APR beat Kenya Ports Authority 80-64 to reach the Women’s Basketball League Africa Zone Five final and send KPA go for the third-place playoff. The Rwandan side win every quarter, establish 52-45 half-time lead before finish the match with 11-4 run.
APR get plenty from centre Jessica Jackson, forward Yacine Diop and forward Eleuteria Lhavanguane, who combine for 53 points. KPA small forward Victoria Reynolds na top-score the match with 25 points, but the Kenyan side no fit overturn APR’s advantage.
KPA go face the loser of the other semi-final between Rwanda’s REG and Tanzania’s Fox Divas on Saturday. Equity Hawks, Kenya’s second representative, lose 80-67 to Burundi’s Dynamo for the fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs.
Equity Hawks go face Tanzania’s Vijana Queens for the seventh-place playoff, while Dynamo meet fellow Burundian side Les Hippos for fifth place.
