Angola's Under-18 National Basketball Team has edged out Egyptians on 86-82 after 5-minute overtime to claim the Fourth FIBA AFRICA U18 title on Sunday Evening at Amahoro National Indoor Stadium.
A 25-16 lead in the first quarter saw Angola take charge of the game early on but Egypt launched a strong comeback in the second period to trail by just one point 41-40 at half-time.
His Excellence, the president of Republic of Rwanda, Paul KAGAME is the one to who handed the trophy to Angola
The lead changed 10 times and the game was tied on eight occasions in the lead-up to a tightly contested fourth quarter that ended with the score tied at 77.
It required an additional five minutes to determine the winner. Angola scored 9 points whereas Egypt scored five points within only 5 additional 5’ which raise Angola’s chance to 86 point over 82 by Egypt.
This is the fourth FIBA Africa U18 trophy that Angola has collected so far
Egypt lost to Angola and ranked number 2 in the tournament
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