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Senegal are hosting Afrobasket with Tunisia this year. They have not won the continental title in 20 years and are very eager to do so this year. Their team is very powerful. They struggled in qualifiers for this competition earlier this year but they were not complete and coach Fisac was not in charge of the team back then. They lost badly to Malo ince and win in overtime once. Ten days ago, they beat them without Dieng in Tunisia by 31 (77-46). That say that they are much better now. They beat the Central African Republic in Tunisia as well 103-50 (35-9 after the 1stQ). In test games, they stood up to Spain, also without Dieng.
South Africans are back at this competition after 6 years and are among the weakest teams at the tournament. Theri coach says the preparation period was short, he is without the important Marhanele who played an important role in qualifiers and at BRICS tournament. In qualifiers they lost to Zambia twice, to Angola twice (51-81, 1st half 16-43; 57-91, 1st half 23-45). They had to play two extra games against Zimbabve (the worst ranked African team in the FIBA rankings). South Africa hosted both games to win the first one 74-67 (34-41) and lose the second one 68-70 (20-34). They played the young Russian team in China in June and lost 45-74 (34-41 first half). They lost to China B 60-91 (23-44).
They are clearly limited and I don't see them standing up to Senegal. I expect things to be settled by half time. Handicap and team under at visitors are good as well.