East African side the Kenya Morans will not have big man Wamukota Bush in the AfroBasket Qualifiers first window while South Sudan Basketball Federation president will coach his side.
In the friendly basketball game played at Kigali Arena yesterday Tuesday, November 24th, 2020, in which Kenya beat South Sudan by one point (67-66), Center Wamukota Bush did not play for the Morans. In the same match, South Sudan Basketball Federation boss took matters into his own hands to coach his team that played well against the Morans
The Kenyan star Wamukota played for the Patriots in the BKBNL closing tournament that was concluded last month from where he traveled to play for ASB Masembe with plans to come back to Kigali to represent his nation in the AfroBasket 2021 Qualifiers. Unfortunately, the Morans Center was denied access to board his flight at the Kinshasa International Airport on Monday.
In the African continent nation dominated by a tall population, Former Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng assumes charge to lead his side in the clashes starting today through to November 29th. South Sudan was favorites to complete this Group D after a decision by the Algerian team to withdraw from the tournament early this month.
Afrobasket 2021 Qualifiers Kigali window games commence today with Senegal taking on Kenya in the opener and Angola Vs Mozambique thereafter.
FIBA announced that all games will be played behind closed doors but fans can watch the them on Canal+ Sports and StarTimes KC2 Rwanda.