Petro de Luanda marched on to the semi-finals of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) on Sunday with an 88-84 win over Liz Mills ABC Fighters, who lived up to their name in a titanic tussle with the tournament favourites.
The Cape Town Tigers came from behind to clinch a 75-68 win over Guinea s SLAC at the Basketball Africa League s Nile Conference on Thursday, with Zaire Wade making his much-anticipated debut.
Angolan basketball giants Petro de Luanda are by far the favourites for this year s Basketball Africa League title, having finished third and then second in the previous two editions, but first they must make it through Cairo.