Patriots Basketball Club head coach Henry Mwinuka has saluted his players, saying he has no words for the display they put up against league defending champions APR in a thrilling encounter that unfolded on Wednesday, March 20 at Lycee de Kigali Gymnasium.

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The Patriots earned a less expected 73-59 victory over APR and moved to the top of the league table as the first round reaches advanced stages.

"I don’t have the words. First of all, everything is just about the players,” Mwinuka told Times Sport in an interview.

"We are leading the league now in the first round but now this is like the beginning because there is the second round and the play offs,” he added as he pointed at the triumph against APR as a "very important” one.

"We have to maintain (the level). We are in a good place but we have to maintain it,” he said as he noted that his team will not take lots of breaks this year.

"APR will go for the BAL maybe after the game against Espoir. Then we can have one period of rest. But the plan is that we don’t need to rest a lot. We need to maintain the pace,” he added.

The Patriots are topping the table with 14 points, while APR is second with 13 points.