{"id":12071,"date":"2022-02-26T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T10:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/fiba-world-cup-qualifiers-rwanda-lose-to-south-sudan-in-opener"},"modified":"2022-02-26T10:39:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T10:39:58","slug":"fiba-world-cup-qualifiers-rwanda-lose-to-south-sudan-in-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/fiba-world-cup-qualifiers-rwanda-lose-to-south-sudan-in-opener","title":{"rendered":"FIBA World cup qualifiers: Rwanda lose to South Sudan in opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Friday<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Rwanda 56-68 South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rwanda started her Group B campaign at the first window of the ongoing FIBA World Cup qualifiers on a low note after losing to South Sudan 56-68 on Friday at Dakar Arena in Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>Cheikh Sarr\u2019s boys trailed South Sudan by five points at the end of the opening quarter 12-7 but responded quickly by winning the second quarter by 21-19 before going into the half time break leading 31-29.<\/p>\n<p>Luol Deng\u2019s men were dominant in the third quarter as they fought back to win it by 27-21 only for skipper Olivier Shyaka and his teammate to lose focus of the game and went on to lose the fourth and last quarter on 38-42.<\/p>\n<p>A disappointed Sarr said, in a post-match press conference, that, \u201cwe lost focus in the second quarter and, since, the players could not take shots any longer. 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