2024 APR BBC season

APR
2024 season
Chairman	Richard Murefu
Head coach	Maz Trakh (2nd season)
BAL	4th in Sahara Conference
RBL	Champions
Rwandan Cup	Champions
Biggest win	APR 141–47 Inspired Generation; (7 June 2024)

In the 2024 season for APR played internationally in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and domestically in the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL). The team played in the BAL following their championship in the 2023 season, that ended a 14-year title drought for APR. It was the second season under coach Maz Trakh.

In national competition, APR won the double by winning both the RBL and the inaugural Rwandan Cup. In the BAL, they were eliminated in the conference phase, becoming the first Rwandan team to not qualify for the playoffs.

Overview

APR began their training in December 2023, when they ended a residential camp.^[1] In February, APR will have a 10-day a training camp in Qatar, where they will face the Qatar national team, among others.^[2] Maz Trakh continued as head coach, and was joined by former NBA assistant coach Bill Bayno.^[3]

In May 2024, APR played the Sahara Conference. After a 2–1 start, APR lost all of its three games in the third round. Ahead of the final game day star players Obadiah Noel (hamstring) and Adonis Filer (achilles tendon) were unable to play due to injuries.^[4] A win in the final game against AS Douanes would have given the Rwandans a playoff spot, however, Douanes defeated APR 79–54.^[5] It was the first time in league history that there was no Rwandan team in the playoffs.^[6]

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Date	Source
00	PG	Adonis Filer	30	REG	Free agent	Undisclosed	October 2023	^[7]
2	PG	Michael Dixon	33	Kolossos Rodou	Free agent	Undisclosed	December 2023	^[8]
–	PG	Zion Styles	23	Maryland Eastern Shore	Free agent	2024	December 6, 2023	^[9]
4	F	Dario Hunt	34	Cantù	Free agent	Undisclosed	January 9, 2024	^[10]
31	C	Aliou Diarra	22	FUS Rabat	Free agent	2025	July 17, 2024	^[11]

Players

BAL roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

APR roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	00	Filer, Adonis	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	32 – (1993-07-11)11 July 1993
PG	2	Obadiah, Noel (I)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	26 – (1999-06-28)28 June 1999
F/C	4	Hunt, Dario	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	36 – (1989-05-02)2 May 1989
F	5	Ruta, Christopher	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	24 – (2000-11-09)9 November 2000
SG	6	Robeyns, William	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1996-02-23)23 February 1996
F	7	Mpoyo, Axel	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	28 – (1997-01-05)5 January 1997
G	11	Nshobozwabyosenumukiza, Jean Jacques	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	27 – (1998-06-26)26 June 1998
PF	14	Wamukota, Tom	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	31 – (1993-09-28)28 September 1993
PG	15	Habimana, Ntore	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-08-15)15 August 1997
SF	23	Kimasa, Dan	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	30 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995
G/F	28	Camara, Mohamed (E)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	20 – (2005-04-01)1 April 2005
F/C	34	Abdullah, Mohamed (I)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	21 – (2003-11-03)3 November 2003
PG	45	Larson, Niyibizi	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	18 – (2006-10-14)14 October 2006

Head coach

Maz Trakh

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Bayno
Daniel Zigirinshuti

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
(E): BAL Elevate player
Injured

Roster

Updated: May 4, 2024

Competitions

Friendly games

22 February 2024	Al-Wakrah	80–108	APR	Doha, Qatar

		Boxscore		Arena: Al Rayyan Arena

24 February 2024	APR	84–77	Al Rayyan	Doha, Qatar
	Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 23–13, 23–21, 18–18
	Pts: Nshobozwa 19	Boxscore	Pts: White, Faye 14	Arena: Al Rayyan Indoor Arena

26 February 2024	APR	110–77	Al-Wakrah	Doha, Qatar
	Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 27–18, 27–21, 30–25
	Pts: Styles 30	Boxscore	Pts: Murry 17	Arena: Al Wakrah Indoor Arena

23 March 2024	APR	77–76	Al Ittihad Alexandria	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore		Arena: STECOL Basketball Court

26 March 2024	APR	72–77	Al Ittihad Alexandria	Kigali, Rwanda

		Boxscore		Arena: STECOL Basketball Court

Rwanda Basketball League

The official schedule was announced on 17 December 2023.^[12]

Regular season

February 9, 2024	APR	98–67	Kepler	Lycée de Kigali

February 17, 2024	Inspired Generation	52–93	APR	Lycée de Kigali

March 6, 2024	APR	84–62	UGB	Lycée de Kigali

March 8, 2024	APR	105–67	Orion BBC	Lycée de Kigali

March 13, 2024	Tigers BBC	70–105	APR	Lycée de Kigali

March 15, 2024	Kigali Titans	71–92	APR	Lycée de Kigali

March 20, 2024	APR	59–73	Patriots BBC	Lycée de Kigali

March 27, 2024	Espoir	88–113	APR	Lycée de Kigali

March 29, 2024	APR	78–75	REG	Lycée de Kigali

June 5, 2024	Kepler	73–89	APR	Lycée de Kigali

June 7, 2024	APR	141–47	Inspired Generation	Lycée de Kigali

June 21, 2024	APR	101–69	Kigali Titans	Lycée de Kigali

June 26, 2024	UGB	76–85	APR	Lycée de Kigali

June 29, 2024	Orion	65–124	APR	Lycée de Kigali

July 21, 2024	APR	94–76	Espoir	Lycée de Kigali

July 31, 2024	REG	75–77	APR	Lycée de Kigali

August 4, 2024	Tigers	vs.	APR	Lycée de Kigali

Rwanda Cup

Quarterfinals

July 9, 2024	APR	111–64	Azomco	Kigali

				Arena: Lycée de Kigali

Basketball Africa League

Sahara Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Rivers Hoopers	6	4	2	441	413	+28	.667	Advance to playoffs
2	AS Douanes (H)	6	3	3	409	385	+24	.500^[a]
3	US Monastir	6	3	3	437	450	−13	.500^[a]
4		6	2	4	432	471	−39	.333

Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).

May 4, 2024 1	US Monastir	84–89(OT)	APR	Dakar
2:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 20–19, 15–13, 23–26, Overtime: 6–11
	Pts: Crawford 21 Rebs: Lahyani, Majok 9 Asts: Crawford 7	Livestats	Pts: Filer, Noel 24 Rebs: Abdullah 9 Asts: Filer 4	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 850 Referees: Kenny Jones, Yann Vezo Davidson, Kingsley Ojeaburu

May 5, 2024 2	APR	82–86	Rivers Hoopers	Dakar
2:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 22–21, 22–23, 20–23
	Pts: Noel 32 Rebs: Noel 7 Asts: Filer, Robeyns 4	Livestats	Pts: Perry 31 Rebs: Eke, Ike 8 Asts: Amayo 7	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 734 Referees: Kaitlynn Versoza, Kalume Tonton Banza, Adlen Larouci

May 7, 2024 3	APR	66–61	AS Douanes	Dakar
7:00 PM	Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 16–9, 19–16, 20–19
	Pts: Noel 24 Rebs: Noel 8 Asts: Filer, Robeyns 3	Livestats	Pts: Boissy 14 Rebs: Boissy, Fofana 6 Asts: Boissy 11	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 4,478 Referees: Kenny Jones, Aboolo Amr, Adlen Larouci

May 9, 2024 4	APR	70–83	US Monastir	Dakar
4:00 PM	Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 15–17, 17–14, 16–33
	Pts: Hunt 17 Rebs: Filer 11 Asts: Noel 5	Livestats	Pts: Crawford 31 Rebs: Majok 10 Asts: Crawford 5	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 2,330 Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Kingsley Ojeaburu, Kalume Tonton Banza

May 11, 2024 5	Rivers Hoopers	78–71(2OT)	APR	Dakar
2:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–11, 10–20, 17–8, Overtime: 17–8, 20–3
	Pts: Eke 18 Rebs: Eke 20 Asts: Perry 6	Livestats	Pts: Nshobozwabyosenumukiza 16 Rebs: Hunt 14 Asts: Hunt 7	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 750 Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Aboolo Amr, Kalume Tonton Banza

May 12, 2024 6	AS Douanes	79–54	APR	Dakar
5:30 PM	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–10, 19–18, 16–8
	Pts: Fofana 27 Rebs: Akec 9 Asts: Harouna 8	Livestats	Pts: Mpoyo 22 Rebs: Mpoyo 7 Asts: Robeyns 4	Arena: Dakar Arena Attendance: 8,632 Referees: Kaitlynn Versoza, Yann Vezo Davidson, Hassan Kamate

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

BAL

After the end of the season.^[13]

APR statistics
Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mohamed Camara	1	4.1	.333	.000	–	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Adonis Filer	5	31.1	.294	.192	.750	6.2	3.8	1.2	0.6	10.8
Ntore Habimana	6	23.1	.289	.067	.643	3.2	2.5	0.3	0.3	6.0
Dario Hunt	6	28.7	.491	–	.647	7.3	3.0	1.5	1.0	11.2
Dan Kimasa	2	7.7	.000	.000	–	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Niyibizi Larson	1	1.0	.000	–	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Axel Mpoyo	6	36.1	.403	.378	.667	7.2	0.5	1.7	0.3	12.2
Mohamed Abdullah	6	16.5	.389	.000	.357	5.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	3.2
Obadiah Noel	5	26.7	.357	.241	.870	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.2	19.4
Jean Jacques Nshobozwabyosenumukiza	6	19.4	.229	.219	1.000	3.2	1.3	2.2	0.0	5.2
William Robeyns	6	29.1	.383	.310	.667	2.5	2.8	1.0	0.0	8.2
Chris Ruta	1	5.6	.000	.000	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bush Wamukota	5	8.4	.125	.000	.500	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8

References

^ Sikubwabo, Damas (7 December 2023). "APR enter residential camp ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (21 January 2024). "Hoops: APR takes BAL 2024 training camp to Qatar". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (1 January 2024). "Former NBA coach joins Trakh at APR". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (12 May 2024). "Adonis Filer faces 8 months out through Achilles tendon injury". The New Times. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "AS Douanes punch last playoffs ticket in front of a rowdy home crowd". The BAL. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Highlights from the 2024 Sahara Conference". The BAL. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (12 October 2023). "Basketball: APR beef up roster with Filer, Gray moves". The New Times. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (7 December 2023). "APR enter residential camp ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (6 December 2023). "American guard Zion Styles joins APR ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (4 January 2024). "APR sign American center Dario Hunt ahead of BAL". The New Times. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (17 July 2024). "Basketball: APR sign Malian center Aliou Diarra". The New Times. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
^ Sikubwabo, Damas (17 December 2023). "2024 basketball league set for February 9". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "APR Kigali Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[table_hth_ASD0.41903510522984-13] Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).

[1] Sikubwabo, Damas (7 December 2023). "APR enter residential camp ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[2] Sikubwabo, Damas (21 January 2024). "Hoops: APR takes BAL 2024 training camp to Qatar". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[3] Sikubwabo, Damas (1 January 2024). "Former NBA coach joins Trakh at APR". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[4] Sikubwabo, Damas (12 May 2024). "Adonis Filer faces 8 months out through Achilles tendon injury". The New Times. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

[5] "AS Douanes punch last playoffs ticket in front of a rowdy home crowd". The BAL. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

[6] "Highlights from the 2024 Sahara Conference". The BAL. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

[7] Sikubwabo, Damas (12 October 2023). "Basketball: APR beef up roster with Filer, Gray moves". The New Times. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[8] Sikubwabo, Damas (7 December 2023). "APR enter residential camp ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

[9] Sikubwabo, Damas (6 December 2023). "American guard Zion Styles joins APR ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[10] Sikubwabo, Damas (4 January 2024). "APR sign American center Dario Hunt ahead of BAL". The New Times. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[11] Sikubwabo, Damas (17 July 2024). "Basketball: APR sign Malian center Aliou Diarra". The New Times. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

[12] Sikubwabo, Damas (17 December 2023). "2024 basketball league set for February 9". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[14] "APR Kigali Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

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2024 BAL season
Qualification Playoffs Final Rosters
Kalahari Conference	Cape Town Tigers Dynamo FUS Rabat Petro de Luanda
Nile Conference	Al Ahly Al Ahly Benghazi Bangui Sporting Club City Oilers
Sahara Conference	AS Douanes US Monastir Rivers Hoopers