The Senegalese had matters under control for most of the first half with some tough tackling which left the USMA dangermen Houcine Achiou and Issad Bourahli with little space to manoeuvre.
Jeanne d'Arc took the lead in the fourteenth minute when Dame Ndoye, receiving a pinpoint pass from Niokhor Fall, slipped a tackle outside the box before firing a fine angled shot past USMA goalkeeper Merouane Abdouni.