Al Ahly SC secured the primary Basketball Africa League (BAL) semi-final ticket after beating ASC Ville de Dakar 87-76 in a robust second leg held at BL Enviornment on Sunday.
The Egyptian champions took to the court docket needing to beat their three-point loss within the first quarter-final collection towards ASC Ville de Dakar, and so they achieved simply with an 11-point hole within the second leg.
This victory sees them advance to the ultimate 4 for the primary time since successful the BAL in 2023.
ASC Ville de Dakar's general nine-point loss marks the tip of their season.
Nuni Omot and Zack Lofton led the best way for Al Ahly SC, combining for 43 factors.
Omot scored 11 of his game-high 24 factors within the fourth quarter.
Equally very important for Al Ahly have been Amr Zahran and Osayi Osifo, who completed with 14 and 13 factors, respectively for Al Ahly SC.
In the meantime, Axel Toupane, who limped off the court docket with an obvious leg harm with 7:44minutes left, led ASC Ville de Dakar with 16 factors.
Al Ahly SC started their play-off marketing campaign with a 93–90 loss to ASC Ville de Dakar, however they averted dropping two video games in a row for the primary time since 2024, once they have been knocked out within the quarter-finals.
Ville de Dakar, alternatively, went into this decisive recreation on the again of 4 consecutive victories.
Nonetheless, a mix of extreme fouls within the fourth quarter, Toupane’s hamstring harm, and Al Ahly SC’s prolonged zone defence proved an excessive amount of for the Senegalese champions.
Their dream of turning into the second Senegalese group to succeed in the semi-finals since AS Douanes in 2023 resulted in disappointment.
Dakar led for many of the second half, however a 13-7 scoring run by Al Ahly SC within the remaining 5 minutes modified the course of the sport. Notably, no participant scored in single digits within the first half.
Al Ahly SC will now tackle the winner of the sport between RSSB Tigers and FUS Rabat within the semi-finals.
