28 November 2021 | Basketball

Uganda put their Fiba Basketball World Cup qualifying campaign back on track with a 77-74 win over Cape Verde on Saturday night.

The Silverbacks were much improved from the way they played the first game against Mali a day earlier.

Head coach Mandy Juruni had shooting guard Robinson Opong available following his late arrival and delivered an important 17 points in the close game.

Brandon Davies, despite struggling from the line, led the way for Uganda with a game-high 27 points and 16 rebounds.

Both sides started the game slow but Cape Verde edged the opening quarter 14-12.

Despitte going down by as many as 10 points in the second quarter, Silverbacks recorvered and trailed by just a single points (32-31) at halftime.

The fourth quarter was a seesaw until Eric Rwahwire gave Uganda a lead for the first time in the game since the opening exchanges with a long three with about six minutes play.

Uganda picks its first win of the campaign having lost the opener to Mali and will look to end the first window on a high when they face Nigeria on Sunday night.

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