Overview:
By and large, Uganda scored 189, conceded 250 points to remain with a difference of deficit 61 points.
2025 FIBA Afro Basket championship:
- Final: Angola 70-43 Mali
- Third place: Senegal
- Fourth place: Cameroon
Total scorer:
- Brancou Badio (Senegal)
Group D standings:
1 – Egypt – 6 points
2 – Senegal – 5 points
3 – Mali – 4 points
4 – Uganda – 3 points (points scored – 189; points conceded – 250 points; points’ difference: -61)
Uganda’s matches:
- Senegal 88-53 Uganda
- Uganda 72-85 Mali
- Egypt 77-64 Uganda
Uganda was among the 16 countries at the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket championship hosted and won by Angola.
Every game for the mighty Silverbacks at the Pavilhao Multiusos de Luanda arena mattered a great deal with typically great learning points fetched.
Pooled in group D alongside Senegal, Mali and Egypt, Uganda’s Silverbacks faced a stern test of the mantle and character, but gave their best effort.
Uganda Silverbacks opened with an 88-53 fall to West Africans Senegal in a game John Deng Geu top scored with 17 points, with Jonathan Komagum picking 14 rebounds.
Senega who won all the four quarters; 30-18; 14-12; 16-9 and 28-14 had Boissy and Gueye with 16 points apiece as Camara had 13 rebounds.
The Silverbacks then exhibited great fighting spirit during the 72-85 slip to Mali with Geu once again having a game-high 27 points as Coulibaly had 25 points.
Mali won the opening quarter 25-8; Uganda recovered to take the second 23-18 and the third 20-18 but Mali had the final laugh and smile with 24-21 in the closing quarter.
Komagum picked 13 rebounds in this match.
In the final group game, Uganda lost 64-77 to Egypt despite leading the opening quarter 18-17.
Egypt won the subsequent quarters; 17-15, 21-12 and 22-19.
Uganda’s Geu once again had the most points in the game; 22 with Komagum picking 12 rebounds.
By and large; Uganda scored 189, conceded 250 points to remain with a difference of deficit 61 points.
Head coach George Galanopoulos and the rest of the backroom staff plus the players garnered important lessons to build upon.
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Meanwhile, hosts Angola defeated Mali 70-43 to lift the overall trophy.
This was the 12th title after success in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and lately 2025.
Senegal edged Cameroon in the bronze medal match.
The top scorer was Senegalese El Hadji Omar “Papi” Brancou Badio who plays for Spanish entity Valencia.
Silverbacks squad:
- Joel Rugette Tejan
- Naseef Lubowa
- Fayed Baale
- Ivan Muhwezi
- Ishmael Wainright
- Robinson Odoch Opong
- Christopher Mubiru
- Emmanuel Womala
- Deng John Geu
- Joel Kayiira
- Jonathan Komagum
- Emmanuel Mugenga
