{"id":104142,"date":"2025-06-26T16:35:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/patriots-defeat-apr-in-game-3-as-reg-advances"},"modified":"2025-06-26T17:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:54:50","slug":"patriots-defeat-apr-in-game-3-as-reg-advances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/patriots-defeat-apr-in-game-3-as-reg-advances","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Defeat APR in Game 3 as REG Advances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Semifinals-Game 3<\/p>\n<p>Patriots 65-59 APR (Patriots lead series 2-1)<\/p>\n<p>REG 89-81 UGB (REG win series 3-0)<\/p>\n<p>Star point guard Williams Isiah Rasheed scored a game-high 22 points to power Patriots basketball club over APR 65-59 in Game 3 of the best-of-five semi-final series on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The American guard added seven assists, and two steals as Patriots put APR on the brink of playoffs elimination as they lead the series 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>APR won the first quarter 22-18 and went into half time break leading the game 37-33 after the second quarter ended 15-15 level.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Jacques Boissy scored 27 points and added 7 reounds and 8 assists as REG beat UGB 89-81 in Game 3 on Wednesday night to advance to the Rwanda basketball league finals-courtesy<\/p>\n<p>Returning for the second half, the Patriots showed more energy which helped them recover from first half deficit to open a 10-point lead at the end of the third quarter which ended 19-5 in their favour.<\/p>\n<p>James May Jr introduced his big five men of Aliou Diarra, William Robeyns, Youssoupha Ndoye, Antino Jackson and Axel Mpoyo as he attempted for a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Diarra scored 6 quick points to narrow the deficit but Rahiael Putney made a layup to open a six-point lead and bring some sigh of relief to Sunny Niyomugabo\u2019s group.<\/p>\n<p>The army side put on a show in the fourth their 17-13 win in the fourth quarter was too little to save the night as Patriots held their nerves to put their second win of the series in the bag.<\/p>\n<p>Patriots may join Rwanda Energy Group in the finals if they win Game 5 on Friday, June 28 while a different result would bring APR back into contention for a place in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>REG have qualified for the finals after beating United Generation Basketball (UGB) 89-81, winning the semi-finals series without a defeat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Semifinals-Game 3 Patriots 65-59 APR (Patriots lead series 2-1) REG 89-81 UGB (REG win series 3-0) Star point guard Williams Isiah Rasheed scored a game-high 22 points to power Patriots basketball club over APR 65-59 in Game 3 of the best-of-five semi-final series on Wednesday night. 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