03 May 2014
UGANDA : Who is the ZUKU TV University Basketball king?
Conference finals: (Free Entrance)
Women: UCU Lady Canons Vs MUK – 6 p.m
Men: Ndejje Vs UCU Canons – 8 pm
3rd Place Battle:
Women: Kampala University Vs Ndejje – 2:30 pm - Live on Zuku TV (Channel 300)
Men:Cavendish University Vs Makerere University – 4 :30 pm - Live on Zuku TV (Channel 300)
The inaugural ZUKU TV Basketball University league
comes to an end on Saturday with 4 games lined up at the MTN Indoor
arena in Kampala.
Two of these will be those to determine the third
placed team and two will mark the grand finale to the tourney that has
lasted 2 months.
This follows thrilling games that were played at
the different University campuses in the group stages before the
play-offs finals were conducted last week.
UCU will be hoping for a double after seeing two of
their sides both in the male and female gender finals. In the women
finals, the UCU lady canons take on Makerere Sparks in a highly billed
thriller before their UCU Canons face Ndejje in the men's finals.
On Thursday this week, the national championship finals got started with the quarter finals at the MTN arena in Lugogo.
Semi Finals:
Semi finals were played on Friday (at the same
venue). UCU Lady Canons booked their berth in the finals after
overcoming Kampala University 106 – 26 in the game of the last 4 teams.
Purity Odiahimbo dropped a game high 30 points that
included 15 rebounds, 10 steals and 1 block to inspire the Mukono based
instuition.
Makerere University lady sparks eliminated Ndejje University 71 – 47 in the other semifinal.
In the male gender, It will be a Ndejje University
vs UCU Canons final. Makerere University lost to Ndejje 49- 57 before
Cavendish succumbed to UCU canons 62 – 48 in the last semifinal on
Friday night.
The finals will be held on Saturday at the MTN
arena in Lugogo. The national championships will crown the national
champion in both men and women categories with mega cash prize of shs. 2,700,000 for the winners.
The first runners up will walk away with shs.
1,200,000 while the third placed teams will get shs. 650,000. And for
the first time in Uganda, University basketball games will be aired live
and in HD on ZUKU Sports channel 300.
Semi-Final Results:
Women:
UCU Lady Canons 106 – 26 Kampala University
NDEJJE 47 - 71 MUK Sparks
Men:
MUK 49 – 57 NDEJJE UNIVERSITY
UCU CANONS 62 - 48 CAVENDISH.
# posted by afrbk : 22:21
