Uganda, May 11 -- The latest action in the Basketball Africa League Sahara Conference was a tale of firsts.

First, US Monastir managed to win a basketball game in the conference, beating Rwandan side APR 83-70 to start the second half of the tournament on a high.

The Tunisian side started the season with a dismal 0-3 run and simply cannot afford to drop any more games if they are to be in the conversation for the playoffs.

Led by Marcus Crawford, who shot six-for-nine from three-point range to record a game-high 31 points, the 2022 champions meant business and executed better down the stretch to get the win.

Oussama Marnaoui hit two threes in the early stages of the fourth quarter to give Monastir momentum.

He would go on to record 1...