Ghana’s Spintex Knights don qualify for the Basketball Africa League Elite 16 after dem win all three matches for the Division West group phase. Dem place for the last 16 don confirm when dem beat Benin’s Energie Basketball Club 92-71 for Tripoli on Friday, October 23. The result don make dem finish top-four for Group B.
Benjamin Ashitei and Tyreek Malik Temple each score 22 points. Ashitei also collect 11 rebounds, while Temple add 14. James Amotoe contribute 16 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds for 29:39 minutes, finish one rebound short of a triple-double. Amotoe end the group stage as the competition’s leading player for assists, with 11.5 average across three games.
The Elite 16 go take place for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from November 10 to 15. Spintex reach the same stage last year to become the first Ghanaian team to do so, but dem no progress beyond am. Their perfect group-stage run don now set up a second attempt for the continental competition.
