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    • DIAMNIADIO, SENEGAL – MAY 4: Patrick Hardy Jr #10 US Monastir drives to the basket during a Sahara Conference game between US Monastir and ASC Ville de Dakar at Dakar Arena in Senegal (Photo by Julien Bacot, BAL/Getty Images)
    • DIAMNIADIO, SENEGAL – MAY 4: Ivan Almeida #23 Kriol Star and Joel Almeida #45 Kriol Star celebrating after Kriol Star defeated Petro de Luanda at Dakar Arena in Senegal (Photo by Julien Bacot, BAL/Getty Images)
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US Monastir, Petro de Luanda and Kriol Star Advance to the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Playoffs in South Africa

With 3 wins and 3 losses, both teams qualified to the BAL Playoffs in Pretoria – Petro finished second and the Star finished third in the Sahara Conference

Anderson Correia got 16 points and five rebounds, Ivan Almeida added 14 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists and Basketball Africa League (BAL) (www.BAL.NBA.com) debutant Kriol Star (Cape Verde) defeated the defending champion Petro de Luanda (Angola) 71-69 in overtime, booking their spot to the 2025 BAL Playoffs which will take…

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    • Patrick Hardy Jr. #10 of U.S. Monastir three point basket during the game against Kriol Star Basketball during the Sahara Conference on April 29, 2025 at Dakar Arena in Diamniadio, Senegal. Credit: Photo by Armand Lenoir, BAL/Getty Images
    • Abdoulaye Harouna #10 of ASC Ville de Dakar celebrates after the game against Petro de Luanda during the Sahara Conference on April 29, 2025 at Dakar Arena in Diamniadio, Senegal. Credit: Photo by Armand Lenoir, BAL/Getty Images
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Basketball Africa League (BAL) Debutant Ville de Dakar Stun Defending Champion Petro de Luanda on Day 3 of Sahara Conference

In an earlier game yesterday, 2022 BAL champion US Monastir (Tunisia) defeated Kriol Star (Cape Verde) 88-72

Makhtar Gueye had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Abdoulaye Harouna added 15 points and Ater Majok added 14 points and six rebounds, and the BAL debutants Ville de Dakar (Senegal) (www.BAL.NBA.com) stunned the defending champion Petro de Luanda (Angola) at Dakar Arena, winning their first head-to-head matchup in the competition…

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17 Players with Basketball Africa League (BAL) Experience to compete in 2023 International Basketball Association (FIBA) Basketball World Cup

Eleven of the 17 players with BAL experience on national team rosters participated in the 2023 BAL season that concluded in May

Six of the 32 Participating Teams Feature at Least One Player with BAL (www.BAL.NBA.com) Experience; The FIBA World Cup Pass is Available for Purchase at (https://apo-opa.info/452mF3W) in Angola, Cape Verde and Cote D’Ivoire. Seventeen players from six countries who have participated over the first three seasons of the Basketball Africa League…