Giants continue good run in Heroes Day tournament

Selected results Sunday Men Espoir 66-56 Patriots APR 79-60 IPRC-South CSK 93-52 UR- CASS UGB 64-55 SEEFAR Women UR- CASS 42-31 IPRC- South RAPP 82-9 Agahozo Saturday Men KBC 32-102 IPRC-South IPRC- Kigali 63-58 SEEFAR Women Ubumwe 60-30 Patriots APR 84-16 Agahozo League champions Espoir, APR and last season’s first runners-up Cercle Sportif de Kigali (CSK) all grabbed second victories in the Heroes Day basketball tournament on Sunday to keep their hopes for the first trophy of the year alive. Pascal Karekezi Espoir beat Patriots 66-56, APR collected their second victory in the 79-60 win over new league entrants IPRC- South, while Rugunga-based CSK thrashed University of Rwanda’s College of Arts and Social Sciences (UR- Cass) 93-52 – all the games were played at Amahoro indoor stadium in Remera. On Sunday, United Generation Basketball club (UGB) beat Seefar 64-55 in the men’s category while UR-Cass defeated IPRC- South 42-31, WHILE Rwanda Allied Peace for Progress overcame Agahozo Shalom 82-9 in the women’s category. Speaking to Times Sport on Monday, IPRC-South basketball team head coach Didier Bineza said: “The victory over KBC boosted our confidence and motivation ahead of the league start.” The inaugural national Heroes Day tournament started on Friday and will run until February 1, the national Heroes Day.

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Giants continue good run in Heroes Day tournament