Quarterfinals Rwanda 57-86 Mali Rwanda’s journey in the 2024 FIBA women’s Africa U18 girls’ championship come to a shocking end following their 57-86 quarter final defeat to Mali on Wednesday, September 11, at University of Pretoria. Mali won the first two quarters 19-11 and 25-15 respectively to lead the game with 44-26 at the break. They continued from where they stopped in the half to dominate the second half, third quarter 21-20 and the final quarter 21-11 to successfully progress to the semifinals. Mama Sidiki Doumbia led the scores for Mali with 21 points while Oumou Koumare and Maimouna Traore added 16 and 14 points respectively. Despite the loss, Brigitte Nibishaka still proved her worth, scoring 16 points while Vanessa Camara added 14 points. Rwanda still has to play a classification game for the 5th to 8th positions. In the men’s category, Rwanda will be up against Cameroon in quarterfinals on Thursday, September 12. Rwanda and Mali, the only undefeated teams in the group phase, topped Groups A and C, respectively with a 3-0 mark each.
