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In the 2024 season for APR plays internationally in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and domestically in the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL). The team plays in the BAL following their championship in the 2023 season, that ended a 14-year title drought for APR.

Overview

APR began their training in December 2023, when they ended a residential camp. In February, APR will have a 10-day a training camp in Qatar, where they will face the Qatar national team, among others. Maz Trakh continued as head coach, and was joined by former NBA assistant coach Bill Bayno.

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Date	Source
–	PG		Adonis Filer	30	REG		Free agent	Undisclosed	October 2023
–	PG		Michael Dixon	33	Kolossos Rodou		Free agent	Undisclosed	December 2023
–	PG		Zion Styles	23	Maryland Eastern Shore		Free agent	2024	December 6, 2023
–	F		Dario Hunt	34	Cantù		Free agent	Undisclosed	January 9, 2024

Players

BAL roster

APR roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G – Dixon, Michael (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 34 – (1990-12-01)1 December 1990 G – Styles, Zion (I) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (2000-01-29)29 January 2000 PG 10 Nshobozwabyosenumukiza, Jean Jacques 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1998-06-26)26 June 1998 G 5 Kaje, Elie 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) F 25 Habimana, Ntore 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) SG – Fula Nganga, Rolly 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) C – Wamukota, Bush 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PF – Hunt, Dario (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 35 – (1989-05-02)2 May 1989	Head coach Maz Trakh Assistant coach(es) Bill Bayno Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured

Competitions

Friendly games

22 February 2024	Al Wakrah	80–108	APR	Doha
		Boxscore

Rwanda Basketball League

The official schedule was announced on 17 December 2023.

Basketball Africa League

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Rivers Hoopers	6	4	2	441	413	+28	.667	Advance to playoffs
2	AS Douanes (H)	6	3	3	409	385	+24	.500
3	US Monastir	6	3	3	437	450	−13	.500
4	APR	6	2	4	432	471	−39	.333

1. ^ Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).

Games

The schedule is yet to be announced.

References

1. Sikubwabo, Damas (7 December 2023). "APR enter residential camp ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
2. Sikubwabo, Damas (21 January 2024). "Hoops: APR takes BAL 2024 training camp to Qatar". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
3. Sikubwabo, Damas (1 January 2024). "Former NBA coach joins Trakh at APR". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
4. Sikubwabo, Damas (12 October 2023). "Basketball: APR beef up roster with Filer, Gray moves". The New Times. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
5. Sikubwabo, Damas (7 December 2023). "APR enter residential camp ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
6. Sikubwabo, Damas (6 December 2023). "American guard Zion Styles joins APR ahead of BAL 2024". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
7. Sikubwabo, Damas (4 January 2024). "APR sign American center Dario Hunt ahead of BAL". The New Times. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
8. Sikubwabo, Damas (17 December 2023). "2024 basketball league set for February 9". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

• Basketball in Rwanda
• 2024 BAL season by team