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2024 Sahara Conference
Tournament details
Country	Senegal
City	Dakar
Venue(s)	Dakar Arena
Dates	4–12 May 2024
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Rivers Hoopers (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Obadiah Noel, APR (19.4 points per game)
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The 2024 BAL Sahara Conference was the 3rd season of the Sahara Conference, one of the three conferences of the 2024 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The composition of the conference and the schedule were announced on 15 February 2024.^[1] The conference games began on 4 May and ended on 12 May 2024.

Summary

Despite being considered the weakest team, the Rivers Hoopers came out with three straight wins. The Hoopers were the first team to clinch a playoffs spot on the fifth gameday.^[2] US Monastir, the 2022 BAL champions, lost their first three games. They became the first former BAL champions to lose four games in a row, dating back to the previous season.^[3] The game between APR and Rivers Hoopers on May 11 was the first double-overtime game in BAL history.^[2] On May 9, Mike Fofana scored a buzzer-beater game winner to give AS Douanes the win over Rivers Hoopers.^[4]

Coming into the final game day on May 12, the last two games decided the last two playoffs spots.^[5] On the last gameday, US Monastir qualified after finishing with a 3–3 record. AS Douanes and APR battled for the last playoffs spot, with the winner advancing, and AS Douanes eventually secured its spot.^[6]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Rivers Hoopers	6	4	2	441	413	+28	.667	Advance to playoffs
2	AS Douanes (H)	6	3	3	409	385	+24	.500^[a]
3	US Monastir	6	3	3	437	450	−13	.500^[a]
4	APR	6	2	4	432	471	−39	.333

Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).

Games

May 4, 2024
2:30 PM

Livestats

US Monastir	84–89 (OT)	APR
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 20–19, 15–13, 23–26, Overtime: 6–11
Pts: Crawford 21 Rebs: Lahyani, Majok 9 Asts: Crawford 7		Pts: Filer, Noel 24 Rebs: Abdullah 9 Asts: Filer 4

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 850
Referees: Kenny Jones, Yann Vezo Davidson, Kingsley Ojeaburu

May 4, 2024
5:30 PM

Livestats

AS Douanes	68–77	Rivers Hoopers
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 16–19, 9–19, 20–21
Pts: Akec 19 Rebs: Obekpa 14 Asts: Boissy 4		Pts: Eke 31 Rebs: Eke 12 Asts: Amayo 8

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 8,543
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Aboolo Amr, Hassan Kamate

May 5, 2024
2:30 PM

Livestats

APR	82–86	Rivers Hoopers
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 22–21, 22–23, 20–23
Pts: Noel 32 Rebs: Noel 7 Asts: Filer, Robeyns 4		Pts: Perry 31 Rebs: Eke, Ike 8 Asts: Amayo 7

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 734
Referees: Kaitlynn Versoza, Kalume Tonton Banza, Adlen Larouci

May 5, 2024
5:30 PM

Livestats

AS Douanes	76–59	US Monastir
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 20–14, 14–15, 30–15
Pts: Harouna 35 Rebs: Akec 9 Asts: Boissy 8		Pts: Williams 16 Rebs: Majok 13 Asts: Crawford 5

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 4,578
Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto, Natascha Onono

May 7, 2024
4:00 PM

Livestats

US Monastir	63–84	Rivers Hoopers
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 16–25, 22–18, 12–17
Pts: Doucouré 21 Rebs: Crawford 7 Asts: Crawford 14		Pts: Amayo 30 Rebs: Eke 12 Asts: Amayo, Perry 9

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 973
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Kalume Tonton Banza, Hassan Kamate

May 7, 2024
7:00 PM

Livestats

APR	66–61	AS Douanes
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 16–9, 19–16, 20–19
Pts: Noel 24 Rebs: Noel 8 Asts: Filer, Robeyns 3		Pts: Boissy 14 Rebs: Boissy, Fofana 6 Asts: Boissy 11

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 4,478
Referees: Kenny Jones, Aboolo Amr, Adlen Larouci

May 9, 2024
4:00 PM

Livestats

APR	70–83	US Monastir
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 15–17, 17–14, 16–33
Pts: Hunt 17 Rebs: Filer 11 Asts: Noel 5		Pts: Crawford 31 Rebs: Majok 10 Asts: Crawford 5

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 2,330
Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Kalume Tonton Banza

May 9, 2024
7:00 PM

Livestats

Rivers Hoopers	54–56	AS Douanes
Scoring by quarter: 5–14, 21–19, 15–7, 13–16
Pts: Perry 17 Rebs: Olisemeka 18 Asts: Perry 5		Pts: Akec 17 Rebs: Thomas 9 Asts: Boissy 4

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 6,876
Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Yann Vezo Davidson, Natascha Onono

May 11, 2024
2:30 PM

Livestats

Rivers Hoopers	78–71 (2OT)	APR
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–11, 10–20, 17–8, Overtime: 17–8, 20–3
Pts: Eke 18 Rebs: Eke 20 Asts: Perry 6		Pts: Nshobozwabyosenumukiza 16 Rebs: Hunt 14 Asts: Hunt 7

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 750
Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Aboolo Amr, Kalume Tonton Banza

May 11, 2024
5:30 PM

Livestats

US Monastir	75–69	AS Douanes
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 31–20, 10–15, 17–19
Pts: Crawford 16 Rebs: Lahyani 10 Asts: Crawford 6		Pts: Harouna 22 Rebs: Akec 7 Asts: Fofana 2

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 8,208
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Natascha Onono

May 12, 2024
2:30 PM

Livestats

Rivers Hoopers	62–73	US Monastir
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 20–19, 9–18, 20–17
Pts: Eke 13 Rebs: Olisemeka 10 Asts: Amayo 7		Pts: Crawford 21 Rebs: Majok 16 Asts: Crawford 9

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 2,604
Referees: Kenny Jones, Kalume Tonton Banza, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto

May 12, 2024
5:30 PM

Livestats

AS Douanes	79–54	APR
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–10, 19–18, 16–8
Pts: Fofana 27 Rebs: Akec 9 Asts: Harouna 8		Pts: Mpoyo 22 Rebs: Mpoyo 7 Asts: Robeyns 4

Dakar Arena, Dakar
Attendance: 8,632
Referees: Kaitlynn Versoza, Yann Vezo Davidson, Hassan Kamate

Player statistics

^[7]

Category	Player	Team(s)	Statistic
Points per game	Obadiah Noel	APR	19.4
Rebounds per game	Devine Eke	Rivers Hoopers	11.7
Assists per game	Chris Crawford	Rivers Hoopers	8.5
Steals per game	Abdoulaye Harouna	AS Douanes	3.8
Blocks per game	Ater Majok	US Monastir	1.5