Rwanda U18 girls registered first victory at the ongoing U18 Zone V qualifiers after upsetting Kenya in the final preliminary game.

Rwanda did most of their work in the first quarter as they took an 11-point lead early on. despite putting up a fight in the second and third quarters, the Kenyans couldn’t close the gap.

In the first 3:30 minutes of the fourth quarter, neither team scored a point and it looked like time was running out for Kenya to stage a comeback.

They went on to score more 6 points after that and limited Rwanda to just 3 fourth quarter points but, Kenya still walked away with a 56:47 win

Match Stats

Rwanda
Brigitte Nibishaka 27 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl
Rachel Gikundiro 8 pts, 5 reb, 3 stl
Angelique Tuyishime 4 pts, 10 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl

Kenya
Valentine Korir 10 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl
Violet Atieno Okundi 15 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast, 4 stl
Nissi Priscah Mayaka 2 pts, 10 reb, 2 ast,

Match Facts
Brigitte Nibishaka has scored 15+ in all the 3 games so far. she was also the only Rwanda player to score 10+ points in the game.

Rwanda take on Kenya once again and it promises to be a fireworks match because both now know each other’s strengths and weaknesses and the team that makes the better adjustments may turn out victorious.