{"id":2518,"date":"2026-07-25T08:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:45:42","slug":"apr-clinches-rwanda-basketball-leagues-top-seed-with-narrow-win-over-rssb-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/apr-clinches-rwanda-basketball-leagues-top-seed-with-narrow-win-over-rssb-tigers\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"APR clinches Rwanda Basketball League&#8217;s top seed with narrow win over RSSB Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hh.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hh.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/hh-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">APR Basketball Club secured the No. 1 seed for the Rwanda Basketball League playoffs after edging RSSB Tigers 84-82 in the final game of the regular season on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory guaranteed APR first place in the standings with 30 points, one ahead of Patriots BBC, ensuring the military side will enter the postseason as the league&#8217;s top-ranked team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">APR needed only a victory by any margin to seal first place and delivered in a tightly contested matchup that remained in doubt until the closing seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">APR took the opening quarter 17-16 before RSSB Tigers responded with a 21-19 second-quarter advantage to carry a narrow lead into halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The momentum shifted after the break as APR dominated the third quarter 24-17, overturning the deficit and taking control of the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RSSB Tigers mounted a late comeback, winning the fourth quarter 28-24, but fell just short of forcing overtime. The closing minutes also featured brief on-court tensions between players from both teams, though officials quickly restored order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RSSB Tigers forward Zouzoua Nisre Mimi led all scorers with 29 points, but his performance was not enough to prevent his team&#8217;s defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result also finalized the regular-season standings. Patriots BBC finished second with 29 points, while REG BBC placed third with 27 points. RSSB Tigers also ended with 27 points but settled for fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the regular season complete, the playoffs will feature APR BBC against RSSB Tigers in one semifinal matchup, while Patriots BBC will face REG BBC in the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APR Basketball Club secured the No. 1 seed for the Rwanda Basketball League playoffs after edging RSSB Tigers 84-82 in the final game of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,34,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current_affairs","category-national","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions\/2520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}