Senegal close Window 4 of di 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers wit 97-71 victory ova Mali for Dakar Arena, to collect back top spot for Group F. Di result, plus say Côte d'Ivoire lose, mean say di Lions dey ontop di table wit one window remain.
First half sweet well, end 46-30 for Senegal side. Third quarter open wit 5-0 Senegal run, and Mali fight back reach 12 points wit four minutes left for di period afta dem force three straight turnovers from Mouhamadou Gueye, wey respond wit three-point to push di score go 54-38. Di Lions steady demself, as Jean-Jacques Boissy open im account before Senegal take di third quarter 23-20 to lead 69-50.
Boissy hit three times from beyond di arc for di final quarter as Senegal pull away. Debutant Amadou Wade of AS Douanes add seven points to stretch di lead to 25 at 92-67 wit two minutes left. Senegal see di game out 97-71 despite unsportsmanlike fouls on Brancou Badio and Atoumane Diagne.
Di win give dem revenge afta Mali kick out Senegal for di last AfroBasket semi-final. Final window go run from 22 February to 2 March 2027, when Senegal go face Egypt, Angola and Mali, dem dey chase one of di five African tickets to di World Cup for Doha.
