Friday, July 17
Outcomes
Patriots 69-67 APR
REG 102-86 RSSB Tigers
Star guard Jeffery Tyrone Stubbs delivered a match-winning efficiency, recording 17 factors, 10 assists and 5 rebounds to encourage Patriots to an exciting 69-67 victory over rivals APR on Friday night time, July 17, at BK Area.
The victory served as candy revenge for the Patriots, who suffered a 78-75 defeat to APR within the first spherical. The win additionally noticed them reclaim high spot within the Rwanda Basketball League regular-season standings.
Sunny Niyomugabo’s Patriots made a powerful begin, taking a 9-0 run. APR fought again to slender the deficit however Patriots held on to assert the primary quarter 16-15 earlier than taking the second 22-15 to hold a snug 38-30 lead into halftime.
APR responded strongly after the break, producing a powerful offensive show to erase the deficit. They claimed the third quarter 22-13 to take a slim one-point lead heading into the ultimate interval.
Patriots gave the impression to be in bother after star guard Franklin Damaria was ejected late within the recreation for an unsportsmanlike gesture towards the match officers, forcing them to complete with out one in all their key gamers.
Regardless of the setback, Stubbs and his teammates stayed composed. Patriots received the fourth quarter 18-15 to seal a hard-fought two-point victory in a recreation that ended 00:47am.
Earlier than his ejection, Damaria had contributed 16 factors, whereas Nigerian centre Chingka Kennedy Garba added 14.
The victory lifts Patriots to the highest of the league standings with 29 factors. APR stay second with 28 factors however nonetheless have a recreation in hand towards RSSB Tigers.
Earlier within the night, Rwanda Vitality Group (REG) defeated RSSB Tigers 102-86. Tigers will now be seeking to bounce again once they face APR.
The night time's motion, initially scheduled to tip off at 6:30 p.m., was delayed by greater than two hours, with no official rationalization offered. A supply informed Occasions Sport that the venue skilled a short energy outage that lasted only some minutes.
