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Zone V AfroBAsket – Resilient Gazelles grab first win <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday<\/strong> – A strong and emphatic performance from the women’s national basketball team, the gazelles, in their second match saw\u00a0<\/strong>them\u00a0edge\u00a0Egypt 86-<\/strong>85\u00a0in a nervy and closely fought contest at the MTN Arena Lugogo on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ MORE: AfroBasket Zone V \u2013 Day 3 Fixtures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Gazelles celebrate after full time<\/em> | Photo credit: FUBA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Heading into the into this game, Uganda had to win if they were to continue their stay at the continental tournament as they had lost the first game to Kenya 61-53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so the occasion was set after the Uganda national anthem reverberated the entire MTN Arena, beads of sweat trickling down\u00a0Jannon Otto\u00a0<\/strong>and fellow compatriots who were all expected to put in a mighty shift in the must win encounter in order to keep their qualification dreams alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let's give Jannon Otto a local name:#Afrobasketqualifiers23<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rc84FBOKat<\/a><\/p>— Brian Kawalya \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddec (@BrianKawalya1) February 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>