2023-08-03 14:54:32
Tuesday, August 1, for the first time in 30 years, the Guinea national basketball team qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament being played in Rwanda. The sensation and the illusion were only short-lived for the Syli. In this competition, Guinea was slowed down in the quarter-finals after receiving a nice slap from its neighbor, Mali (96-40), finalist of the last edition and visibly more experienced.
After Angola, Guinea could not continue against Mali, to reach the last four of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2023.
This Thursday, August 3, Guinea will play a classification match against Cameroon. Then will follow another match that will determine his place in the top eight. His resounding victory against Angola will have been his best performance in this competition. A victory that allowed her to see the quarter-finals that she has not played in 30 years.
Senegal is recovering
For its part, Senegal finally redeemed itself from its first defeats against Mali and Uganda by beating Egypt in the classification match 71-60. While the Teranga Lionesses had three players finishing in double digits, they suffered Egyptian domination 24-18 in the first quarter, before coming back to 20-11 in the second quarter.
The North Africans found a way to turn things around, overtaking Senegal 17-13 in the third quarter. But the Senegalese, on the road to redemption, outclassed the Egyptians 20-8 in the final quarter to claim their first victory at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2023. They will face neighbors Mali this Thursday (August 3) in semi-finals. final.
With Pel Bah
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