The Rwanda National Basketball Team lost to Senegal 81-58 in the first game of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The games started in Dakar, Senegal where the first and third groups met.
The game between Rwanda and Senegal started very close, both teams won with the help of William Robynes and Brancou Badio.
At the end of the first quarter, Senegal leads the game with 20 points to Rwanda's 17.
In the second half, the home team began to increase the gap due to the many points scored by Amar Sylla and Moustapha Diop.
In this area, Rwanda made many mistakes and did not win the 'lancer franc' that was given. It scored 14 of Senegal's 23 points.
In the first half, Senegal leads the game with 43 points out of 31.
The game continued to go in that direction as Rwanda was throwing a lot, including Youssou Ndoye and Lamine Sambe, increasing the gap even more.
In this area, Rwanda played badly because it scored only 10 points out of 21. This led to the end of the difference which increased to 23 points (64-41).
In the final zone of the game, Senegal changed players and did not score more points, both teams won 17.
At the end of the game, the Senegalese National Team won the Rwandan team with 81 points to the 58 points of the Rwandan team and started winning this tournament.
Brancou Badio and Youssou Ndoye scored the most points in the game (14), while Williams Robynes scored 12 on the other side.
Rwanda will play the second game on Saturday, at 23:00 when they will face Cameroon, before finishing the games against Gabon on Sunday.
