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 | Cup of St.Michel : Bopp's experience makes the difference | |
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| |  | The four-time cup winners (1996, 2000, 2004 and 2006) showed no mercy on the court with the youthful squad of DUC and took home the cup of St.Michel by thrashing the 'students' 69-55 at the stadium Marius N'diaye in Dakar.
Bopp was led by veterans El Hadji Malick Gadiaga (189-G-81) , Ibrahima 'Fafa' Diatta, Ibrahima Gueye and Malick Gueye Faye while DUC counted on size with centers Mamadou Ndiaye and Abdoul Ba but the lack of maturity hampered DUC all through the game, as they kept missing easy baskets and allowed Bopp to rebound back into the game to lead at halftime 32-28.The third quarter was decisive for Bopp as DUC failed to score a basket for five minutes and missed a virtual leader to organize the team on the court.Gadiaga altogether with his teammates Robert Mendy and Gueye Faye , scored at will and widened the gap by 14 points at the end of the third.
DUC's Serigne Mbaye Toure led a late rally of the 'students' in the fourth quarter but Gadiaga and Gueye Faye responded with quick baskets and were able to hold off the attempt to cut the deficit and saved the deserved winner.
Bopp took home the well-earned cup with ease while Gadiaga got the top-scorer award and Ibrahima Diatta earned the MVP award.
Box Score:
DUC : El Hadji Malick Ndiaye (9), Youssoupha Ndiaye (0), Alioune Ciss (3), Babacar Fall (0), Mor Makha Diallo (0), Ibrahima Niang (0), Serigne Mbaye Tour (9), Maguette Dione (9), Martin Badiat (4), Mamadou Ndiaye (10), Abdoul Ba (11), Ababacar Faye (0)
Coach : Sir Parfaito Adjivon
BOPP : Cheikh Samb (0), Ibrahima Fafa Diatta (9), Mouhamed Ndour (0), El Hadji Malick Gadiaga (20), Abdourakhamane Sne (3), Issa Niang (0), Malick Gueye Faye (14), Robert Mendy (7), Eric Niang (4), Ibrahima Yoro Bald (4), Mouhamed Sy (0), Abdoulaye Seck (8)
Coach : Ousmane Diallo |
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| Alpha Traore shines for Maghreb de Fes | |
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by Eurobasket News - Apr 29, 2008 | | | Players from Senegal participate in 21st Arab Clubs Championship for their teams abroad. Pape Ba (205-F/C-81, college: Bethune-Cookman) and Sulaiman Diop (200-C-88) tried hard for Al Tilal from Yemen. In the first game day of 21st Arab Clubs Championship Al Tilal Aden from Yemen lost to Zain from Jordan 48:101. In the opening quarter the guests resisted in the game and trailed 23:14. The second period saw the spurt from the hosts that started to increase their lead. They had 53:24 by the half time and looked very optimistic in the campaign. After three quarters the spectators enjoyed plus 50 for the hosts and in the last quarter the task was to reach 100. Zain managed to do it and won 101: 48.
Al Tilal won the last game of the Group A, but could not advance to the next round. At first in the second game Qatar Club beat Al Tilal Aden 86:75. Trailing 70:45 the team from Yemen could reduce the gap in the end of the game. Qatar Club was paced by Daoud Musa (193-G-82) who nailed 23 points. Jerry Holman collected 19 points and 13 rebounds, while Taha Alassari scored 30 points in defeat, while Sulaiman Diop scored 14.
In the last game of the first round Al Tilal beat An Nasr 98:97. It was a very tough game and the team from UAE controlled the majority of it. An Nasr opened the game with 26:22 and increased to 44:37 at the half. The things remained the same in the end of the third quarter when the board showed 76:67. Al Tilal had outstanding last quarter and grabbed the first win. It was not enough however to advance to the next stage as An Nasr has a better difference between three teams that finished with 1-2 record.
Alpha Traore (188-G-83), Abdou Diame (206-F/C-81, college: Jacksonville St.) and N'Baye Matar defend Maghreb de Fes from Morocco. Maghreb de Fes lost the first game 76:70 to Al Nasr. Ellia Zolic led the winners with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Kowan collected 12 points and 5 assists, while Khaled Mohamad scored 12. Alpha Traore had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the losing effort.
Maghreb de Fes defeated De La Salle Al Quds Jerusalem in the second game 98:65. The team from Palestine had a wonderful first quarter and had 20:12 after it. Moreover De La Salle Al Quds Jerusalem remained in front with 33:32 at the half. Maghreb de Fes used their power in the second half taking 58:51 after three quarters and leading the game to the happy end. N'Baye Matar top-scored for the winners with 37 points, whilst Alpha Traore had 16. Issa Kamel ended up with 18 points in the losing effort.
Maghreb De Fes edged Al Ittihad Jeddah 91:72 after the even score in the first quarter. The team from Morocco used some runs to take a control later in the game and had 23 points advantage after three quarters played. Alpha Traore paced all the winners with 22 points and 8 rebounds. N'Baye Matar nailed 16 and Mohamed Hjira posted 15. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf poured in 25 points in the losing effort. |
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| First annual meeting of the Zone II in Dakar: Henry Gomes: "Our federations sleep" | |
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| | | The Zone II held its first annual conference in Dakar last Saturday. A zone that is crumbling under the weight of financial difficulties and seeking candidates for the organization of the playoff tournaments for men.
The Zone II desperately sought a candidate for the organisation of the qualifiers for African championships 2009. On the senior level, Guinea is the sole candidate, while the women's competition has no possible host in sight so far.
A possibility would be to create a league system instead of a tournament so a host wouldn't be needed.
Furthermore, Guinean Omar N'diaye suggested to FIBA-Africa to review the current qualification system.
He points out, that the zonal qualifiers would gain more attraction if only the Champions and the host country would be automatically qualified while the other countries that were placed
second to eight have to play again the zonal qualifiers instead of being automatically qualified for the next African Championships.
Another problem is facing the area: Financial difficulties related to the contribution of non-member countries. Currently only Cape Verde is reliable. And Dakar, which should host the headquarters of the zone, is outstanding for its unpaid bills. However, the contribution is only $ 300 per year, or 135000 F Cfa.
A positive note is the recent success of the U-16 zonal championships which have been held in Guinea-Bissau and that nine (Gambia, Sierra Leone and Mauretania were absent) of 12 members of the zone were present in Dakar. |
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| Africabasket U.S. College Basketball Postseason Awards 2007-2008 | |
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| | | Like every year around this time, Africabasket.com honors African players who succeeded in the U.S. collegiate system. There have been numerous players that stood out and have to be mentioned for their efforts on and off the court.
Also, are we wishing all the seniors a great start into their professional basketball career for 2008-2009 seasons.
Africabasket Player of the Year 2007-2008: Josh Akognon (180-G-86, college: Washington St.)
The point guard who transferred out of Washington State to Fullerton helped the Titans to win the Big West Tournament and a bid for the NCAA Tournament this year. Akognon, who has also international experience by representing Nigeria's national team at the FIBA World Championships in the past, is one of the leading scorers of the NCAA with 20,2 ppg and will be back for another successful post-season run of Cal State Fullerton.
Africabasket Rookie of the Year 2007-2008: Nyal Mac Koshwal (208-C)
The Sudanese power forward blossomed into college basketball scene with formidable performances that earned him a spot on the Big East Freshman Team.
He has a knack for rebounding and registered already astonishing 8,4 boards per game in his first season for DePaul.
Be sure to hear from Mac more often in the next years, a future in the NBA must certainly be his goal.
NCAA Division I
Africabasket 1st All - African Team
Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton, Jr.
Season: 20,2 ppg 3,3 rpg 1,4 spg 89,9 %FT (NABC All-Distr.15 2nd Team, All-Big West 2nd Team, Big West All-Tournament Team, All-Big West Tourn. MVP)
Hasheem Thabeet (221-C-87), Connecticut, Soph.
Season: 10,5 ppg 7,9 rpg 4,5 bpg (Big East Defensive POY, All-Big East 2nd Team, NABC Distr. 1 2nd Team)
Abdulai Jalloh (188-G-86, college: St.Joseph's), James Madison, Jr.
Season: 15,5 ppg 5,5 rpg 2,9 apg 1,7 spg (All-CAAC 3rd Team, All-CAAC Ac. 2nd Team)
Parfait Bitee (188-G-85), Rhode Island, Sr.
Season: 11,8 ppg 2,5 rpg 4,7 apg (Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, A-10 All-Defensive Team)
Longar Longar (211-C-83), Oklahoma, Sr.
Season: 11,4 ppg 5,6 rpg 1,0 bpg (Portsmouth Invitational Tournament)
Africabasket 2nd All-African Team
Boubacar Coly (206-F-83, college: Xavier), Morgan State, Sr.
Season: 9,6 ppg 10,9 rpg 2,5 bpg (All-MEAC 1st Team)
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (200-G/F-88), UCLA, Jr.
Season: 8,8 ppg 6,0 rpg 1,0 spg (PAC-10 All-Defensive Team, NCAA Final Four)
Kojo Mensah (185-G-85, college: Siena), Duquesne, Jr.
Season: 12,1 ppg 3,3 rpg 3,4 apg 1,4 spg
Uche Echefu (206-F-86), Florida State, Sr.
Season: 10 ppg 7,3 rpg 1,0 bpg
Nyal Mac Koshwal, DePaul, Fr,
Season: 10,7 ppg 8,4 rpg 1,2 spg (Big East-Freshman Team)
Smaller Colleges (NCAA II,III and NAIA)
Africabasket All-African Team
Fred Eshon (185-G), Texas Wesleyan, Sr.
Season: 13,4 ppg 2,8 rpg 1,8 apg (Red River All-Conf. 1st Team)
Alioune MBaye (198-F/C), California (Pa.),Jr.
Season: 12,3 ppg 8,1 rpg 1,5 bpg (All-PSAC 1st Team)
Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (203-F), William Paterson,Soph.
Season: 10,8 ppg 8,7 rpg 2,2, bpg (NJAC Defensive POY, All-NJAC 1st Team, D3 Hoops All-Atlatnic 2nd Team, MBWA/Presto Sports D3 All 3rd Team)
Collins Onyando (196-C), Trevecca Nazarene, Sr.
Season: 11,3 ppg 7,7 rpg 3,2 apg (All-Tran South 1st Team)
Brian Oduor (193-G), Trevecca Nazarene, Jr.
Season: 14 ppg 6,3 rpg 1,3 apg
Stephane Bakinde (203-F-87, college: Stony Brook), Newberry, Sr.
Season: 11,3 ppg 6,5 rpg
Mahamoud Jabbi (201-F), Oswego State, Soph.
Season: 14,3 ppg 7,1 rpg 2,8 bpg (SUNYAC All-Conference 2nd Team)
Patrick Sanou (198-C), Armstrong Atlantic, Sr.
Season: 10,2 ppg 5,4 rpg 1,4 bpg (ESPN: The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District III Men's Basketball first team)
Tut Yual (201-F), Sioux Falls, Sr.
Season: 10,8 ppg 5,1 rpg (GPAC All-Conference 2nd Team)
NJCAA (Junior Colleges)
Africabasket All-African Team
Destin Damachoua (185-G-86), Polk CC, Soph.
Season: 16,9 ppg 4,0 rpg 1,4 apg (AllSuCon 1st team)
Papa Oppong (193-G, college: Coffeyville CC), Panola JC,Soph.
Season: 15,7 ppg 5,2 rpg 2,1 apg 40,1 % 3p-FG (All Region 14 2nd Team)
Samson Gebreberhane (198-F), Allan Hancock CC, Soph.
Season: 15,9 ppg 5,2 rpg 2,9 apg
Chop Tang (198-F), Eastern Arizona JC, Soph.
Season: 15,1 ppg 4,9 rpg 1,5 apg (Arizona All-Star Team)
Panyon Alex Makur (193-G, college: Cent.Florida CC), Genesee CC, Fr.
Season: 17,3 ppg 5,0 rpg 1,9 apg 40,2 % 3p FG (NJCAA Reg. 3 2nd Team)
Rhiiny Ngot, SUNY-Orange County CC, Fr.
Season: 15,4 ppg 11 rpg 52% FG
David Kanyinda (188-G-88), Lamar CC, Soph.
Season: 11,5 ppg 2,4 rpg 1,8 apg 45% 3p-FG
Mso Ikyaator (-85), Erie CC, Fr.
Season: 10 ppg 8,5 rpg 1,6spg (NJCAA Reg. 3 3rd Team)
Luse Mundadi (188-G), Lake County CC, Soph.
Season: 17 ppg (NJCAA Reg. 4 2nd Team) |
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| Results of the Fifth round of the national championship | |
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| | | UGB - US Goree 47-67
Goree had to take a tough defeat mainly due to the absence of coach Cheikou Diouf (left to the U.S.) and Elhadji Diakhate (left for the Yemen).
DUC - SIBAC 52-49
Pape Maguette's three-pointer decided a hard fought game at Marius N'diaye Stadium.
AS Douanes - Police 52-36
In the duel between coaches Moustapha Gaye and Keletigui Diane, Gaye guided Douanes to an easy win after the 32-29 halftime-break thanks to a well played defense.
US Rail - Bopp 55-50
Moussa Keita and Mbodj simply outrebounded Bopp.
SLBC - US Louga 71-68 |
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| Results of the 4th Round Men | |
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Here are the results of the 4th round of the senegalease national Championship Div 1 for men:
USL players lost for the fisrt time at their home court from DUC 43-48.Duct cover Alcess Badji after injury .Itthad players are getting better every game they are sending a clear message to everyone that they will do something this season.
Rail-SIBAC: 71-68
USL-DUC :43-48
SLBC-JA:65-56
ASFA-POLICE:70-56
HBC-Ndiambour: 63-44
Douanes-UGB: 75-47 |
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| Mamadou is victorious with Zalgiris | |
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by Eurobasket News - Feb 22, 2008 | | | N'Diaye Mamadou and his Zalgiris Kaunas achieved the first victory in Top 16 upsetting Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 101:82. A crowd of more than 5000 spectators had greatly supported the local team. The most troubles Maccabi Elite saw in the third quarter when they trailed 31:14. Jonas Maciulis led the winners with 22 points. Brown netted 19 points, while De Juan Collins collected 12 points and 7 assists. Esteban Batista finished the night with 25 points and 13 rebounds for Israeli team. Macabbi started to play aggressively in the opening quarter and reacted with 2:9 run. It gave them a good opportunity to control the first quarter and led to 21:26 by the end of it. Right in the second period Morris added a basket that extended the visitors' lead to 23:33. With the same scenario the guests reached 39:46. Zalgiris woke up in the end of the half to tie the score at 48:48 at halftime. Lithuanian team found its game in the second half and Marko Popovic hit from outside the arc to extend the gap to 67:55. The success in the third quarter was outstanding as Zalgiris won the period 31:14. N'Diaye Mamadou 's dunk gave the hosts a 79:62 lead after 30 minutes. At that time the game was almost over but Zalgiris continued launching triples as Marko Popovic made a three from the left corner. In the middle of the quarter the margin reached plus 28, and only then Maccabi Elite reduced to the final 101:82 score. N'Diaye Mamadou ended up with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Boniface N'Dong (213-C-77) averages 8 points per game for Unicaja in Top 16 of Euroleague. Moreover he had 11.8 points per game in the first stage. In the latest game Boniface N'Dong scored 2 points, made 3 rebounds and 1 steal. Lottomatica Roma however registered a first Top 16 victory when it manhandled visiting Unicaja 75:67 in Group G. |
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| st Round of the Senegalese Championship Men 2007-2008 | |
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| | | Senegalease Championship start last week for the men, the teams are divided by two groups A and B here are the first results and ranking.
Group A
Goree-Asfa : 50-52 ;Hbc-Douane : 49-59 ; Ndiambour-Ugb : 52-87
Group B
Bopp-Ja: 83-69 ; Rail-Usl: 52-53 ;Duc-Slbc: 50-41
Ranking A
1er Ugb (2 pt, +35),
2e Douane (2 pt, +10),
3e Asfa (2 pt, +2),
4e Goree (1 pt, -2),
5e Hbc (I pt, -10),
6e Ndiambour (I pt, -35)
ranking B
1er Bopp (2 pt, + 4),
2e Duc (2 pt, +9)
3e Usl (2 pt, +1),
4e Rail (1 pt, -1),
5e Slbc (1 pt,-9),
6e Ja (1 pt, -14)7 Sibac |
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| Boniface N'Dong produces one of the best games in Europe | |
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by Eurobasket News - Jan 25, 2008 | | | Boniface N'Dong (213-C-77) enjoys the season in Europe together with Spanish Unicaja. Not only in Spain, but in Euroleague the player from Senegal leads the top position in the team. Unicaja slipped to 9-4 record and lost the chances of occupying the top spot in Group B after a loss to Rytas from Lithuania. The hosts took over right from the start with a pair of three-pointers from Matt Nielsen and Mindaugas Lukauskis. Lietuvos Rytas continued to dominate and soon piled up a 17:7 lead. Hollis Price connected from afar minutes later for a 22:11 advantage. Marcus Haislip and Davor Kus nailed 4 free throws in the dying seconds of the first frame and Unicaja trailed by 7 points after 10 minutes. Spanish team stepped on the gas in the second frame with Carlos Jimenez and Boniface N'Dong nailing straight buckets to erase the deficit. Bernardo Rodriguez put the visitors as close as 2 points midway through the quarter but Lietuvos Rytas reacted. Arturas Jomantas and Martynas Gecevicius teamed up for 7 points and the hosts restored a double-figure lead. Rytas were up by 13 points at halftime 41:28. Unicaja stayed competitive in the third stanza with Boniface N'Dong and Marcus Haislip dominating the paint. They produced some impressive dunks and the visitors climbed within 3 points from Lietuvos Rytas. Jiri Welsch made it even thinner with free throws. Hollis Price then converted 6 points for Rytas and the gap was enlarged to 7 points after three terms. Carlos Cabezas hit from downtown to keep the intrigue alive. The hosts were in front by 4 points when Hollis Price sank another jumper as Lietuvos Rytas entered the final two minutes leading by 6 points. Marcus Haislip scored but was well-matched by Kenan Bajramovic with under a minute left. Hollis Price made the outcome clear with a steal and a three-point play completed with second remaining in regulation.
Hollis Price tallied 23 points and 6 assists for Lietuvos Rytas. Marijonas Petravicius and Martynas Gecevicius added 11 points apiece in a win. Marcus Haislip answered with 22 points for Unicaja. Boniface N'Dong finished with 16 points in defeat. Unicaja will wrap up their regular season action against Efes Pilsen. |
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FEDERATION SENEGALAISE DE BASKET-BALL (F.S.B.B)
Stadium Marius Ndiaye
B.P.: 448 Dakar (Sénégal)
Tel : +221 824 87 33
Fax : + 221 825 98 25
E-mail: fsbb@sentoo.sn
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