Junior Silverbacks overpower Rwanda with explosive third quarter | U18 Zone V Qualifiers
Uganda’s Junior Silverbacks defeated Rwanda 78-49 in their second game of the FIBA Africa Zone V U18 Qualiers at Lugoogo on Monday. The start to the prime game of Matchday 2 of the championship was cagey, especially for the hosts as Rwanda ran their sets better. During the stretch, Uganda depended more on their defense […] The post Junior Silverbacks overpower Rwanda with explosive third quarter | U18 Zone V Qualifiers appeared first on Kawowo Sports.
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Uganda’s Junior Silverbacks defeated Rwanda 78-49 in their second game of the FIBA Africa Zone V U18 Qualiers at Lugoogo on Monday.
The start to the prime game of Matchday 2 of the championship was cagey, especially for the hosts as Rwanda ran their sets better. During the stretch, Uganda depended more on their defense to trail 15-11 at the end of the quarter.
In the second quarter, Uganda’s nerves were out of the window and the Junior Silverbacks started to turn up the heat on the offensive end of the court with some up-tempo basketball in transition and good ball movement in the half court to get wide-open shots.
The success of Uganda’s strategy was most apparent in the third quarter in which they exploded for 31 points and led by as many as 32 points.
Musiime Kagaba, Andrew Mukisa Nkugwa, and Richard Ssenyange who had been cleared to play after missing the opener against Tanzania turned up to supplement Edrine Ekau and Gideon Ekukwai who were most productive in the second quarter alongside Tejan Rugette who got the Rwandans in foul trouble.
Uganda stretched the lead to as many as 38 in the fourth quarter before taking the foot off the pedal.
Musiime led Uganda’s team effort with 15 points, Nkugwa added 14 while Ekau and Ekukwai contributed 11 and 10 points respectively.
Rwanda’s point guard Dylan Kayijuka matched a game-high 15 points and Gabriel Ndiba Mwinba had 11.
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