AFROBASKET – Túnez y Senegal ganan nuevamente

ANTANANARIVO (Afrobasket) – Los medallistas de bronce de hace dos años en Libia, Túnez han ganado su tercer partido en el Día 6 del Afrobasket 2011, mientras que Senegal han seguido a su gran triunfo sobre Angola, con otro importante éxito.

Túnez se mantuvo invicto para alcanzar el primer lugar del Grupo D con un triunfo 65-52 sobre República centroafricana el lunes.

RCA lideraba 4-2 en el inicio del juego pero el resto del partido le perteneció a Túnez.

Michael Mokongo ha sido la estrella de RSA con la máxima del juego con 26 puntos, la mitad de los anotador por su equipo.

RSA finalizó con apenas cinco asistencias.

Mientras tanto los tunecinos Radhouane Slimane, Mourad El Mabrouk y Marouan Kechrid se combinaron para 40 puntos.

La máquina de tapar, de 2,10 metros, Salah Mejri lideró a su equipo con 7 rebotes.

Túnez ha hecho un gran trabajo defendiendo a la estrella de RSA James Mays ya que ha tenido un día para el olvido con apenas cinco puntos en 28 minutos.

In the early game of Group D, Rwanda were led by Kenneth Gasana, who had a game-high 19 points and also dished out nine assists, to beat Togo 87-67.

At the break, Rwanda had a 51-18 stranglehold on proceedings.

Senegal rolled to a 92-54 victory over Chad and sealed top spot in Group B.

Papa Ndiaga Diasse had a game-high with 31 points and 10 rebounds. Diasse became the first player to reach 30 points in a game, in this year Afrobasket.

Senegal were so much better that coach Alain Weisz rested key men Malick and Maleye Ndoye.

In the Chad team, Bienvenu Djimassal had 15 points.

In the last game of the day, defending champions Angola beat Morocco 75-61 for their second victory to seal second place in Group B.

Despite the win, the defending champions did not turn on all cylinders.

A nervous start saw them turn the ball over seven times in the first quarter..

The Angolans trailed by a point at the end of the frame but went to a 3-2 zone defense and disrupted the Moroccan attack.

Morocco were still within striking distance when Angola stretched their lead with an 8-2 run in the last five minutes of the contest.

Armando Costa led the Angolans with 21 points and four assists while Kamal Hachad paced Morocco with 14 points.

With the preliminary round finished, all 16 teams qualified for the Eight-Finals.

On Tuesday, Nigeria face Chad, Cameroon clash with Togo, the CAF take on Egypt and Angola meet Mozambique.

On Wednesday, Ivory Coast square off against Rwanda, Tunisia go up against South Africa, Senegal take on hosts Madagascar and Mali play Morocco.

FIBA