Tanzania, May 22 -- Dar es Salaam. Dar City stand 40 minutes away from rewriting Tanzania's basketball history when they face Angolan giants Petro de Luanda in a highly anticipated Basketball Africa League (BAL) quarter-final clash tomorrow in Rwanda.

For the first time since entering the competition, the Tanzanian side has reached the knockout stage of Africa's biggest basketball tournament, carrying with them the hopes of a nation eager to see local basketball rise onto the continental stage.

But standing in their path is a familiar and painful opponent.

Petro de Luanda, one of Africa's most decorated basketball clubs and former BAL champions, handed Dar City a crushing 100-75 defeat in a previous meeting in South Africa.

Tomorrow's...