The Senegal vs Cape Verde 2022 International Friendly Games match will be held on August 19, 4:00 PM (International Time) and 9:00 PM (Indian Time).
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Senegal vs Cape Verde 2022 International Friendly Games match will be held on August 19, i.e on Friday. The Slovenian men`s basketball team scored another win as it gears up for the EuroBasket, defeating Serbia 97:92 in an overtime thriller in Ljubljana on Wednesday evening that saw Slovenia’s Luka Dončić outplay the fellow NBA superstar Nikola Jokić. The spectacle in the packed Stožice Arena, which was attended by many celebrities, including tennis legend Novak Đoković and UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin, was the fifth win for Slovenia in as many warm-up matches ahead of the European championship. Some 12,000 spectators in the sold-out Stožice Arena saw the Slovenian NBA superstar Dončić score 34 points to secure the home team the win and outscore the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Jokić, who scored 26 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.The repeat of the 2017 EuroBasket finals in Istanbul, which was won by Slovenia, was a tight match, with no team having a lead of more than five points at any moment, so no one was surprised that an overtime was needed to determine the winner.
It was Slovenia’s Vlatko Čančar, Jokić’s team mate from the Denver Nuggets, who scored a decisive three-pointer in the extra session, followed by the game-clinching free throws by Edo Murić and Klemen Prepelič. Veteran Goran Gragic, who recently signed with the Chicago Bulls, had played just five minutes when head coach Alexander Seclic decided to rest him and save him from possible injury. “We won this victory with a lot of attacks, sacrifices and above all collective play,” Seclic told reporters after the match. Mulic added: “It was clear that neither team was on top, but I’m happy to win another tough and hard game. We have a lot to do, the pace. After playing a friendly against Croatia in Celje on Saturday, Slovenia will play two qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup next week before moving to Eurobasket in Cologne. , Estonia in Celje and Germany in Munich.
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The Senegal vs Cape Verde 2022 International Friendly Games match will be held on August 19, 4:00 PM (International Time) and 9:00 PM (Indian Time). Fans can live stream the match on ESPN.
Senegal: Brancou Badio, Jean-Jacques Boissy, Cheikh Diallo, Seydina Faye, Colin Lamine N’Daw
Cape Verde: Dimitry Coronel, Shane da Rosa, Avey Oliver, Braima Freire, Mário Correia
