Basketball 101 is all Uganda had to say to Cape Verde after they registered the first 3 digit score of the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 Qualifiers Alexandria Window.
It was a no playing matter for Uganda as they faced Cape Verde in their closing tournament match of the Alexandria window. Uganda ended the 3rd quarter 2 points behind and it seemed like Cape Verde could easily snatch the win.
Cape Verde continued in the lead through the 4th quarter until Tonny Drileba‘s 2 point jump shot brought the two sides square at 89-89. At this point, the SIlverbacks were determined to take the lead until 101 points to clinch a historic win for Uganda.
Small Forward Ishmail Wainright and Point Guard Jimmy Enabu were quite instrumental in guiding the Silverbacks to this 101 points win. The Small Forward had the most time on court of 36 minutes, made 36 points, and picked 13 rebounds with an efficiency of 51 the highest we have seen in this Tournament. Jimmy Enabu was second behind Wainright as the top performers for Uganda.
First FIBA AfroBasket 2021 Qualifier 3 Digit Score Match
Uganda VS Cape Verde
Q1 26-25
Q2 52-43
Q3 74-76
Q4 101-98
Uganda will stay in the top spot if Egypt lose their game today or sit in the 2nd position should rival, the latter win.
The competition system is that twenty teams will participate under five groups in two international windows and the top 3 teams from each group will qualify to the FIBA AfroBaset 2021 to be held in Kigali. Rwanda has an automatic entry ticket since they are the hosts of the tournament.
