Basketball in Africa

REIGNING national champions Co-op Bank of Kenya defeated Strathmore Blades 68-57 in KBF Premier league duel at the Moi International Sports Centre (MISC), Kasarani.
James Mwangi scored 16 points for the bankers while Titus Musembi added 15. For the students' Robert Hope managed to net 14 and Valentine Nyakinda posted 11.
Thunder struck Nairobi Aviation College (NAC) 94-62, behind game high of 43 points from Griffin Ligare. Felix Luke and Frankline Delano managed 18 points and Job Byron made 10 points for NAC.
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) went into over drive humiliating Nakuru Club 121-65 in a one-sided demolition. Dickson Aran and Samuel Ochola managed 20 points each. Nakuru's James Okerio collected 23 points.
In the women's matches, Co-op Bank nipped Ulinzi Blades 59-58. Linet Atieno scored 16 points and Grace Wanjiku 12. The soldiers had 22 from Bridgid Nanzala and 15 from Rebecca Serange. At the Nyayo Stadium gymnasium, former champions Eagle Wings eclipsed Kenyatta University 'Oryx' 40-27 as veteran Eunice Ouma made 13 points. In the lower division matches, Trailblazers pipped Kenya College of Accountancy (KCA) University 59-58 while Eldonets beat Parklands Baptist 59-42. In the Nairobi Basketball Association (NBA) provincial matches played at Railways Club, UoN Dynamites beat Gladiators 40-39 while Zetech College trounced JKUATS Juja 31-29.
Other results were as follows: Cuea 43 All Stars 36; Emyba 83 Pac University 55; Anu 35 MKU Thika 51; Parklands Girls 39 Footprints 30, Daystar 29 Equity 65; Dynamoz 44 Upper Hill 50, Our Lady Queen of Peace 38 USIU 31-29.