Mu mukino wari utegerejwe cyane n’abakunzi ba basketball mu Rwanda no muri Afurika, RSSB Tigers yatsinze FUS Rabat amanota 95 kuri 72 mu mukino ubanza wa kamarampaka ya Basketball Africa League wabereye muri BK Arena ku wa Gatanu ushize. Uyu mukino wasize abafana benshi bishimira uburyo ikipe ihagarariye u Rwanda yakinnye umukino uri ku rwego rwo hejuru imbere y’imbaga y’abafana bari buzuye muri BK Arena.
RSSB Tigers yatangiye umukino ifite imbaraga nyinshi ndetse ihita yerekana ko ishaka gutsinda hakiri kare. Agace ka mbere karangiye iyoboye umukino n’amanota 24 kuri 13, ibintu byahise bishyira igitutu gikomeye kuri FUS Rabat. Mu gace ka kabiri, ikipe yo muri Maroc yagerageje kugabanya ikinyuranyo ariko RSSB Tigers ikomeza gukina umukino wihuse ndetse inakoresha neza amahirwe yabonaga imbere y’agaseke. Igice cya mbere cyarangiye ikipe y’u Rwanda iyoboye umukino n’amanota 45 kuri 36.
Umukinnyi wagaragaye cyane muri uyu mukino ni Craig Randall II, wakomeje kwerekana urwego rwo hejuru amaze iminsi ariho muri BAL 2026. Uyu mukinnyi yatsinze amanota 38 ndetse aninjiza amanota atatu menshi yafashije RSSB Tigers gukomeza kuganza umukino. Abasesenguzi ba basketball bavuga ko Craig Randall ari umwe mu bakinnyi beza ba BAL uyu mwaka bitewe n’uburyo amaze gutsinda amanota menshi mu mikino itandukanye. Uyu wari umukino wa kane muri BAL 2026 atsinzemo amanota arenga 30.
Ikindi cyafashije RSSB Tigers gutsinda ni uburyo yakinnye ubwugarizi bukomeye ndetse ikihutisha umukino igihe cyose yabonaga amahirwe. FUS Rabat yagerageje guhangana n’iyi kipe mu gace ka gatatu ariko abakinyi ba RSSB Tigers bakomeje gukina bafite icyizere ndetse banakomeza gushyigikirwa cyane n’abafana bari muri BK Arena. Ku musozo w’agace ka gatatu, ikipe y’u Rwanda yari yamaze gushyiramo ikinyuranyo cy’amanota 71 kuri 59, ibintu byatumye benshi batangira kwizera intsinzi hakiri kare.
Mu gace ka nyuma, RSSB Tigers yakomeje gusatira cyane ndetse hari n’igihe abafana batangiye gutekereza ko iyi kipe ishobora kurenza amanota 100 nk’uko yari yabikoze mu matsinda ya Kalahari Conference. Nubwo umukino warangiye itageze kuri ayo manota, uburyo yakinnye bwashimangiye ko iyi kipe iri mu zihagaze neza muri BAL Playoffs uyu mwaka. Perezida Paul Kagame nawe yari yitabiriye uyu mukino ndetse yagaragaye ashyigikiye iyi kipe ihagarariye u Rwanda muri aya marushanwa.
Iyi ntsinzi yahise ituma RSSB Tigers yegera cyane amahirwe yo kugera muri kimwe cya kabiri cya BAL 2026 mbere y’umukino wo kwishyura uteganyijwe mu minsi iri imbere. Abakunzi ba basketball mu Rwanda bakomeje kwizera ko iyi kipe ishobora gukomeza gukora amateka no kuzageza u Rwanda kure muri iri rushanwa rikomeje gukurikirwa cyane muri Afurika. Abasesenguzi benshi bavuga ko niba RSSB Tigers ikomeje gukina kuri uru rwego, ishobora kuba imwe mu makipe azahangana bikomeye ashaka igikombe cya BAL 2026.
