The
national male basketball team’s coaching crew led by Ayo Bakare last night concentrated on the defence which
it has identified as the weak link as they prepared for today’s second
group
match against Congo.
Coach
Bakare said but for the defence which allowed the Malians to shoot
freely from
the perimeter, the scoreline could have been different but still gave
kudos to
their west African brothers for their powerful play.
Today
against Congo who lost their first match 74-43 to Cameroon, coach Bakare
said “we
are not going to take chances at all”, hoping that
the players would display all the tactics
they have learnt so far.
He said
that he would joggle the team to care of the absence of a key player,
Richard
Oruche who picked up an injury during the gruelling match against Mali
on
Wednesday.
Meanwhile
Cameroon will battle Mali in the second group match today as the Malians
have
vowed to tackle the Central Africans known for their power play grit for
grit.
In some of
the matches decided last night, Cape Verde
beat Central African Republic 90-82
while Egypt continued their poor run in the competition with a 67-63
loss to
fellow north Africans Algeria in a group A tie.
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