Sunday was the last day of the group stage with the top teams in each group getting a bye and the rest of the teams playing in the first knockout round on Tuesday. Cameroon won Group B and left Guinea in last place with a 70-50 victory in the first game. The Group D game would grant the winner the top spot and Amy Okonkwo was unstoppable for Nigeria in an 83-65 win over Egypt. Rwanda looked set to storm their way to the top of Group A, but Nadir Manuel and Angola blasted out of the break and forced overtime, winning 74-68 to move up to second place, but not enough to displace the hosts. Cierra Dillard and Senegal were looking for a win to avoid the bottom of Group C, but Mali controlled the second half to win 72-49 and secure the last bye.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrobasket/2023/game/3107/Guinea-Cameroon#|tab=boxscore
Guinea [50]: Jallow 17 Kaba 15/13r F. Soumah 9 Mara 3/8r Bah 3/6r Mbaye 3 Diallo 0/6r N. Soumah 0 Sacko DNP Camara DNP Sylla DNP Diack DNP
Cameroon [70]: Makani 19/6r Ngueko 16/7r Ewodo 14 Effa 8 Nkoyock 7 Thomas 6 Kinyuy 0 Mukoko 0 Ngwafang 0 Dimithe 0 Mogoun 0 Silatsa DNP
Standings: Cameroon 2-0, Mozambique 1-1, Guinea 0-2
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrobasket/2023/game/3107/Egypt-Nigeria#|tab=boxscore
Egypt [65]: Abdelgawad 19 Elgedawy 15/10r Soliman 14 Degheidy 9 Moussa 4 Aly 2 Ahmed 2 Sherif 0 Bakr 0 Sallman 0 Elfiky DNP Elsherif DNP
Nigeria [83]: Okonkwo 29/13r Musa 18/7r Enabosi 10/9r Taiwo 6 Okoro 5/6a Ejiofor 4/10r Adeyeye 4 Balogun 3 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 2/7r Ogoke 2/6r Abiola DNP Olawuyi DNP
Standings: Nigeria 2-0, Egypt 1-1, Democratic Republic of Congo 0-2
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrobasket/2023/game/3107/Angola-Rwanda#|tab=boxscore
Angola [74]: Manuel 21/10r Caetano 17 Matiquite 16/19r Joao 8/7r Antonio 7/7r/7a Afonso 3 Fernando 2 Malagi 0/8r Pascoal 0 Cunha 0 Antonio DNP Joaquim DNP
Rwanda [68]: Crooms 19 Philoxy 15 Kantore 10 Sifa 9 Uwizeye 7 Wibabara 3 Butera 2/6r Tetero 2 De Roy 1 Kiyobe 0 Umugwaneza DNP Imanizabayo DNP
Standings: Rwanda 1-1, Angola 1-1, Ivory Coast 1-1
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrobasket/2023/game/3107/Senegal-Mali#|tab=boxscore
Senegal [49]: Dillard 20 Sarr 8/6r Traore 5 Niang 4 Ndao 3 Pouye 3 Diagne 2 Y. Diop 2 Sene 2 Ndour 0/6r M. Diop 0 Dieng 0
Mali [72]: Kone 18/8r K. Coulibaly 13 A. Coulibaly 10 M. Coulibaly 8/12r Dembele 8 N’Diaye 7 Haidara 4/8r Sangare 2 Kourouma 2 Traore 0 Sanou 0 Balayera 0
Standings: Mali 2-0, Uganda 1-1, Senegal 0-2
Bracket:
Rwanda vs. winner Uganda vs. Democratic Republic of Congo
Nigeria vs. winner Mozambique vs. Ivory Coast
Cameroon vs. winner Egypt vs. Senegal
Mali vs. winner Angola vs. Guinea
Women's Basketball News and Opinions 