Rivers Hoopers beat US Monastir to reach historic Basketball Africa League semi-finals
Rivers Hoopers made history on Monday by becoming the first Nigerian team to reach the semi-finals of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) following a 92-88 win over Tunisian side US Monastir.
Point guard Will Perry scored 33 points — the most by any player in the game, made five rebounds and assisted five times to help Rivers Hoopers reach the BAL last four at the ongoing tournament in Kigali, Rwanda.
Rivers Hoopers will face Libyan side Al Ahly, who defeated Al Ahly of Egypt 86-77 for a place in the final of this year’s tournament.
South African side Cape Town Tigers will tango the winner of the quarter-final game between Senegalese side AS Douanes and Angolan side Petro de Luanda in the other semi-final fixture.
Speaking after the win, Perry said: “I am feeling good, I’m really happy for Nigeria. They deserve it. On the possibilities of Rivers Hoopers reaching the final, he said. “We will try to rest and I pray we win again.”
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