Cape Town Tigers need overtime to seal Semifinal BAL appearance

- May 26, 2024
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Samkelo Cele
Samkelo Cele

FUS de Rabat - Cape Town Tigers 88-91 OT

Cape Town Tigers needed overtime to seal Semifinal BAL appearance. They overcame FUS de Rabat 91-88 in a thriller. Both teams exchanged two wins each in the first four quarters of the game as the board showed 83-83. Cape Town Tigers posted an 8-5 run in overtime with Samkelo Cele (198-G-1997, college: USAO) scoring two free throws at the very end. He top-scored for the winners with 30 points and Nkosinathi Sibanyoni (208-PF-1998) delivered 16. Cartier Diarra (190-PG-1998, college: Virginia Tech, agency: BIG) produced 15, whilst Ngor Yewet scored 13. Aliou Diarra (200-F-2001) answered with 18 points in the losing effort and Ken Brown (180-PG-1989, college: Philander Smith) as well as Mohamed Sylla (185-C, college: Boise St.) notched 15 each.

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