Kenya's Morans to meet DRC in FIBA Afrocan 2019 Basketball Championship

Morans aim daggers at Ivorians in decisive knockout match
By Stephen Kiprop For Citizen Digital
Published on: July 22, 2019 14:13 (EAT)



In Summary

• Kenya men basketball team will tomorrow collide with winless Ivory Coast in a round of 16 clash in the ongoing FIBA AfroCan competition in Bamako, Mali.
• Kenya Morans seized the second position in Group B with three points, a point shy of dominant DR Congo who garnered maximum points after whipping Kenya and winless Nigeria to secure unswerving qualification to the quarter-finals.

Kenya men basketball team will tomorrow collide with winless Ivory Coast in a round of 16 clash in the ongoing FIBA AfroCan competition in Bamako, Mali.
Kenya Morans seized the second position in Group B with three points, a point shy of dominant DR Congo who garnered maximum points after whipping Kenya and winless Nigeria to secure unswerving qualification to the quarter-finals.
Cliff Owour coached side fell to 82-65 to DR Congo in their group match losing in all the four quarters despite Morans’ Tyler Ongwae scoring second game-high 20 points, completing 9 rebounds and 3 steals.
Should Kenya prevail against the Ivorians they’ll face Tunisia in the quarters on Wednesday.
Against Nigeria, Morans found its spark winning 81-69 despite the west Africans being one of the top rated teams in Africa, according to Nike’s FIBA rankings.
Ongwae was Kenya’s star man against Nigeria scoring game-high 31 points to guide the Morans to their first win, with Erick Reuben Mutoro and Okall Koranga playing co-stars with sparkling performances sinking 12 points apiece.
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On the other hand, Ivory Coast lost all their group ties after slumping to 85-75 and 86-63 defeats against Algeria and Mali respectively.
Top teams in group standings Mali, Angola, and DR Congo will meet the winners of the round of 16 matches, after receiving a direct qualification to the quarter finals.

Round of 16 Matches
Algeria Vs Nigeria
Morocco Vs Guinea
Kenya Vs Ivory Coast
Egypt Vs Chad
Quarter-Finals
Mali Vs Winner (Morocco Vs Guinea)
Tunisia Vs Winner (Kenya Vs Ivory Coast)
DR Congo Vs Winner (Egypt Vs Chad)
Angola Vs Winner (Algeria Vs Nigeria)

Sometimes I feel like as a country we take our sports men/women for granted. This guys have not gotten the mainstream media coverage they deserve for not only qualifying but also for their exploits in Mali. Myself for instance Only came to learn about this competition today. All the best to the Morans as they take on Ivory Coast tomorrow!!

Kenya is good in sports.

Teargass said:

Kenya is good in sports.

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We need to give our athletes abit more coverage/recognition there are so many success stories that are barely told !!! Politicians get too much airtime in this country.....

Hata sisi wabongo tupo huko kushangilia...Magu hoyeeeeee 😂 😂

mwaswast said:

Hata sisi wabongo tupo huko kushangilia...Magu hoyeeeeee 😂 😂

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Hawawezi kutia guu humu maana itakua aibu kwa sababu hata hawajui hizi taarifa zinahusu nini..

Gwizzy said:

Sometimes I feel like as a country we take our sports men/women for granted. This guys have not gotten the mainstream media coverage they deserve for not only qualifying but also for their exploits in Mali. Myself for instance Only came to learn about this competition today. All the best to the Morans as they take on Ivory Coast tomorrow!!

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Stupid media full of political headlines, sometimes I just mute TV during news until I see them featuring something different that doesn't involve politics.

. Woke up to some good news .....moran are into the quarters.....up next Tunisia

MK254 said:

Hawawezi kutia guu humu maana itakua aibu kwa sababu hata hawajui hizi taarifa zinahusu nini..

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Of all East african nations, Tanzania lost all its matches against, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and also lost to Egypt, poleni sana majirani

eliakeem sisi wabongo tuko bize kumsifia Jiwe 😂😂 😂

Gwizzy said:

. Woke up to some good news .....moran are into the quarters.....up next Tunisia

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Hii itabidi tumejikakamua, tunisia is a good team

So far so very good,this is a good achievement considering that morans have been out in the cold for some time now.

mwaswast said:

eliakeem sisi wabongo tuko bize kumsifia Jiwe 😂😂 😂

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sasa ulitaka tuwe bize kumsifu a crying baby.

Woke up to good news again !!!!! Morans into the semis🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

And here is the leaders board...... our boy T ongwae featuring prominently. Up next is Morrocco

KENPAULITE said:

Hii itabidi tumejikakamua, tunisia is a good team

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NIGERIA was better but bado tuliwanyuka

Tough game it was

Arnold mrass cannambo said:

NIGERIA was better but bado tuliwanyuka

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But si unaona i said it will be a tough game, Hope we beat Morocco ikue kenya vs Angola, Angola is a good team tho, im suprised Congo has reached this far.Shout out to Baraka from Tanzania hes an excellent player,Tz is jus wasting him

KENPAULITE said:

But si unaona i said it will be a tough game, Hope we beat Morocco ikue kenya vs Angola, Angola is a good team tho, im suprised Congo has reached this far.Shout out to Baraka from Tanzania hes an excellent player,Tz is jus wasting him

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Hapo Kwa Morroco I have my doubts .... But whatever happens the boys have done is proud