Just a week after winning the Genocide memorial regional basketball tournament, new side Rwanda Energy Group (REG) are the regular season champions of the Rwanda top flight league.
Even with a game to play, the league debutants sealed the title with a commading 87-62 win over IPRC at Amahoro Indoor Stadium, thanks to shooting guard Regis Gatoto who dropped a game high 22 points for Jean Bahufite’s team.
Challengers Patriots fell 61-65 to APR and REG only needed to win one of their last two games to confirm that they will be top of the log regardless of the result from their final game.
REG opened up a four-point lead at the top of the table and despite having played a game less, last year’s winners Patriots are trailing by 4 points and can only finish second even if REG lose their final game against Espoir on Friday.
REG lead the league table 33 points from 17 games, four points ahead of second-placed Espoir while Patriots are third with 29 points but having played a game less.
IPRC-South complete the top four with 27 points, level with IPRC-Kigali, who have a game in hand.
The top four sides will also contest the playoffs to determine the league champion.