US Monastir cross River on path to BAL quarters, APR too strong for Petro
Ahmed Doumbia's three-pointer at the buzzer came too late, only narrowing the final score gap to single digits in favour of US Monastir in the Basketball Africa League Playoffs clash at SunBet Arena in Pretoria on Saturday night.
Though it looked promising for Hoopers for most of the first half, Monastir had the last laugh, winning 89-81.
The Tunisian champions started the 2025 playoffs the same way they did last year, when they beat the eventual champions, Petro de Luanda, in the seeding game.
Rivers Hoopers looked unstoppable in the first two quarters and early in the third, exhibiting an entertaining style of play.
However, when Coach Vasco Curado called on his bench to find an answer to the Hoopers' dominance, he succeeded.
Andrew Edogi, Joackim Haddad, and Babacar Sane proved vital, combining for 39 points off the bench.
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