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Kenyan
League | Eastern
Queens Hit Mennonites, As KCA, KCB, Tigers, KPA and Parklands Baptist
Win
Eastern
Queens 90 – Mennonites Ladies
Team 29
 Eastern
Queens Ladies Basketball Team registered a huge 90-29 win over
Mennonites in a game they dominated the first quarter 33-09 after
superb plays from Linda Alando, Emma Nyakweba and Hilda Luvandwa.
Mennonites recovered defensively through Carolyne Omondi and Sarah
Anyango to hold Queens to 19 points against their 12 points in the
second quarter for a 52-20 scoreline at the break. On resumption,
Alando continued from where she had left, teaming up with Michelle
Otinda and Irene Makori on the offense, while Emma Nyakweba, Carol
Ouma and Patricia Kalusokoma sorted the defensive end as they took
the third quarter 19-03. Eastern Queens dominated the final quarter,
with Alando sinking a 3-pointer with 4:30 remaining, Otinda adding
another 3-pointer a minute later, and Hilda Luvandwa bagging a third
3-pointer with 1:32 remaining on the clock. Otinda sealed the victory
with a baseline drive and basket with 23 seconds to go. Linda Alando
shot 17 points, Hilda
Luvandwa 13 and Michelle Otinda 11 for Coach Abel Nson's Eastern
Queens, while Sarah Anyango had 11 points and Lynet Atieno 5 for
Mennonites.
Parklands
Baptist 67 – Africa Nazarene
University 55
Parklands Baptist recovered from a bad outing on Saturday to defeat
Africa Nazarene University 67-55 in a Division One encounter. Edgar
Kisali led ANU to a bright start as they took the first quarter
20-14. Parklands recovered in the second through Ndambi Kariuki
and Salim Busuru as each team scored 13 points for a 33-27 scoreline
at the break in ANU’s favor. Things soured for ANU in the
third quarter as they were outscored 15-06 after Parklands superbplays
from Busuru, Kariuki, Radcliffe Nyamai and Mulili, who continued
well to take the final quarter 25-16. Kariuki and Busuru each shot
17 points for Parklands Baptist, while Kisali had a game high 23
points for ANU with Yusuf Ramadhan and Peter Gathumi adding 9 points
each.
Kenya
Commercial Bank – Lions 72 –
International Christian Center –ICC 58
KCB Lions overcame a hard fighting ICC side to win 72-58. Coming
from a hard loss to Kenya Ports Authority that ended their unbeaten
record to, KCB Lions came back with a different approach to silence
the youthful and energetic ICC. Juma Ikapian sunk a three-pointer
to open the Lions’ offensive plays with and Tobias Onyango
joined the fray as the champions led 23-13 at the end of the first
quarter. Ben Ogolla brought ICC into the picture with a few shots
in the second quarter but KCB prevailed 31-28 half-time lead. ICC
were down 18-16 in the third quarter. Griffins Ligare scored 13
points which included two three-pointers in the last quarter in
which ICC demostrated signs of recovery to outscore Lions 18-14.
Tobias Onyango scored 24 points, Ikapian Juma had 14 and Opiyo 12
as the Lions prevailed over a nervous looking ICC for for who Griffith
Ligare shot 20 points and James Omune 12.
Kenya
Ports Authority 100 – Strathmore
University 08
Kenya Ports Authority-KPA had an easy run in their game against
the Strathmore Swords, winning 100-08. Yvonne Akinyi led the scorecard
for KPA with 17 points while Evelyne Akoth had 12 points. Strathmore
who scored only half a basket in the second half had Carol Onzongo
and Grace Wanjiku score three points each.
KCA
University 47 – USIU Flames 46
KCA University
edged out United States International University-USIU Flames 47-46
in a tough encounter. KCA were off to a good start with Evelyn Adhiambo
and Monica Adhiambo bagging quick shots to take the first quarter
10-09. USIU Flames recovered early in the second quarter through
Samba Mjomba, Evelyn Sande and Linda Sirma, going up 12-10 inside
a minute of play. Their lead was however short-lived as KCA recovered
to take the first half 21-17. Flames came back more focused in the
third quarter with Mjomba, Sirma and Barbara Githinji coordinating
well, taking the lead at 29-27 with 4:23 to go, and eventually taking
the lead at 32-30 after a Mjomba 3-pointer with 40 seconds to end
of third quarter. The tension packed final quarter saw Flames extend
their lead to 37-30 after a Deborah Chan 3-pointer prompting coach
Charles Goro to call a timeout for KCA. On resumption, KCA went
all out led by Evelyn Adhiambo, Lucy Muchuma and Hellen Anyango
as they tied the game at 40-40, and again at 42-42 with 3 minutes
remaining. Mjomba put Flames ahead 44-42 and Barbara Githinji bagged
a fader jumper for a 46-42 lead with 1:45 to go. Once again KCA
recovered and took over the game at 47-46 after a Adhiambo 3-pointer
with 34 seconds to go that put the scores at 45-46, and sunk her
free throws to put KCA ahead. Mjomba had the chance to win the game
for Flames when she was fouled at the end, but missed both her free
throws. Evelyn Adhiambo bagged 18 points and Monica Adhiambo added
15 for KCA, while Sande Evelyn shot 18 points, Samba Mjomba 9 and
Sirma 7 for USIU
Flames.
Kenya
Ports Authority 91 – Strathmore
52
Strathmore made a contest of the men’s match with Big Phil
Amenyi dominating the front court. KPA led 24-15 in the first quarter
but Strathmore stepped up to make the scores 12-14 in favor of KPA
in the second quarter. Musa Odari scored a game high 20 points while
Patrick Kirui and Francis Odari had 18 points each. Amenyi and David
Ogola scored 16 and 14 points respectively for Strathmore.
USIU
Tigers 81 – Cooperative Bank
78
 United
States International University-USIU Tigers held off Cooperative
Bank 81-78 in an entertaining tie that had a total of 14 3-pointers
shot, including 5 from USIU’s Abel Nson who bagged a game
high 33 points. Tigers began the game on a high note after Chris
Mulumba sunk a 3-pointer inside 10 seconds of play. However, Coop
Bank turned the game around through quick 3-pointers from Richard
Osano and Allan Ouma as they went up 19-08 midway through the first
quarter. Nson then combined well with Harrison Kaudia to sink baskets
that put the scores at 16-19 with 1:54 remaining, as Ouma replied
for Coop on the other end to extend the lead. Nson bagged two 3-pointers
including one at the buzzer for a 24-25 scoreline at the end of
the quarter. Coop Bank were more focused in the second quarter,
with the Osano-Ouma duo teaming up well with towering Dan Gaiko
and George Kamau to outscore the Tigers 19-10 for a 44-34 lead at
the half. Tigers were game in the third quarter led by Aaron Chan
who hit a dunk in the early seconds before Nson made it 38-44. Coop
Bank recovered quickly through Abel Kimondo who scored 6 unanswered
points to extend Coop’s lead to 52-38, as USIU Coach, George
Mayienga took a timeout. On resuming, Nson backed by Chan, Kaudia,
Kennedy Lodiong and Neville Odhimabo led a Tigers onslaught as they
closed in to within a basket, 61-62 as the third quarter buzzer
went off. The final quarter saw Chan sink a jumper early in the
quarter to tie 63-63, with Nson sinking a 3-pointer for a 66-635
scoreline. Allan Ouma, made it back to the game with a 3-point-play
to put Coop 70-68 ahead, but that was however shortlived as Nson
sunk another 3-pointer to regain USIU’s lead at 71-70 with
6 minutes of play. Chris Mulumba hit a jumper from the key to extend
the Tigers lead, as Osano sunk a think at the other end to tie the
game at 73-73 with 4:50 to go. Harrison Kaudia then sunk the game
changing 3-pointer for a 76-73 Tigers lead with 3:31 remaining as
the crowd took to their feet, with Coop Bank taking a timeout. On
resumption, Ouma got a foul and sunk his freethrows to tie the game
at 76-76 with 2:14 to go. With possession and determination, Tigers
forged ahead on the attack which paid off with a Chris mulumba basket
for 78-76 lead with 1:10 to go, before Nson made it 80-76 with 45
seconds remaining. Bernard Mufutu hit a jumper to bring Coop within
a basket. With pressure mounting on them, coop picked a foul that
took Kaudia on the line, sinking one of his two freethorws for a
81-78 lead with 6 seconds to go. Coop got possession and a chance
to send the game into overtime, but Salim Ali’s 3-pointer
went wide as Tigers took the game. Abel Nson had 33 points, Chris
Mulumba 17 and Kaudia 9 for USIU, while Osano Richard Bagged 19,
Alan Ouma 17 and Roy Kahure 12 for Coop
Bank.
In
the other games played, Eagle Wings defeated Sprite Storms 66- 25,
KCA University maintained their winning ways with a convincing 67-59
win over Parklands Baptist, World Hope had an easy run winning 63-49
against Nairobi Pentecostal Church, while in Nakuru, Nakuru Club
recovered from a bad outing at Kakamega last weekend to edge out
African Nazarene University 52-51.
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