MOÇÂMEDES (Angola) – Cape Verde defeated Rwanda 75-62 on Sunday to stay in contention for a spot in the 2025 AfroBasket quarterfinals.
Cape Verde took the floor with a sense of urgency, disrupting every one of Rwanda’s attempts to attack.
Patrick Lima opened the scoring with a three-pointer, foreshadowing what was to come for Cape Verde, who eventually shot 9-for-28 from deep.
Lima’s three-pointer came after a block shot from Edy Tavares, who finished with three swats.
Early in the game, the Cape Verdeans led 9-0, with Rwanda showing no sign of containing their opponents’ dominance.
The Rwandans trailed 16-2 in the opening quarter. They mounted a short-lived comeback in the second quarter, finishing just eight points behind at halftime with the score at 37-29.
Cape Verde will not know their position in Group A until after Sunday’s later game between Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
It was the islanders’ second win in three Group A games. Meanwhile, Rwanda joined three other teams — Madagascar, Uganda, and Libya — who were eliminated after the group phase.
This report is being updated.
FIBA