AfroBasket 2013: Four teams remain unbeaten

The story on Day 4 of AfroBasket 2013 was blowouts as the average margin of victory for the four games played was just over 39 points. The closest game of the day was between an injury-ridden Nigeria and the Republic of Congo, 93:78. The rest of the match-ups were as one-sided as they come with…

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Ousmane Barro returns to France

Ousmane Barro (207 cm, Marquette’08) has agreed to play for Denain ASC Voltaire in the French ProB next season. The Senegal native played last season in Romania where he represented Targu Mures (Liga Nationala) over 25 games. During those games the forward secured averages of 9.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game and…

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AfroBasket 2013: Tunisia survives Moroccan scare

Day 2 of the AfroBasket 2013 saw the defending champions, Tunisia, in one of the most hotly contested battles of the tournament so far when Morocco took them to the wire only to pull off the win in the final seconds. In the other matches of the day Rwanda stopped Burkina Faso, the Republic of…

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AfroBasket 2013 tips off in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

AfroBasket 2013 tipped off on Tuesday with four games to start the African qualifier for the FIBA World Cup 2014. The top three teams will advance to Spain 2014 from Abidjan. The competition will run through Saturday, 31 August, with the Championship and Bronze medal games being held. The first day contests were attended by…

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Babacar Toure moves to Union Neuchatel

Senegalese big man Babacar Toure (205 cm) will be playing for a different team in the Swiss LNA this 2013-14 season. He will be joining Union Neuchatel. Toure played the last three seasons for Lions de Geneve. In 2012-13 Babacar averaged 9.7 ppg and 6.4 rpg in 36 games as a reserve for the Geneve…

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Michel Diouf to play in Portugal

Michel Diouf (208 cm) is moving to Portugal to play for Maia Basket Clube (LPB) this 2013-14 season. The Senegalese big man played in Spain’s LEB Gold in 2012-13 for Leche Rio Breogan Lugo. He played 30 games for Breogan in the Spanish league and averaged 10.4 ppg and 8.0 rpg. Michel started off the…

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FIBA Men U19: USA slips past Serbia, QFs set

The contingent from the United States playing in the FIBA Men U19 World Championships entered Game 6 of the qualifying rounds with a perfect 5-0 record along with their opponent on the day, Serbia, and the Spanish club that squared off against Lithuania. By the end of the day, the US was the only undefeated…

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FIBA Men U19: Six clubs grab spots in QFs

Day 6 of the FIBA Men U19 World Championships resulted in six teams clinching spots in the quarterfinals, with three teams still undefeated after Croatia took a 91:90 barnburner from previously unbeaten Lithuania. At the end of the day’s competition, the following six teams were assured of their spots in the next round of the…

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FIBA Men U19: Four remain unblemished

After four games in the FIBA Men U19 World Championships, four clubs remain unbeaten, as Lithuania, Serbia, Spain and the United States have set aside all challengers thus far. The four set up a possible final day on Wednesday where Lithuania will take on Spain in Group E and the US will square off against…

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FIBA Men’s U19 Worlds advance to next round

The FIBA Men’s U19 World Championships finished the Preliminary Round on Saturday in Prague, Czech Republic, setting up the 12 clubs that will move on to the Eight-Final Round. In the Preliminary Rounds, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams and played each other once. With those results the 12 that…

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