No Fairytale Start to Afrobasket Championships


By Perkins Bare
It was not to be a fairytale start for the men`s basketball team as they lost all of their group games in the 2015 Afrobasket championships.

Zimbabwe lost to Algeria 87-67 in their opening encounter.T Maturure was the lone star in the match as he had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Tawanda Chitsinde also came in with 11 points which was still far off to notch up a win. Zimbabwe struggled with shooting from range as they had a 3pt percentage of 21 compared to Algeria`s 33.

Next up for Zimbabwe was a match against Les Elephants of Cote D`Ivoire which was also not going to be an easy task for them considering the differences in size. The Ivorians came into the match well known for their size and they utilised it fully romping to a 64-52 victory.

Vitalis Chikoko came good in the match as he had 17 poitns and 10 rebounds in a match in which he truly rose to the occassion. SSouleyman Diabate was the star for Les Elephants as he had 17 points and 5 rebounds which was however not as good as Chikoko`s figures despite them getting the win eventually.

The final group game for Zimbabwe was against Cape Verde and they also went down 65-76 in the match. Top of the charts for Zimbabwe was once again Vitalis Chikoko as he had 11 pts and 11 rebounds in the match.  Zimbabwe had a better shot rate as they had 48 - 36. Next up for Zimbabwe is their round of 16 match against Egypt to be played today at 1400hrs local time.  


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