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Season 58: South Africa U21 NT

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From: Sandy

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Date: 08/31/2022 19:30:29
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Know that I read each summary, even if I do not post each time. Thanks. :)

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Date: 09/08/2022 14:32:32
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South Africa Crushes Misr in Amazing Team Performance

Despite playing this game with more effort, Misr was unable to hang with the depth of our team. The South African U21 team was firing on all cylinders as we scored the 2nd most points of the season this game as well shut down the Egyptians offense. We allowed only 80 points forcing Misr to shoot just 32.4% from the field and 19.0% from three-point range. This was the first game in which we held an opponent to double-digit points.

As for our offense, Ndaba led the way once again, scoring 27 points on 12/20 shooting. While he was the high scorer for the game, it is important to note that this was a true team effort. Our depth showed to be as strong as ever and the team ended with game with 6 double-digit scorers: Ndaba, Molefi, Mwatiwa, Ncube, N. Tshwete, and Mwakangale. We cruised our way to an impressive win that was never close and closed out a 122-80 victory!

This upcoming Monday we have an important game as the #2 seed and #3 seed face off with each other. This team: Al Jazair.

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From: E.B.W.
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Date: 09/14/2022 22:05:35
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South Africa Continues to Fire on all Cylinders as They Topple Al Jazair

As this season has progressed, the U21 team has clearly found their stride, entering this game against Al Jazair on a three-game winning streak. This was also the best collective team performance to date. With all five starters scoring double-digit points, and combining for 26 rebounds and 21 assists, the entire unit stuffed the stat sheet. This was also the first game in which every starter for South Africa posted a 12.0+ rating.

For the 2nd straight game, South Africa also held our opponent under 100 points. The defense is clearly improving as the team boasted their first 8 (Strong) OD rating of the season. M Giqwa and N Tshwete lead the offense with 20 and 25 points respectfully as the backcourt bullied their way to a 125-98 victory!

Next up we have Tounes, who on paper looks to have just a decent group of players, but they will be playing in front of their home crowd, so it could be a difficult matchup.

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From: Sandy

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Date: 09/17/2022 17:39:55
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Good job, keep it up! :)

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Date: 09/22/2022 22:56:24
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South Africa Ends the First Round on a High Note

Facing off with the host nation team, Tounes, we had a solid, but unremarkable performance. What's another word for that...? Respectable. In this contest, our team performance was balanced across the board, recording a 7 (respectable) team rating in 5/6 categories. Our balanced approach took the upper hand over the Tounes team who were very focused on their inside attack and defense.

M Giqwa led the way with 30 points on 11/16 shooting. N Tshwete also exploded for 19 points in 15 minutes off of the bench. Overall the South African bench annihilated Tounes' backup unit, resulting in a 104-84 Victory!

We enter the 2nd round as the #1 overall seed, thanks to the Points For tiebreaker. Up first, we will face off against our arch nemesis, Senegal. The last time we played, Senegal took us by surprise and handed us our only loss this season. This time around, we will be on our A+ game to even the score!

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From: E.B.W.
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Date: 09/27/2022 11:35:12
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Senegal Proves to be South Africa's Kryptonite, Beating Us Again...

In an intense rivalry rematch against Senegal, South Africa looked poised to get their revenge early in the week after a great game shape update. Unfortunately with recent sales transfers of two of our five best players, C Molefi and N Ndaba were both in lower game shape than expected.

The offense clicked well for the most part, running Motion into Senegal's 3-2 zone, and M Giqwa, N Tshwete, and K Kolane all ended with 24 points apiece. Unfortunately we ran into foul trouble and our bigs struggled shooting the ball all night. Sadly our four bigs in the rotation shot a combined (and abysmal) 3/20 from the field We entered the 4th quarter down 12 points and fought back to make it a competitive finish, even making a contested three pointer which brought it within 2 points with 12 seconds left... unfortunately we came up just short, resulting in a 102-107 loss.

South Africa looks to get back on track next week against Tounes, who is coming off of a CT game and will be exhausted. In our matchup two weeks ago, we won 104-84.

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From: Sandy

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Date: 10/03/2022 13:20:28
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I just watched the last video you made, on YouTube.
The few words about South Africa U21 were interesting. :)

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Date: 10/03/2022 14:57:20
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I’m trying to get you and I some more training help!

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Date: 10/07/2022 18:32:48
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South Africa Topples Tounes Twice

After beating Tounes just a few weeks ago. The rematch went exactly as expected. South Africa controlled the game from the very beginning and Tounes looked tired and outmatched. With Tounes coming off of a Crunch Time last game, our balanced attack dismantled them at every opportunity. While this game was by no means our best performance, a lot of players certainly got in on the fun.

South Africa had 8 players score 10+ points and no players scored more than 19 points (L. Ncube). We held Tounes to under 100 points for the second time and came away with the 114-90 victory!

Next up, South Africa (5-2) will face off with Al Jazair (4-3). By winning this game, we would lock ourselves into at worst the 2nd seed entering semi-finals. In our first matchup against Al Jazair, we won 125-98.

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From: Sandy

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Date: 10/27/2022 16:34:42
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GL in the SF : time to beat Senegal !

From: E.B.W.

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Date: 10/27/2022 17:19:03
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Thanks Sandy! Hopefully third time is the charm, they’ve been the biggest struggle for us.

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