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Kenya beat Angola for the first time in history of basketball in Africa, qualify for FIBA AfroBasket 2021 tournament

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Liz Mills, the Australian basketball coach now handling the Kenya Morans. [Courtesy]

The Kenya men’s basketball team Morans made history after stunning heavyweights Angola 74-73 in a nail-biting contest in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Saturday night to qualify for the FIBA  AfroBasket 2021 tournament in Rwanda.

Morans made a huge statement as they upset red-hot Angola, a team that Kenya has never beaten in the history of basketball in Africa.

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