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Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Angola 70-62 Egypt Rwanda 68-72 Guinea Rwanda bowed out of the Afrobasket 2021 tournament after losing 68-72 to Guinea in a playoff match that was aimed at seeking a quarter-final ticket.<\/p>\n

The game that took place on Monday August 30, at the Kigali Arena saw the two nations go toe-to-toe in all the four quarters of the game, with only a few points difference often between them.<\/p>\n

The hosts played well especially in the third quarter where they held a 10-point lead, but the Guineans showcased resilience, coming from ten points down to win by 28 points.<\/p>\n

Despite struggling to shoot from the floor, Guinea’s dangerman Mansare scored a team-high 16 points, 8 coming from a perfect shooting on the line. Cheick Sekou Conde added 15 points while Queta contributed an important 13 points.<\/p>\n

Rwanda’s Kenneth Gasana poured in game-high 28 points, while Prince Ibeh added 10 points and 8 rebounds. In a post-game interview, Cheikh Sarr, Rwanda’s head coach said that \u201cWe had a chance to win but we lost focus in real time, in the last 3 minutes we lost confidence and lost a lot of balls and the shots we made didn\u2019t go well\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe competition organization was the best we had and we brought in the players to make it stronger where we thought we were with less energy.\u201d He said<\/p>\n

The hosts opened their Afrobasket 2021 campaign with a resounding 82-68 victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two days later, Rwanda recorded their biggest win at Afrobasket after beating Angola 71-68.<\/p>\n

With Kigali Arena almost at full capacity, what else could have Rwanda asked for to sail through a tough Cape Verde team had other plans; they never panicked, beating Rwanda 82-74 in Group A’s last game.<\/p>\n

Rwanda finished their Group Phase run with a 2-1 record. Guinea will take on Cote d\u2019Ivoire in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. In the first game of the day between two former African champions, Angola outscored Egypt 70-62 to return to the Quarter-Finals for the 21st time since 1980.<\/p>\n

Former AfroBasket MVP Carlos Morais scored 12 of his game-high 16 points from beyond the arc, Gerson ‘Lukeny’ Goncalves added 23, and rising star Gilson Bango took care of the boards’ battle to finish with a game-best eight rebounds.<\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/b><\/p>\n

matches: Nigeria Vs Uganda 3pm South Sudan Vs Kenya 6pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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