Gameday 4: A do-or-die day for everyone at the 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship?

 

ANTANANARIVO (Madagascar) - Heading towards Gameday 4, and the menu presented is four appetizing bouts, involving hosts Madagascar, title contenders Egypt and Senegal and surprising Angola and Guinea.

So far, every team involved here has played at least one game. But it could be difficult to predict the outcome of the day, as everyone dives in these do-or-die matchups.

Benin (0-1) vs Senegal (1-0) (Group A)

Senegal have already grabbed an important win over Algeria in their inaugural game at the 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship, but they have faced some issues, scoring only one third of their three-pointers and 8 out of 17 free-throws.

Benin, on their part, have already suffered a loss to Madagascar for their first game in Group A and are looking to correct their mistakes.

If Senegal have some issues to face, then Benin might have some bigger ones to solve. For example: their tendency to miss shots from behind the arc and from the free-throw line.

Algeria (0-1) vs Madagascar (1-0) (Group A)

These two opponents have known different issues in their first respective bouts.

Madagascar, as the hosts of this competition, did not miss the opportunity to grant their home fans with a victory 102-41 over Benin. Algeria, on the other part, have been overpowered by Senegal in their opening game.

But let's face it: the locals have met with an opponent who didn't match in terms of height and ability to score. Algeria, on this side, are the exact opposite of Benin, with 21 points from three-pointers.

Egypt (2-1) vs Rwanda (0-2) (Group B)

Egypt will be looking to recover from their bitter defeat against Mali in the top-tier game from Group B while Rwanda have already suffered defeats (0-2).

Looking at the numbers produced by the Egyptians, one can only assume that they will correct the mistakes. First of all, the one that saw them miss all their three-pointer attempts and succeed in only 33 percent of their free-throws.

Rwanda, for their part, should try to score more from inside the paint to make sure they can upset Egypt a bit.

Guinea (1-1) vs Angola (1-1) (Group B)

This game between two of the most impressive teams in this tournament so far. .

Guinea have impressed against Egypt, while making sure they also impress their other opponents. Ibrahima Diallo and Ibrahima Sanoh are the Guineans to be in the limelight.

Will it be the time for others to shine ?

At this stage of the competition every win can make a tremendous difference in the race to a place in the knock out stages of this tournament.

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