Uganda Women’s National Basketball Team (Gazelles) will start residential training on Tuesday as they continue preparations for the upcoming Zone V Women’s AfroBasket Qualifiers.
Thirteen home-based players will be joined by two foreign-based players to start residential training.
Junior Gazelles graduate Maria Najjuma will be joining the team this weekend alongside wing Jannon Otto who will represent the country for the first time.
Otto played for the University of California, Riverside in the NCAA from 2017 to 2020 and turned out for the Rockhampton Cyclones in Australia’s NBL1 North last year.
The squad has only one member of the team that played at the 2014 qualifiers (Falvia Oketcho), the last time the Gazelles made the continental grade.
It should be noted that the Gazelles played a warm-up game on Sunday and beat a Select Side 79-52.
The Zone V Championship whose winner gets the ticket to the African showpiece will be played from February 14-19 at Lugogo Indoor Stadium.
Egypt, Kenya, South Sudan and AfroBasket hosts Rwanda will be joining hosts Uganda for the week-long tourney.
The Team
1) EVELYN NAKIYINGI
2) SHAKIRA NANVUBYA
3) FLAVIA OKETCHO
4) RITA IMANISHIMWE
5) PERUS NYAMWENGE
6) EKONE BRENDA
7) SHILLAH LAMUNU
8) LETICIA AWOR
9) AGATHA KAMWADA
10) ZAINA LOKWAMERI
11) HOPE AKELLO
12) BRIDGET ABER
13) SARAH AGENO
14) JANNON OTTO
15) MARIA NAJJUMA
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