KAEO Destiney Philoxy

[Old Cage]

Philoxy Set To Compete With Rwanda In 2023 AfroBasket Tournament
https://umassathletics.com/news/2023/7/ ... tournament

[MikeUMA]

18 points today, led all scorers, in Rwanda's win
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrob ... b=boxscore

Looks like the FIBA website flubbed her roster photo

[Old Cage]

She was named game MVP. Watch her in the video within Mike's link. Great unis!

[LS71]

^ +1

[Old Cage]

It appears that D's team won today and advances to the semi-finals.

https://twitter.com/ferwabaRW

Edit:
KITAMAGWA JEREMIAH @kitamagwa · 1m
UPDATE: Uganda's Gazelles mislay by a margin to Rwanda in a heated quarterfinal match at the Afro Basketball Women Tournament.
Full time; Rwanda 66 : 61 Uganda

[69MG]

^ Wow. You need the Enterprise Universal Translator for that one. (Star Trek reference for those that didn't know.)

[Old Cage]

From various tweets I gather that Rwanda lost in the semis and also in the 3rd place game. Not much for details.

Edit: Found this:
Stephen Magyezi @gyezimania
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°...Rwanda historic run at #AfroBasketWomen [2023] finally finds rest, with the hosts settling for 4th spot on the Continent

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Jacob Munch @JacobMunch1 · 4h
Destiney Philoxy Recognition Post:
In the FIBA AfroBasket tournament, @DestineyPhiloxy averaged 17.4 ppg (5th best in tournament), 3.4 apg, 2.4 rpg, in 32.1 mpg for Rwanda who finished 4th and also won the Fair Play award. Talk about making her mark on the global stage.

(Jacob is a broadcaster for our Women's team on WMUA.)

[Old Cage]

Looks like Greece is the next stop:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwSIE1mMQ8W