Matero Magic Basketball Club has completed its participation in the Road to Basketball Africa League (BAL) tournament with an unbeaten record, defeating Botswana Defense Force Five Basketball Club 114 – 42 to advance to the BAL Elite 16. The game tipped off in favour of the Zambian outfit, the Tamanga Boys claimed the first quarter by ten points (25-15). Six Matero Magic players scored double digits, securing Magic’s conquest of Harare. Combo guard Saul Phiri’s consistent offensive brilliance (twenty-two points, three assists, and two rebounds) helped the Tamanga defeat the winless Bostwana champions. “The game was great, everybody contributed, we had a game plan coming in, we wanted to be 5 and 0, we took every game at a time,...

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