Nigeria's Rivers Hoopers have hit the end of the road in the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) following a disappointing 104-73 defeat to Rwanda’s APR in the playoffs quarterfinals on Monday, Afrosport reports. The Hoopers came into Monday’s game at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa, as the fourth seed, having lost 89-81 to Tunisian side US Monastir in the seeding games on Saturday, while...
Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers will play Tunisian side US Monastir in the seeding games for the 2025 Basketball Africa League playoffs, Afrosport reports. Rivers Hoopers placed second in the Kalahari Conference in Rabat, Morocco, finishing with a 4-2 record behind Egypt’s Al Ittihad Alexandria, who finished the regular season unbeaten. US Monastir, who had an identical 4-2 record, finished atop the Sahara Conference, which took place in...
Nigerian champions Rivers Hoopers took a step closer to securing a playoff berth in the 2025 Basketball Africa League following a hard-fought 79-71 win over Kalahari Conference hosts FUS de Rabat on Thursday. The KingsMen relied on a big fourth quarter to rally from five points down to defeat the Moroccans for the second time in less than a week. FUS led 36-31 into the halftime...
Nigerian champions Rivers Hoopers got off to a dominant start in the opening game of the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Kalahari Conference in Rabat, Morocco, on Saturday, with an 81-60 blowout win over Stade Malien. The KingsMen, bronze medallists from last season, overturned a seven-point first-quarter deficit to beat their Malian counterpart inside the Salle Omnisport Moulay Abdellah, setting the tone for the fifth season...
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) organisers have announced the 12 teams and game schedule for the opening leg of the league’s milestone fifth season, which will tip off with the Kalahari Conference group phase from Saturday, 5 April – Sunday, 13 April at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco. The 2025 BAL season, which will feature three regular-season group phases and culminate with...
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