Basketball in Africa

Buru Buru girls kick start the defense of the Nairobi secondary schools sports association(NSSA) girl’s basketball championshipon 25th January against Riara springs. Buru Buru the 2011 champions have been drawn in Pool A alongside Kayole, Ngara, State House Girls, LCVR and St’Georges.

This year’s league has been divided into three pools of seven teams each an indication that the players will have more games thereby an increase in competition. New entrants St Mary’s are in Pool B alongside Langata, Kianda, Moi Nairobi, Kenya High and St Austins.
There are no rule changes for the tournament and the preliminary games at the pool stage shall be played in four quarters of 12 minutes running time with the clock being stopped during free throws.
The first leg ends on February 10 and the second starts on February 15. The top two teams in each pool will automatically qualify for the quarter finals with the best third-placed teams also proceeding to the knock-out stage.

The first matches will be played on Wednesday January 25th.
POOL A :Buruburu, Kayole , Ngara, State House , L.C.V.R. ,St. Georges, Riara Springs
POOL B :Langata, Pangani, Kianda, Moi Nairobi,Kenya High, St.Mary’s, St Austins.
POOL C :Arya Parklands ,P.B., St.Elizabeth, Malezi, Makini, Mt.Laverna, Hospital Hill