Ikipe ya RSSB Tigers yakomeje kwandika amateka mashya muri Basketball Africa League 2026 nyuma yo kugera muri kimwe cya kabiri cy’irangiza isezereye FUS Rabat mu mukino ukomeye cyane wabereye muri BK Arena. Nubwo ikipe yo muri Maroc yegukanye intsinzi y’umukino wa kabiri ku manota 99 kuri 98, RSSB Tigers ni yo yakomeje kubera ikinyuranyo kinini yari yarabonye mu mukino ubanza warangiye itsinze amanota 95 kuri 72. Uyu mukino wasize abafana benshi bahagaze umwanya munini bishimira uburyo iyi kipe ihagarariye u Rwanda yakomeje gukora amateka muri BAL ku nshuro yayo ya mbere.
FUS Rabat yinjiye mu mukino ifite igitutu gikomeye kuko yari izi neza ko isabwa gutsinda ikinyuranyo kinini kugira ngo isezerere RSSB Tigers. Kuva umukino watangira, ikipe yo muri Maroc yahise yerekana ko yiteguye urugamba rukomeye ndetse itangira gutsinda amanota menshi cyane mu gace ka mbere. Abakunzi ba basketball bari muri BK Arena batunguwe no kubona FUS Rabat ikina umukino wihuse kandi ikoresha cyane amanota atatu, ibintu byatumye igera imbere n’amanota menshi mu gice cya mbere. Hari n’igihe iyi kipe yageze ku kinyuranyo cy’amanota 21, ibintu byatangiye gutera impungenge abafana ba RSSB Tigers.
Nubwo FUS Rabat yari iri gukina neza, RSSB Tigers ntiyacitse intege kuko yakomeje gushaka uburyo igaruka mu mukino. Abakinnyi bayo batangiye kongera imbaraga cyane mu gace ka gatatu ndetse abafana bari muri BK Arena bongera kugira icyizere. Craig Randall II yongeye kuba intwari y’iyi kipe nyuma yo gutsinda amanota 43 wenyine, ibintu byafashije RSSB Tigers gukomeza kuguma mu mukino no kurinda ikinyuranyo cyayifashaga gukomeza muri semifinal. Uyu mukinnyi yakomeje kwerekana ko ari umwe mu bakinnyi bafite urwego rwo hejuru cyane muri BAL uyu mwaka, cyane cyane mu gutsinda amanota atatu no kuyobora umukino mu bihe bikomeye.
Mu minota ya nyuma y’umukino, BK Arena yose yari ihagaze kubera uburyo amakipe yombi yakinaga asatirana cyane. RSSB Tigers yagarutse mu mukino ndetse inagera imbere mu manota mu gace ka nyuma, ibintu byatumye abafana bayo batangira kwizera ko ishobora no kongera gutsinda FUS Rabat. Gusa ikipe yo muri Maroc yakomeje kurwana kugeza ku munota wa nyuma maze yegukana intsinzi y’umukino ku manota 99 kuri 98. Nubwo FUS Rabat yatsinze umukino, ibyo ntibyabujije RSSB Tigers gukomeza muri kimwe cya kabiri kuko mu mibare rusange y’imikino ibiri yari ifite amanota 193 kuri 171 ya FUS Rabat.
Iyi ntsinzi yahise ituma RSSB Tigers iba imwe mu nkuru zikomeye cyane muri siporo nyafurika muri iyi minsi. Kuba iyi kipe igeze muri BAL ku nshuro ya mbere ariko ikaba imaze kugera muri semifinal byatunguye benshi mu bakurikirana basketball ya Afurika. Abasesenguzi ba siporo bavuga ko uburyo RSSB Tigers iri gukina bwerekana ko basketball y’u Rwanda iri kuzamuka ku rwego rwo hejuru cyane. Hari benshi batangiye kuvuga ko iyi kipe ishobora no gutungurana ikagera ku mukino wa nyuma wa BAL 2026 niba ikomeje gukina kuri uru rwego ndetse igakomeza gushyigikirwa n’abafana benshi bayiherekeza buri mukino.
Nyuma yo gusezerera FUS Rabat, RSSB Tigers yahise ibona ikipe izahura na yo muri kimwe cya kabiri cy’irangiza ari yo Al Ahly yo mu Misiri, imwe mu makipe afite uburambe bukomeye muri BAL. Uyu mukino utegerejwe cyane n’abakunzi ba basketball kuko amakipe yombi amaze kugaragaza urwego rwo hejuru muri iri rushanwa. Abafana ba RSSB Tigers bakomeje kwizera ko iyi kipe ishobora gukomeza gukora amateka no kuzamura ibendera ry’u Rwanda muri BAL 2026 iri gukurikiranwa n’isi yose.
