{"id":17410,"date":"2022-05-15T11:47:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T11:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/friendly-games-provided-a-good-litmus-test-ahead-of-bal-reg-captain-elie-kaje"},"modified":"2022-05-15T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T12:21:47","slug":"friendly-games-provided-a-good-litmus-test-ahead-of-bal-reg-captain-elie-kaje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/friendly-games-provided-a-good-litmus-test-ahead-of-bal-reg-captain-elie-kaje","title":{"rendered":"Friendly games provided a good litmus test ahead of BAL \u2013 REG captain Elie Kaje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Elie Kaje, the captain of Rwanda Energy Group (REG) Basketball Club has praised the friendly games that they have played recently, saying they have provided a good litmus test for the team ahead of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs that get underway from the 21st to the 28 of this month in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking in a telephone interview with Times Sport on Friday, May 13 following REG\u2019s 89-53 victory against Qatar in their last warm-up game that took place on Thursday, in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the Rwandan club played three friendly games against Middle-East national teams including Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>In their first game, REG beat Kuwait 77-67 on Tuesday, but lost 65-74 to Bahrain in the second one that took place on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in a longtime, we played good and entertaining basketball. The wins over Qatar were convincing and the team spirit has never been better,\u201d Kaje said.<\/p>\n<p>He added \u201cPlaying against an experienced team like Qatar was a good litmus test to weigh ourselves and up our preparations. It was a massive boost of our morale and confidence ahead of the BAL Playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team will be returning to Kigali on May 15 for the final preparations before the playoffs begin.<\/p>\n<p>In the playoffs, REG will take on Cameroon\u2019s Forces Arm\u00e9es et Police (FAP) Basketball Club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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