{"id":7241,"date":"2022-07-03T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=7241"},"modified":"2022-07-03T21:01:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T21:01:54","slug":"national-basketball-team-beats-african-champ-tunisia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/national-basketball-team-beats-african-champ-tunisia\/","title":{"rendered":"National Basketball team beats African Champ Tunisia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By William Madouk Garang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Sudan national basket team has beaten yet again Tunisia with 75-61, outshining the reigning African champions with bigger margin to stay perfect in FIBA Basket World Cup 2023 African qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the national team played without Salah Mejri and Michael Roll, the team managed to play tough Tunisian\u2019s defensive and offensive \u2013 A-listers players and still emerge victorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luol Deng\u2019s team knew that coming to Window 3 of the African Qualifiers they were the team to beat, and Tunisia were the frontrunner to challenge their lead in Group B, but South Sudan never panicked, even when they trailed by 7, they stayed focused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mareng Gatkuoth had a 4-for-4 shooting from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points off the bench; Nuni Omot was superb on both ends of the floor, finishing with 16 points; Kuany Ngor Kuany added 12, and Sunday Dech hit two critical three-pointers that made Tunisia look helpless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aggressive defensively and efficient on the offensive end of the floor, South Sudan were on a desperation mode to extend their winning streak and boost their World Cup aspirations alive, and they did just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we have a limit. Tonight as a group we did a great job of playing together. It wasn\u2019t just one person,\u201d noted Omot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Tunisia head coach Dirk Bauermann acknowledged that South Sudanese basketball team was best throughout the phases of the game with attractive shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey were better in all phases of the game, they were better defensively, they got more assists (19), better ball movement than we did, and they shot pretty well from the 3-pt range,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German play-caller said: \u201cWe struggled to score; we never found our rhythm, but these things happen, but this game in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most of the game, it seemed as if it could have gone either way as the 6 lead changes showed, but the biggest difference was South Sudan\u2019s aggressive defence, which forced Tunisia to look idealess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tunisia could only make 8 of their 31 3pt attempts. Even the battle in the paint belonged to South Sudan who out-rebounded their opponents 45-36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThird quarter was rough for us. We were down 8 or 10, and that took a lot of our mental energy,\u201d admitted Roll who led Tunisia in scoring with 21 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Sudan head coach Royal Ivey prefers to keep his feet on the ground. \u201cI keep telling the guys, we got our respect, but don\u2019t get too content because we haven\u2019t done anything yet. We got to take game by game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before they open their Second Round campaign in August, they still have a game to play on Sunday when they take on Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, national basketball team had a thrilling win against home opponent Rwanda with 73-63 in Kigali Arena, for the FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifies on Friday 1 July, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national basketball team is leading the Group B with Tunisia trailing in the second position, followed by Cameroon while Rwanda sank to bottom <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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