Bruno Fernando just hit a stepback triple to help extend the Angolan 🇦🇴 lead... right before Dundao and Bango linked up for an alley-oop dunk. #AfroBasket 84-53, with 47.7 seconds left on the "game clock." This one is in the can.

Yesterday, Libya 🇱🇾 Head Coach, Sam Vincent, discussed the one-hour game delay, due to the malfunctioning shot clock and the growth of African basketball, following the 85-53 loss to Angola 🇦🇴. “The shot clock situation was pretty disruptive…”

Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Madagascar 🇲🇬 are in the building for their early afternoon clash. #AfroBaasket

First game of the day... Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Madagascar 🇲🇬. ...and as expected, Nigeria, the far more favoured and experienced team (between the two), are making the game difficult for themselves. Sloopy play, missed shots, unforced turnovers. 14-12 in favour of 🇳🇬 #AfroBasket

A putback dunk by Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu 🇳🇬 to give the West Africans a slender 38-37 lead ends the first half of the game. #AfroBasket Putting it politely, Nigeria 🇳🇬 are STRUGGLING to shake off Madagascar's 🇲🇬 run and gun play style. Caleb Agada leads 🇳🇬 with 13 PTS,

Despite his inability to defend man-to-man Kiady Razanamahenina 🇲🇬 has been cooking the West Africans from the mid-range, recording 13 PTS thus far. #AfroBasket

Despite Nigeria's 🇳🇬 inability to box out, they are slowly but surely putting some distance between themselves and Madagascar 🇲🇬. 48-39 in favour of 🇳🇬 (3rd Qtr, 5:13)

Nigeria 🇳🇬 opened up the 4th Qtr on a 6-2 run to widen their score advantage to 66-51. #AfroBasket The energy amongst the team (especially those on the bench) has picked up significantly, which can be seen on the defensive end as they're now boxing out (despite JUST giving up

Madagascar's 🇲🇬 young star, Mathias M'Madi, who last season played for C.B. Moron 🇪🇸, has largely disappointed in this game vs 🇳🇬. #AfroBasket The combo guard has shot a poor 15.38% from the floor and turned the ball over 5 times. Overall, he has recorded 8 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST

Nigeria 🇳🇬 used a second-half flurry (especially in the 4th Qtr) to put distance between them and Madagascar 🇲🇬. The West Africans, led by Caleb Agada's 22 PTS, Stan Okoye's 13 PTS, and Ike Nwamu's 12 PTS, won their opening #AfroBasket group game, 77-59.

CONFIRMED: Basket Landes 🇫🇷 has bolstered its frontcourt, signing 2025 #AfroBasketWomen champion Murjanatu Musa 🇳🇬 to a one-year deal. The former Tarbes Gespe Bigorre 🇫🇷 forward will add size, interior presence, and relentless energy at both ends of the floor.

I spoke with Madagascar 🇲🇬 guard Austin Rasolonjatovo post-game, who cited Nigeria’s 🇳🇬 level of physicality as being at the core of his team’s second-half collapse. #AfroBasket

Post-game, I chopped it up with Caleb Agada 🇳🇬 after Nigeria’s 77-59 win over Madagascar 🇲🇬. The guard pointed to “first game jitters” for the slow first half, addressed Nigeria’s status as an “undersized team,” and more from their #AfroBasket opener.

Tunisia 🇹🇳 vs Cameroon 🇨🇲 Led by FAST rising #NBA talent Yves Missi, Cameroon 🇨🇲 dropped 57 first-half points in their #AfroBasket 2025 opener — the highest first-half total of the tournament so far. 51-42 in favour of the Central African nation 🇨🇲

I spoke to rising New Orleans Pelicans star Yves Missi (Yves Missi) post-game following Cameroon’s 86-65 win over reigning men’s #AfroBasket champs Tunisia 🇹🇳 When I asked Missi about the team's mindset, his answer was straightforward: 🗣 “Mindset is WINNING…”

Game Day 3 here at #AfroBasket 2025 First clash of the day sees Mali 🇲🇱 facing off against Uganda 🇺🇬. Both teams lost their opening game and need a win today to put themselves in with a chance to advance to the next round.