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Having finished ninth in the 2015 championship, the Gazelles will be hoping to break into the quarter-finals eight years later.
Uganda Gazelles forward Claire Lamunu was the last player to join camp after arriving from the US last Saturday.
She was part of Monday’s training session and scrimmage before the team flew out to Kigali, Rwanda, for the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket 2023.
The former National Basketball League MVP now believes it’s time to polish up and get ready for the competition that tips of Friday at the BK Arena in Kigali.
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BASKETBALL What Uganda Gazelles' head coach said on arrival in Kigali
Uganda was the last team in Group C to arrive in Kigali. Mali jetted in on Monday, while Senegal arrived much earlier and had a friendly game against Mozambique.
“I think this was a good practice session, we only had like an hour, about an hour, but it was good,” Lamunu said after the team’s first session in Kigali.
“Now it’s time to polish up on the things we’ve been doing so that we get ready and are not making as many mistakes as we were making,” she added.
“From now on, everything is about getting better and fine-tuning the tiny details.”
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BASKETBALL 2023 Women's AfroBasket: Gazelles' hope to stun Africa's best
Uganda is scheduled to appear at their first Women's AfroBasket in eight years, and the excitement back home is increasing by the day as the Gazelles are set to face Africa's best.
The Gazelles were flagged off by National Council of Sports Chairman and former FUBA President Ambrose Tashobya, who urged them to play their hearts out.
Having finished ninth in the 2015 championship, the Gazelles will be hoping to break into the quarter-finals eight years later.
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Lamunu’s arrival will add some experience to the predominantly young team.
Of the 12 players in Kigali, only Lamunu and team captain Flavia Oketcho took part in the 2014 Zone Five Qualifiers, from which the Gazelles made it to the 2015 showpiece in Cameroon.
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