Basketball in Africa

KCB Lion’s Chiza Ntirata led his team to drown hosts KPA basketball team 34-65 in a KBF basketball league match played in Mombasa on Saturday afternoon. Victor Odendo and Ancet Wafula then each added ten points to further sink the Ports men who trailed the Lions in all quarters of the match 10/14, 04/16,10/14 and 14/21.

In Nairobi, Cooperative Bank’s Kingdom Queens humbled Strathmore University 54-32 with Emma Nyakweba taking the day with 12 points. Irene Makori scored 11 same as Denise Apondi for the students though this was not enough to trim down a powerful opposition.
But Strathmore men had a good day out on Saturday as they played to a ten points advantage over Blazers at Nyayo gymnasium. Strathmore won 69-59 with David Ogolla getting 21 points for the winners though Blazers’ Mutwiri Kiongora had the highest score of the match with 25 points to his name.

FULL SATURDAY RESULTS

EMYBA 28/54 VS PARKLANDS 21/51
13/15/12/14 15/06/10/20
25 pts Patrick Ruto 21 pts Joel Opinya
11 pts Emmanuel Ekai

KCA-U 32/54 VS UMOJA 23/42
20/12/08/14 16/07/17/20
11 pts Victor Okello 13 pts Eric Mutoro
09 pts Antonio Bwire

A.N.U. 17/38 VS TRAILBLAZERS 27/64
11/06/06/15 13/14/17/20
13 pts valentine Wachira 13 pts Shem Otieno
12 pts Howard Nyerere
COOPBANK 20/54 VS STRATHMORE 17/32
11/09/24/10 08/09/10/05
12 pts Emma Nyakweba 11 pts Dennis Apondi
11 pts Irene Makori 10 pts Carol Onsongo

BLAZERS 33/59 VS STRATHMORE 26/69
15/18/19/07 17/09/20/23
25 pts Mutwiri Kiongora 21 pts David Ogolla
14 pts Japheth Areba 15 pts Cliffton Odhiambo

K.P.A. 14/34 VS K.C.B LIONS 30/65
10/04/10/14 14/16/14/21
09 pts Dickson Adan 16 pts Chiza Ntirata
09 pts Samuel Ocholla 10 pts Victor Odendo
08 pts Jayani Odhiambo 10 pts Ancestas Wafula