An IPRC Kigali player seen trying to beat a strong REG defence last week in the FERWABA pre-season tournament. Courtesy-Ferwaba
Rival reigning champion Patriots and league champions Rwanda Energy Group (REG) will face-off in a mouth-watering semi-final clash of the on-going FERWABA pre-season tournament over the weekend.
The first semi-final will pit former champions and rejuvenated military side APR BBC against IPRC Kigali on Saturday, November 25 at 16:00 before REG clashes with Patriots BBC at 18:00, all matches will be played at Amahoro indoor stadium.
APR BBC finished unbeaten in three matches to with six points, in a Group A which consisted of Patriots, IPRC South and UGB. In their last game played on Wednesday, APR BBC defeated Patriots 96-76.
Patriots BBC finished second with five points while IPRC South and UGB finished with four and three points each.
In Group B, REG finished atop unbeaten too to amass six points with IPRC Kigali finishing second with five points after registering win over Espoir BBC 78-69 and 30 Plus 78-64 and lost to table leaders REG BBC 79-88.
APR BBC’s Mbanze Brian tops the goal scorers’ chart with 20 points and is followed by Sagamba Sedar from Patriots with 19 points while Ruzigande Ally (APR BBC) and Hakizimana Lionel (Patriots BBC) have 17 and 15 points respectively.
Last year, Patriots BBC won the title after edging REG 76-75 in the finals.
In the women category, IPRC South maintained a clean sheet in the round-robin action to amass four points after registering victories over The Hoops Rw 66-39 and Ubumwe BBC 65-50. IPRC South will face APR BBC in the final on Sunday while Ubumwe BBC will take on The Hoops in the battle for a third place play-off.
Finals are scheduled to be played on Sunday at Amahoro Indoor Stadium court.
The FERWABA Pre-season tournament doubles as a preparation stint for the upcoming 2017/18 National Basketball League season scheduled to start on December 1, 2017.
Ferwaba Pre-season tournament
Rankings
Men
Group A PG W/L Pts For Against GD
APR BBC 3 3/0 6 225 169 56
Patriots BBC 3 2/1 5 245 192 53
IPRC Souuth 3 1/2 4 218 232 -14
UGB 3 0/3 3 157 252 -95
Group B PG W/L Pts For Against GD
REG BBC 3 3/0 6 268 186 82
IPRC Kigali 3 2/1 5 235 221 14
30 Plus 3 1/2 4 180 239 -59
Espoir BBC 3 0/3 3 176 213 -37
Women PG W/L Pts For Against GD
IPRC South 2 2/0 4 131 89 42
Hoops Rw 2 1/1 3 39 66 -27
APR BBC 2 1/1 3 107 102 05
Ubumwe BBC 2 0/2 2 99 126 -27
Results
Day 1, November 17, 2017
REG BC 108-53 30 Plus
UGB 36-66 APR BBC
IPRC Kigali 78-69 Espoir BBC
Day 2, November 18
Women
AIPR-South 66-39 The Hoops Rw
Ubumwe 49-61 APR BBC
Men
IPRC-South BBC 65-79 Patriots BBC
30 Plus 64-78 IPRC-Kigali BBC
IPRC-South 89-70 UGB
REG BBC 72-54 Espoir BBC
Day 3, November 19, 2017
Women
The Hoops Rw 53-46 APR BBC
IPRC-South 65-50 Ubumwe
Men
Espoir BBC 53-63 30 Plus
UGB 51-97 Patriots BBC
APR BBC 83-64 IPRC-South
IPRC-Kigali 79-88 REG BBC
Day 4, November 22
Patriots 69-76 APR BBC
Semi-finals, November 25
Women, third place play-off
Ubumwe BBC vs The Hoops Rw
Men
APR BBC vs IPRC Kigali
REG BBC vs Patriots BBC
November 26
Men, Third-place
Loser SM 1 vs Loser SM2
Final
Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2
Women
IPRC-South BBC vs APR BBC
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