body feint, his opponent fell for it, the path cleared and he hammered home a last gasp shot.