Senegal took the bronze medal at the 2021 AfroBasket continental championship in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday, following a comfortable 86-73 victory over Cape Verde.

The 5-time champions got on the board first and stayed out in front until the second period when Cape Verde enjoyed their best spell of the match and at one point led by five points at 33-28.

However, that was as good as it got for the Cape Verdeans as Senegal turned the score around to end the half 44-39 ahead and extended that advantage to nine points going into the fourth quarter.

The Lions pulled away after that to secure third place in the tournament, equalling their performance from four years ago.

Gorgui Dieng led the way for the winners with a mighty 30 points, backed up by double-digit contributions from Brancou Badio, Mamadou Faye and Youssou Ndoye.

18 points from Walter Tavares and 17 from Joel Almeida were the highlights for Cape Verde.