Sale, Morocco -- Incoming Creighton freshman Arthur Kaluma scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in the final five minutes of his national team debut to lead Uganda past host Morocco, 77-65, on Thursday. The victory clinched a trip to AfroBasket 2021, as Uganda finished 3-1 in qualifiers including a pair of wins vs. Morocco.
Kaluma checked in midway through the first quarter and made a three-pointer within his first 10 seconds of action for his lone points before intermission. Uganda led 32-31 at the half.
Kaluma made 2-of-3 shot attempts in the third quarter to help push the Silverbacks lead to 55-44 before he took over down the stretch.