Rivers Hoopers Head Coach, Ogoh Odaudu has blamed the
defeat to US Monastir in the Basketball Africa League, BAL, seeding game to a
loss of concentration in the third quarter.
Nigerian champions succumbed to an 89-81 defeat by
Tunisia powerhouse US Monastir in the final seeding game on Saturday.
He said "Well, I think it's [due to] a loss of
concentration. We were up there in the first two quarters, and then in the 3rd
quarter, everything broke down.
"We're happy it happened in a game that was just
a seeding game. Despite the loss, the BAL Season four coach of the year was,
however, pleased with his team's performance and was adamant about a better
showing in the quarterfinals.
"We didn't want this to happen in the
quarterfinals. So it allows us to go back and try to clean it up tomorrow
before we come back for the quarterfinals on Monday. But in all, I think we
played an excellent game, and except for that break in the 3rd quarter, I'm
impressed with what they did." he added.
The outcome of the game means Rivers Hoopers will
square up against Rwanda's APR in the BAL Season 5 quarterfinals on Monday, 9th
June, while US Monastir faces defending champions Petro de Luanda.
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