Nigeria’s sole representative at the final round of the 29th edition of the Africa Champions Cup for Men currently on in Tunis, Tunisia, Mark Mentors basketball club must raise it game in its two remaining games in group-B.
The Nigerian debutant in the continent biggest men club competition currently occupied the fourth position in the group which has eight-time winner of the Champions Cup Primeiro D’Agosto of Angola with one win and two loses and must beat US Monastir basketball club of Tunisia on Monday and ASB Mazembe basketball club of Democratic Republic of Congo in it last group game on Tuesday.
Mark Mentors started it campaign on a bright note when it pip Abidjan Basket Club of Cote d’Ivoire in it group-B opening game by 68-65 points last Thursday only to succumbed to the defending champion Agosto by 88-74 points on Friday and lost again to Etoile Sportive Rades basketball club of Tunisia by a single digit of 73-65 points a pointer that the Coach Peter Ahmedu tutored Nigerian side can still make it to the knock-out stage if it raises it game against the Tunisian and Congolese sides.
Fellers from the team Tunisia camp reveal that the players and their handlers have resolve to put in their best so as make it possible to get a quarter-final ticket.
Mentors have a cumulative total of 207 points and conceded 226 points with average of 69 points per-game and an average of 75.33 points against which means it has to develop a more proactive offense while shutting down threat around it low-post because it might come down to head-head to decided who goes through as US Monastir is second on the log with 2-1 record having defeated ASB Mazembe by 68-54 points last Friday while Mazembe who has played two games in the group and lost both to US Monastir and Agosto while Abidjan Basket Club might be completely out of contention having lost all three games played so far including the 68-65 points loss to Mark Mentors.
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