Rwanda international Lionel Hakizimana has challenged his Espoir teammates to forget about Monday’s defeat and focus on the remaining fixtures, including today’s encounter against Savio of Tanzania, in the ongoing FIBA Africa Zone Five Club Championships at Petit Stade in Remera.
Today
Men
CSK (Rwa) vs KPA (Ken) 12pm
Tiger (Ug) vs NFEL (S. Sudan) 2pm
Espoir (Rwa) vs Savio (Tz) 6pm
Ulinzi (Ken) vs City Oilers (Ug) 8pm
Women
Berco (Bur) vs USIU (Ken) 2pm
APR (Rwa) vs Ubumwe (Rwa) 4pm
KCCA (Ug) vs Don Bosco (Tz) 4pm
Rwanda international Lionel Hakizimana has challenged his Espoir teammates to forget about Monday’s defeat and focus on the remaining fixtures, including today’s encounter against Savio of Tanzania, in the ongoing FIBA Africa Zone Five Club Championships at Petit Stade in Remera.
Espoir lost 88-93 to Ugandan powerhouse City Oilers in a tightly contested pool A match.
City Oilers claimed the first two quarters 25-18, 24-18 before Jean Bahufite’s Espoir bounced back to dominate the final two quarters 19-13 and 24-16 to level on 78 points in regular time. City Oilers won 15-10 in extra-time to steal a 93-88 win.
"We have to forget the defeat and focus on the next fixtures, our target is to win the tournament and we still stand a chance only if we choose to remain positive and mentally strong. We will learn from Monday’s defeat and do better,” Hakizimana said
Despite the loss, Hakizimana scored an impressive 33 points while Congolese-born power-forward Bienvenue Ngandu added 19 points. Joseph Enabu scored 24 points for City Oilers while Kami Kabange contributed 19 points.