The Uganda U18 Boys, the Junior Silverbacks made it back-to-back wins after being in control of the game from the second quarter onwards and winning the game 78:49 in the end.

Uganda trailed 11:15 after the first quarter but the response in the second was great. They limited Rwanda to just 9 points and scored 19 to take an 8-point lead into the halftime break.

Uganda came out hot in the third quarter, as they made a 7-0 run to make it a 15-point game. 

Rwanda scored just 2 points in the final minutes of the quarter and Uganda scored 22 points to make it a 31-point game.

With 6:33 left in the game, Uganda had built a 38 point lead, the highest of the game but Rwanda managed to cut it to 29 as the game winded up.

Talking points

The players who were cleared late added a lot of firepower to Uganda’s offense. Mubiru Nkugwa and Kagaba Musime led Uganda in scoring while Ssenyange Eli scored 6 points in 7 minutes.

The 1v1 coverage on defense was effective. All the players knew what was expected of them and it’s on few occasions that defenders were beaten with ease.

The help defenders also did quite well, despite a couple of fouls here and there.

Match Stats

Uganda

Kagaba Musime 15 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl

Mubiru Nkugwa 14 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl

Edrine Ekau 11 pts, 5 reb, 1 stl, 2 blk

Gideon Ekukwai 10 pts, 6 reb

Rwanda

Dylan Lebson Kayijuka 15 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl

Gabriel Ndoba Mwiba 11 pts, 7 reb

Match Facts

There was no player with 10+ rebounds.

Edrine Ekau has scored 10+ points in consecutive games for Uganda.

Dylan Lebson Kayijuka has scored 15+ in consecutive games now.

Uganda takes on Kenya in their game while Rwanda will be playing Tanzania.