21 November 2011
KENYA : Eagle Wings face KPA in basketball play-offs finals
Eagle Wings on Sunday qualified for the 2011 women’s basketball Premier League play-offs final after registering a 85-64 victory over Flames of the USIU-A in Game Two of the best-of-three series semi-final at Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium.
The victory saw Eagle Wings eliminate Flames of the USIU-A 2-0 after having won the opener 52-41 on Saturday to book a date with champions Kenya Ports Authority in the final.
It will be a repeat of last year’s final in which Eagle Wings surrendered the title they won in 2009 to KPA who beat them 2-1.
University of Nairobi’s Terrorists remained focused to return into top competition next year when they made a good start in the men’s Division One semi-final with a narrow 51-46 win over Nairobi Aviation.
Walk-overs
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (men) and self-supporting Western Delight (women) failed to show up in their fifth and eighth position play-off matches against hosts Tiger s of the USIU-A and Co-operative Bank.
As a result, Tigers and Co-op Bank were awarded the walk-overs to grab the fifth positions in the 2011 season.
Eagle Wings were in their best form which saw Peris Magembe, Samba Mjomba and Angela Okoth punish the students with a huge 11-0 run inside the first three minutes.
Flames went dry in the opening four minutes before Barbara Kithinji’s good drive opened their score-sheet at 11-4.
Lack of coordination and turn overs cost the students as Wings flew past them 21-7 in the first quarter.
All systems go
It was all systems go for Eagle Wings, who exhibited superb team-work game to score consistently in a well balanced tie.
After leading 40-19 at half-time, Eagle Wings exploded into a huge 25 points margin (40-15) as early as in the second quarter becoming a tall order for coach George Mayienga’s students to erase the gap.
Silalei Shani scored game-high 23 points, Mjomba hit 20 while Angela Okoth shot 15 for the winners with Debora Chani, who contributed to Flames tying third quarter (21-21), replied with 14 points.
The victory saw Eagle Wings eliminate Flames of the USIU-A 2-0 after having won the opener 52-41 on Saturday to book a date with champions Kenya Ports Authority in the final.
It will be a repeat of last year’s final in which Eagle Wings surrendered the title they won in 2009 to KPA who beat them 2-1.
University of Nairobi’s Terrorists remained focused to return into top competition next year when they made a good start in the men’s Division One semi-final with a narrow 51-46 win over Nairobi Aviation.
Walk-overs
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (men) and self-supporting Western Delight (women) failed to show up in their fifth and eighth position play-off matches against hosts Tiger s of the USIU-A and Co-operative Bank.
As a result, Tigers and Co-op Bank were awarded the walk-overs to grab the fifth positions in the 2011 season.
Eagle Wings were in their best form which saw Peris Magembe, Samba Mjomba and Angela Okoth punish the students with a huge 11-0 run inside the first three minutes.
Flames went dry in the opening four minutes before Barbara Kithinji’s good drive opened their score-sheet at 11-4.
Lack of coordination and turn overs cost the students as Wings flew past them 21-7 in the first quarter.
All systems go
It was all systems go for Eagle Wings, who exhibited superb team-work game to score consistently in a well balanced tie.
After leading 40-19 at half-time, Eagle Wings exploded into a huge 25 points margin (40-15) as early as in the second quarter becoming a tall order for coach George Mayienga’s students to erase the gap.
Silalei Shani scored game-high 23 points, Mjomba hit 20 while Angela Okoth shot 15 for the winners with Debora Chani, who contributed to Flames tying third quarter (21-21), replied with 14 points.
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