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Heartbreak for Kenya Morans as Morocco book semis ticket

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Morocco's Abdel Zouita (left) in action against Kenya Morans's Fidel Okoth during the FIBA AfroCan quarter-finals tie in Luanda. [FIBA]

Kenya's hopes of bagging the much-coveted FIBA AfroCan title won't happen this year after the Morans crashed out in the quarter-finals against Morocco on Thursday in Luanda.

The 55-46 win not only sent Morocco to the semi-finals, where they will face the winner of the game between reigning champions RD Congo and Nigeria, but it also qualified Morocco to the 2027 FIBA AfroCan as semi-finalists.

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