Nigerian champions Rivers Hoopers completed their adventure at the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) with a dominant 23-point blowout of South Africa's Cape Town Tigers to clinch third place, securing Nigeria's first ever podium finish at the BAL with an 80-57 victory on Friday night.
The KingsMen, who enjoyed a remarkable run which saw them emerge champions of the BAL Season Four Sahara Conference, went into the playoffs with a target of finishing on the podium and were presented with one last opportunity to achieve that goal as they squared up to the wounded Cape Town Tigers in the battle for third place.
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