26th Afrobasket: Preview Chad Vs Morocco

Chad a new comer to Africa biggest basketball show-piece will take on Morocco in a group-B tie at 12H30, though the odd seems favour one time winner of the FIBA Africa Championship for Men, Morocco but in today’s basketball no team can be written off base on it exposure and experience.

Morocco who parade a crop of tested players will bank on five players from the same club AS Sale basketball club as its weapon to wreck the Chadian as it search for it first victory in the 26th edition of Afrobasket holding in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Some of the players the Moroccans will look up to bail them out are Abdelhakim Zouita, Abderrahim Majah, Soufiane Kourdou, Zakaria El-Masbahi and Reda Idris Rhalimi.

Chad on it part will bank on Koibe Michael, Alain Noubaramadji and Ngarasde Djimtoide as the Coach Patrick Maucouvert side would want to impress.

Preview: Togo Vs Central Africa

This is another pairing that can be considered to be one-sided givin the fact that Togo could be said to be an outsider at this level of basketball in Africa as they file out against Central Africa Republic in a group-D.

Togo who will look up to Jimmy Williams in scoring is using the 26th FIBA Africa Championship for Men to gain experience and exposure as book makers did not give them any chance to stand against the much bigger and athletic Central Africa side who defeated much expose Rwanda by 89-61 points in its group opening game on Thursday.

Though without one of it dependable player Romain Sato Central Africa surely has what it takes to fight for group-D leadership with Tunisia.