Kenya, DR Congo Through To AFROCAN 2019 Final

Kenya, DR Congo Through To AFROCAN 2019 Final

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Kenya has qualify for the final of the maiden African Basketball championship currently going on in Bamako the Malian Capital.

The lads from Nairobi out dunk Morocco from start to finish with a massive blow out of thirty points at the end of the first semi-final on Thursday. Full time score Kenya 96 Morocco 66 .

Kenya will meet the DR Congo in the final. DR Congo defeated neighbour Angola in the second semi-final by 84-78 pts.

Before stopping the Moroccans, Kenya accounted for the exit of another North African side Tunisia in the last eight.

”I feel on top of the world as we make it to the podium,” says Kenya’s Tylor Ongwae.

“The championship is a good one and good a initiative which affords players cannot make their countries A-team to bigger tournaments because most federation would like to parade its best hands for such competitions and for such bigger competitions play in Europe and America, another major advantage of the AfroCan is that it will help improve the standard of leagues across the continent.

But for Kenya, the competition is an eye opener and a blessing because it provided us (Kenya) the opportunity to put in place solid foundation for the continuous development of our basketball with a vision of qualifying for the next FIBA AfroBasket.

The 28-year-old forward did not hide his displeasure in what he described as the lack of commitment from some key players who are usually not available for zonal qualifiers which is a prerequisite to qualify for the continent biggest basketball showpiece but he is happy that those have become a thing of the past as players have shown greater commitment to national duties and the Kenyan federation have demonstrated a renew vigour to the game .

The Denmark-based 2.01m (6ft7in) reliable applauded the Kenya Basketball Federation for following through its plans to put Kenya basketball back on the right path which has started yielding results.

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