{"id":98369,"date":"2025-03-27T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/damaria-franklin-shines-as-azomco-upset-ugb"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:36:46","slug":"damaria-franklin-shines-as-azomco-upset-ugb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/damaria-franklin-shines-as-azomco-upset-ugb","title":{"rendered":"Damaria Franklin shines as Azomco upset UGB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Wednesday, March 26<\/p>\n<p>Azomco 71-59 UGB<\/p>\n<p>Tigers 76-54 Kepler<\/p>\n<p>Azomco\u2019s redemption in the league continued on Wednesday when Point guard Damaria Franklin scored a game high 30 points to help the minnows achieve a stunning 71-59 win over United Generation Basketball Club (UGB) at Petit Stade indoor gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second league victory of the season for Daniel Monibe Lino Todo\u2019s side which had failed to win a single game since the beginning of the league campaign in January until Sunday, March 23, when they stunned Kepler 89-87<\/p>\n<p>UGB took the first quarter 17-16 before AZOMCO responded quickly to claim the second quarter 16-10 to lead the game with 32-27 at the break.<\/p>\n<p>Hoops league: UGB eye win vs Azomco, Kepler face Tigers<\/p>\n<p>Center Mohamed Doumbya got his side up and firing, but Azomco kept leading the game despite narrowly losing the third set 19-20. They then came back into the final quarter looking very organized defensively and aggressive offensively, and went on to win last quarter 20-12.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin added 11 rebounds to his 30 points while other big contributors to Azomco\u2019s win were Richard Bizimungu and Blaise Mugisha who scored 16 and 11 points respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In another game played on Wednesday, Tigers beat Kepler 76-54. It was the latter\u2019s second defeat in a row after Sunday\u2019s 89-87 defeat to AZOMCO.<\/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. Wednesday, March 26 Azomco 71-59 UGB Tigers 76-54 Kepler Azomco\u2019s redemption in the league continued on Wednesday when Point guard Damaria Franklin scored a game high 30 points to help the minnows achieve a stunning 71-59 win over United Generation Basketball Club (UGB) at Petit Stade indoor gymnasium. 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