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Senegal defeated Nigeria to enter the semi-finals! The strongman scored 63 points in two knockout matches, and the Rockets new players made 2 of 10

12:37am, 22 August 2025【Basketball】

On August 21, in the quarter-finals of the men's basketball team in the African Cup, Senegalese men's basketball team beat Nigerian men's basketball team 91-75 to advance to the semi-finals. Nigeria was reversed in this game. Nigeria collapsed 18-30 in the second quarter. After 13-23 in the third quarter, the game lost its suspense. Senegal had already started training in the last quarter.

Senegal's victory in this game was again because of the core point guard Badio. He is 1.88 meters tall and is 26 years old this year. He made 12 of 20 minutes of the game, made 4 of 10 three-pointers, 4 free throws, scored 32 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, with a shooting percentage of 60%, a three-point shooting percentage of 40%, plus or negative value + 25, and an efficiency value of 29. Although he is Senegal's point guard, it depends entirely on him because the team lacks scoring points.

Badio is also the key man for Senegal to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals playoff against South Sudan, he played 33 minutes in the whole game, made 8 of 23, 3 of 11 three-pointers, 10 of 11 free throws, scored 31 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. In other words, he scored a total of 63 points in these two knockout games, and it is not easy to score 30+ in a row under the FIBA ​​competition system.

Okoji is a new player in the Rockets. He is an active NBA player, but in this critical knockout match, he made 25 minutes, 2 of 10 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, and only scored 4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers, with a shooting percentage of 20%, plus or negative value -17. Okoji's performance is difficult to satisfy Rockets fans.

Senegal defeated the South Sudan Men's Basketball Team and Nigerian Men's Basketball Team in succession since the quarter-finals play-offs. Their little defender Badiola scored the first place. In addition to him, Diop and Boissi also scored in double digits, and Senegal basically relied on these three people.

source:7m vn sport