APR land first win in Zone V tourney

APR women basketball club registered their first win at the ongoing Fiba/Africa Zone V Club Championships in Mombasa with a 64-51 victory over Government House of Ethiopia on Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Wednesday

(Women)APR (Rwa) 64-51 GHA (Eth)Don Bosco (Tan) 49-72 USIU (Ken)

(Men)COOP Bank (Ken) 54-62 Urunani (Bur) 

Today

(Women)UCU (Uga) vs Don Bosco (TZ) - 9amKCCA (Uga) vs GHA (Eth) - 10amAPR (Rwa) vs KPA (Ken) - 12pmBerco Stars (Bur) vs UCU (Ug) - 8pm

(Men)Espoir (Rwa) vs EWS (Eth) - 2pmKPA (Ken) vs City Oilers (Uga) - 4pmUrunani (Bur) vs Tiger Head (Uga) - 6pmCoop. Bank (Ken) vs I.L.S (Som) - 10pm

APR women basketball club registered their first win at the ongoing Fiba/Africa Zone V Club Championships in Mombasa with a 64-51 victory over Government House of Ethiopia on Wednesday morning.

Charles Mbazumutima’s military side controlled the game from the start, winning the first three quarters: 18-16, 19-12 and 17-12 before the Ethiopians snatched the fourth quarter 12-11. Charlotte Umugwaneza scored a game high 17 points and her team mate Joselyne Munyaneza added 15 points for the Rwanda side.

The win for the Rwandan team, follows the 36-61 defeat in the opening game against Uganda’s KCCA on Monday. APR return to action today needing a win against home team KPA to advance to the last four.

In the men’s category, 2012 champions Espoir BC, who were due to face Kenyan side KPA last night, will be up against Ethiopia Water Sports (EWS) this afternoon at 2pm in their third game of the tournament, following their 58-64 loss to Uganda’s City Oilers on Monday.