Basketball in Africa

Regional basketball champions Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) ladies basketball team on Tuesday afternoon opened their title defense campaign with a 91-38 ( 15-9,23-10,23-13,30-6) win over Tanzania’s Jeshi Stars in their first match of the ongoing regional Zone 5 championships played in Kampala at the Lugogo gymnasium.
KPA dominated the entire game with Zainab Ramadhan emerging the highest scorer for the Kenyan team with 34 points while Hilda Indasi had 15 points.
On Monday night the Kenyan reigning champions Eagle Wings defeated Uganda Christian University (UCU) 75-64 in another tight match.
KPA ladies are the reigning Zone 5 champions .