The U18 girls were in full force against Tanzania and this time round, they gave the fans what they wanted, the century mark.

After a very low scoring first quarter that ended 10 points a piece, some people thought Tanzania could cause an upset but the Uganda Girls squashed all Tanzania’s hopes after scoring 29 points in the second quarter and limiting Tanzania to just 7.

The momentum carried forward in the third quarter, 34 points for the Junior gazelles and Tanzania had no response for them.

In the final 70 seconds, Uganda increased on their urgency as they were within the 100 point game and after a couple of steals, they managed to hit the target.

Match stats

Uganda
Resty Nanangwe 29 pts, 9 reb, 5 ast, 5 stl
Angella Auma 14 pts, 12 reb, 4 ast, 5 stl
Modesta Anyango 22 pts, 7 reb, 8 ast, 8 stl
Christine Namyalo 10 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl, 2 blk

Tanzania
Namsifu kimera 11 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl
Nasinyari Denis 10 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl, 2 blk
Nawasa Lazaro 9 pts, 7 reb, 3 ast, 5 stl

Match facts

Resty Nanangwe has scored 20+ points in all the 3 games so far. She has recorded 20+ points. 5+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 5+ steals in all the 3 games.

Uganda became the first girls team to score 100+ points.

Uganda face Tanzania once again in the semifinals. Tanzania will have to make some adjustments but the main focus shall be on how they can escape the Uganda defense and also the traps.

For Uganda, they just need to keep doing what they have been doing because it has yielded very positive results in all three games.