Basketball in Africa

By Gloria Kyomugisha

Men
Marines 69 Miracle 61
MBC Rocks 67 SPENA 48
L/Stone 69 Najja 38
Kabojja 35 Flippers 30

Women
Leopards 105 MUK-Cubs 14

NKUMBA-Marines continued their dominance over Miracle in the MTN basketball league after another outstanding show by Norman Blick. Blick scored 28 points and hauled down 12 rebounds to lift Marines to their opening second round victory.

Salim Ali, Carroll Bisereko and Boniface Okello scored eight points apiece for Marines, who have won all six of their encounters against Miracle since 2004.
A lay-up by Salim Ali gave Marines the lead for good at 56-54 with four minutes left in the game. Two jump-shots by Blick and Okello sealed the win at 64-60.

All-Star players Ben Komakech and Chris Kyebambe scored 20 and 14 points respectively for Miracle, who committed seven consecutive turnovers and squandered a 3-point lead early in the fourth quarter.