Stakes Are High As the BKBNL Women Head To Semi-Finals. Can Akon and Cisse Lead Their Teams As They Have Led The Charts So Far?
The final day of the group stages of the Bank of Kigali Basketball Women’s National League closing tournament ended on Tuesday. RP-IPRC Huye won all three of their group stage matches. This was not the case for APR BBC who did not win a single match.
Claude Muhirwa’s side, RP-IPRC Huye, beat stronger opponents Ubumwe in a well-deserved win 84-64. Team Captain Sandra Nelly, scored 24 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in the 35 minutes she played. Despite the loss suffered, Rose Akon continued to prove that she is impressively unstoppable after racking up 30 points with 14 rebounds in this match. The Hoops Rwanda finished their group stages on the high after hammering APR BBC 90-40. Cisse and Laurence scored 25 and 23 respectively while APR’s Captain Charlotte scored 16. will APR BBC comeback in the semi-finals to defend their title?
At the conclusion of the group stages, the statistics show that Rose Akon is ahead on the charts in baskets, rebounds and blocks whereas Micomyiza Rosine “Cisse” played the most minutes and shares the same number of assists as Ubumwe’s Georgia Otieno.
Even If COVID-19 impacts have proven distressing to sports this year, the Basketball league has registered its highest prize money ever. At the occasion of announcing the new sponsorship deal with Rwanda Development Board, Rwanda Basketball Federation, (FERWABA) declared that the income generated from ticket sales will financially contribute support worth 5 million Rwanda Francs to both men and women teams representing Rwanda in the regional and continental competitions as adopted in the General Assembly.
This will be an addition to the prize money where Bank of Kigali awards the teams as follows:
- winner 2M RWF
- 1st runner up 1,5M RWF
- 2nd runner up 1M RWF
- 3rd runner up 800 000 RWF
Last season’s trophy was won by APR BBC who also finished 4th in Zone 5 games behind Uganda’s JKL Dolphins (crowned champions) and Kenya’s Equity and KPA.
