Rwanda’s U16 boys team saw their chances of progressing to the later stages of the ongoing FIBA U16 African Championships in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius, diminish further after losing 45-101 against defending champions Egypt on Friday afternoon.
SaturdayGroup BMadagascar vs Rwanda 11:15amEgypt vs Algeria 3:45pm
Group AMozambique vs Tunisia 1:30pmMauritius vs Mali 6pm
Friday: Group BEgypt 101-45 RwandaAlgeria 60-59 Madagascar
Rwanda’s U16 boys team saw their chances of progressing to the later stages of the ongoing FIBA U16 African Championships in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius, diminish further after losing 45-101 against defending champions Egypt on Friday afternoon.
It was Rwanda’s second consecutive defeat at the biennial event following the 61-39 reverse to Algeria in the opening game on Thursday.
Egypt, who are the tournament favourites, dominated the match in all four quarters; 9-31, 15-20, 6-25 and 15-25 respectively, to register their second successive win.
Jean de Dieu Umuhoza was Rwanda’s top scorer with 13 points, while Egypt’s Mohamed Hassan dropped a game high 17 points.
Rwanda’s Thierry Nkundwa and Aly Khalifa of Egypt were the game’s top performers.
Nkundwa dropped 12 points, nine rebounds, two steals and had a game efficiency of 14, while Khalifa scored 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists, three steals one block and a game efficiency of 22.
Rwanda returns to action today when they take on Madagascar in a must-win game for both teams. Madagascar narrowly lost to Algeria 59-60 yesterday.
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