27 February 2018
Uganda 79-63 Rwanda
The Silverbacks got exactly what they wanted by defeating arch rivals
Rwanda 79-63 on Sunday at Palais des Sports Salamatou Maiga in Bamako,
Mali.Robinson Opong and Jimmy Enabu scored 20 and 18 points respectively to lead the Silverbacks in a game Rwanda was suffocated by Uganda’s defense especially in the second quarter. James Okello and Stanley Ocitti came in handy with 10 points respectively.
Meanwhile for Rwanda, it was their star shooting guard Kenneth Gasana, Hamza Ruhezamihigo and Walter Nkurunziza who got into double figures with 16, 11 and 11 points respectively.
With the second leg of the qualifiers coming in late June at a venue yet to be determined, Uganda have a base to build on a bid to make the final qualifying round and ultimately the World Cup in China.
Uganda will need to finish among the top three in Group B after the second leg to make the final qualifying round of 12 teams from which the top five will make the global championship as continental representatives.
13 January 2018
ZIMBABWE :
By Ellina Mhlanga
Mujuru Speaks On Future Plans
By Ellina Mhlanga
Newly
— NEWLY-elected Basketball Union of Zimbabwe president Joe Mujuru has
set his eyes on taking the development of the sport to all the country's
10 provinces to ensure they have vibrant structures. Mujuru takes over
from Addison Chiware, who has been at the helm of BUZ for the past
decade after winning Saturday's elections held in Kwekwe.
Under Chiware BUZ
has largely remained stagnant with very little to shout about and now
attention will be on Mujuru to steer the ship to new heights. Prior to
becoming president he was the secretary-general for the last four years.
Mujuru accumulated 11 votes to beat veteran administrator and Cameo
Sigauke director Roderick Takawira, who was also vying to lead the
basketball mother body and got one vote.
Mujuru said
although provinces such as Harare and Bulawayo have active structures,
BUZ needs to take it to the next level by ensuring all provinces are
operating at the same level.
"Our business as
BUZ is to see to it that we have strong national teams in place.
Development has got to spread, I know Harare is doing a good job,
Bulawayo is doing a good job, Midlands and Manicaland are doing a good
job. We need to now spread those development programmes seriously, as
serious as they are in Harare and Bulawayo, to be that serious in
Matabeleland North and Mashonaland East, that's as far as development is
concerned.
Nigeria: D' Tigers to Open Camp With Home-Based Players for 2019 World Cup Qualifiers
By Alex Monye
The
Nigeria Basketball Federation has said that plans are in progress to
ensure the male basketball team gets the best assistance to qualify for
the 2019 World cup.
D Tigers who will
begin their quest for the world cup ticket next year February, according
to the NBFF will open camp with domestic players early enough before
their foreign counterparts join the team.
NBBF stated that
the board would also roll out plans on its activities by January to
enable sponsors and stakeholders in the dunking game gear up to make
sure basketball excel in 2018.
The Federation
declared that the national basketball teams coaches have started making
arrangements to get the best players to battle for the world cup ticket.
A statement by the
body reads: "D Tigers would begin preparations for the world cup ticket
early February with domestic players because the foreign based players
would be in action for their various clubs at that time. So they will
join the team as preparations progresses.
"The NBFF would
announce its activities by January. Also plans are on deck to ensure the
male and female basketball league get a new look next year."
Nigeria will be
contending in group B which consist of Mali, Rwanda and Uganda in the
World Cup qualifiers. The games will hold from February 23 to 25.
TANZANIA :
By Benjamin Ben
TBF Selects 33 for National Team
By Benjamin Ben
THE
Tanzania Basketball Federation (TBF) has selected a 33- strong national
Basketball squad team from the recently held Taifa Cup competition held
at the National Indoor Stadium and ABC courts in Dar es Salaam.
The list of players
released by TBF, had most of the best players picked from the national
level events. The players are Musa Chacha (Mbeya), Johson Chang'a
(Iringa), Alinani Andrew (Dar ), Mohamed Muzamily (Zanzibar), Juma Mbele
(Zanzibar), Mohamed Yusuph (Songwe), Yassir Shaib (Zanzibar), Baraka
Sadick (Songwe), Erick John (Dar), Saudi Ulanga (Mbeya), Stephano Mshana
(Dar) and Charles Dismas (Shinyanga). Others are Salim Mchemba
(Tabora), Cornelius Mgaza (Songwe), Quareish Sylvester (Singida), Rashid
Yakoub (Dar), Christian Jackson (Arusha), Fadhili Chuma (Mbeya), Amin
Mkosa (Songwe), Haji Mbegu (Arusha), Amira Saleh (Zanzibar) and Godfrey
Swai (Songwe).
The squad also
contains Ally Hamza (Arusha), Juma Kissoky (Mbeya), Mwalim Kheri
(Mbeya), Jackson Brown (Dar), Omar Omar (Zanzibar ), Murshid Mudricat
(Dar), Isaya Aswile (Mbeya), Abdul Kihango (Arusha), Gwalugano John
(Iringa), Malaika Ndosi (Songwe) and Bayu Bayu (Arusha).
Taifa Cup, which
was the year-ender basketball event attracted 21 teams from 16 regions
of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. At the end Mbeya emerged overall
champions over the second Songwe. Dar es Salaam claimed the third place.
In women category
which brought together five teams, Dar es Salaam were champions while
Mbeya and Zanzibar Urban West from Zanzibar scooped second and third
slots respectively. After the competition, Musa Chacha from Mbeya was
voted the most valued player while Murshid Mudricat from Dar es Salaam
and Baraka Sadick from Songwe were voted best defender and best scorer
of the competition accordingly.
- UGANDA :
City Oilers one win away from 5th National Basketball League title
- City Oilers 52-46 KIU Titans | Oilers lead series 3-0
© Kawowo Sports | JOHN BATANUDDEThe four-time league winners scrapped through to a 52-46 win over KIU Titans on Wednesday night to improve to 3-0 in the best-of-seven series.
Oilers who are desperate to get done with the series started strong with James Okello tormenting KIU’s interior with two quick baskets and the champions went on to win the opening quarter 16-9 as Titans’ offense was at premium.
While Titans played better defensively in the second quarter, offense remained stagnated and bettered the first quarter by just a point despite limiting Oilers to 11 points.
Oilers experience once again came into play in the final quarter as thy managed to hold on to their lead through to the final buzzer.
Jimmy Enabu (13 points) led Oilers, Okello added 10 points and picked 7 rebounds while Landry Ndikumana grabbed 25 rebounds.
Chris Omanye (10 points), Michael Bwanga (9) and Sudi Ulanga (8) paced Titans in a losing effort.
- RWANDA :
Kalwanyi’s Wayland Pioneers rout USAO
- Wayland Baptist University 96-74 University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma
Wayland Baptist University The Ugandan center alongside five other Pioneers scored in double figures as No. 21 Wayland recorded their second successive win.
Wayland advanced to 11-3 and 4-2 in the Sooner Athletic Conference basketball race while USAO dropped to 12-3 and 3-3.
10 January 2018
04 May 2016
KENYA - Resilient Equity Bank Fall to Ulinzi Warriors
By francis marangu
Apr 24, 2016
- Eric Mutoro scored 18 points for Ulinzi Warriors against Equity Bank.
The bankers kept pace with the champions by playing from the three-point line scoring 21 points against 12. On the other end, Ulinzi capitalized on shooting fouls to answer back the bankers scoring 18 free shots against 10. First quarter was competitive and high scoring closing with a 25-25 tie.
Equity took a 3-0 lead but scores tied 5-5 after Richard Osano fired a three-pointer for Ulinzi. Osano, who is making a comeback to Ulinzi after recovering from a back injury, scored a second three-pointer to give Ulinzi a 8-5 lead.
He scored all the opening points for Ulinzi. It was level again 8-8 with Ian Wachiye making a three-pointer for Equity but a three-point play from William Ochieng gave Ulinzi a 11-8 lead. They went on to dominate until 1:10 on the clock when Ken Wena made a basket for Equity to tie 22-22.
Ulinzi then earned a shooting foul but Ochieng made one free shot to make it 23-22. Fred Lugasi sunk a three-pointer for 25-23 to Equity but Ochieng leveled with a basket as the quarter closed. Victor Odendo’s three-point play gave Ulinzi a 28-25 lead when second quarter began.
The soldiers went on to open a 12-point lead at 45-33 and won the quarter 22-12 to lead 47-37 at halftime. With good rebounding from Frank Manyala, Equity came out strongly in third quarter to win 18-13 and trail by five points going to fourth quarter at 55-60.
Bankers cut the deficit
At one point, Ulinzi led by 15 points at 52-37 but a three-point shot each from Wachie, Lugasi and Enock Ogecha helped the bankers cut the deficit by 10 points. With 2:11 to play in fourth quarter, Ulinzi was leading 72-71 but simple errors saw Equity fall back quickly to lose by seven points.
Ulinzi won the quarter 20-18. Ochieng top scored for Ulinzi with 22 points while Eric Mutoro added 18. Lugasi scored 15 for Equity and Brian Obimbo added 14.
Trailblazers remain winless after going down 63-75 to Nairobi City Thunder. They left it late to make a comeback with a 22-12 win in fourth quarter after Thunder had done all the damage with scores of 23-12, 16-14 and 24-15 in the first three quarters respectively.
Griffin Ligare scored 22 points for Thunder and Kevin Chogo added 16 with Charles Kituyi scoring 12. David Otieno top scored for Trailblazers with 19 points.
Action continues over the weekend as Nakuru Club travels to Nairobi to play Lions and Thunder. There will be a “siblings derby” when Strathmore University play Blades on Sunday while Strathmore will have a second fixture against Trailblazers.
In women's Premier League, Masaku Sparks plays Eagle Wings as Co-operative Bank comes up against Storms and Western Delight hosts Strathmore University.
Fixtures
Sunday: Western Delight vs Strathmore University (10 a.m., KPC), Zetech University vs Gladiators (9 a.m., Nyayo gymnasium), 4-Christ vs KAA (10:30), Co-op Bank vs Storms (12 p.m.), Strathmore vs Blades (2 p.m.), Thunder vs Nakuru Club (4 p.m.)
20 April 2016
RWANDA - Mushumba cautions players after UGB win
Sunday
UR- CASS 71-68 UGB
University of Rwanda- College of Arts and Social Sciences (UR- CASS) basketball club head coach Charles Mushumba has challenged his players to stay focused and avoid complacency after a win over UGB on Sunday.
The Huye-based varsity side upset United Generation Basketball (UGB) club in a hard fought 71-68 victory before a packed UR- CASS gymnasium. UGB claimed the first, third and fourth quarters 14-10, 22-20 and 23-20 but Mushumba’s side won the second quarter 21-9 by a big margin to win the game.
Regis Gatoto scored the game high 23 points but the one-man efforts were not enough to save the day for UGB.
Plaisir Ntaganzwa (15 points) and Edmond Joie Igabe (14 points) combined for a total 29 points in UR- CASS’s narrow victory.
“I’m happy for my men. They did incredibly great. It was not easy to defeat UGB who were fresh from beating Espoir. Nonetheless, we need to stay keen and focus on the remaining fixtures, there is no room for complacency,” Mushumba said.
UR- CASS will be hosting the four-time reigning champions Espoir on Saturday and the team is in upbeat mood to stun the Nyamirambo-based giants. Espoir are top of the table with 26 points while UR- CASS stands 7th with 19 points.
UR- CASS 71-68 UGB
University of Rwanda- College of Arts and Social Sciences (UR- CASS) basketball club head coach Charles Mushumba has challenged his players to stay focused and avoid complacency after a win over UGB on Sunday.
The Huye-based varsity side upset United Generation Basketball (UGB) club in a hard fought 71-68 victory before a packed UR- CASS gymnasium. UGB claimed the first, third and fourth quarters 14-10, 22-20 and 23-20 but Mushumba’s side won the second quarter 21-9 by a big margin to win the game.
Regis Gatoto scored the game high 23 points but the one-man efforts were not enough to save the day for UGB.
Plaisir Ntaganzwa (15 points) and Edmond Joie Igabe (14 points) combined for a total 29 points in UR- CASS’s narrow victory.
“I’m happy for my men. They did incredibly great. It was not easy to defeat UGB who were fresh from beating Espoir. Nonetheless, we need to stay keen and focus on the remaining fixtures, there is no room for complacency,” Mushumba said.
UR- CASS will be hosting the four-time reigning champions Espoir on Saturday and the team is in upbeat mood to stun the Nyamirambo-based giants. Espoir are top of the table with 26 points while UR- CASS stands 7th with 19 points.
09 March 2016
GAMBIA - Domestic Basektball League in Full Swing
By Alieu Ceesay
The
2015 domestic National Male and Female Basketball Leagues, organised by
The Gambia Basketball Association (GBA) are in full swing at the
Indepdence Stadium in Bakau.
Eleven male teams
and five female teams are competing in the separate leagues and
according to the GBA President Muhammed Papa Njie, the league is
progressing well. He, however lamented that sponsors are not forthcoming
and appealed for support from public and private sectors to sponsor the
league.
In the games played
over the weekend, on Friday, YMCA girls won Late Babou Sowe female team
61-31; Serrekunda West boys defeated Old School 90-74.
On Saturday, Kotu Ninja lost to Banjul United by 78-70; YMCA thrashed Lamin 20-0 and Kotu United won Brikama United by 77-68.
Finally on Sunday,
Bakau United basketball team lost to Old School by 64-86 and Serrekunda
West proved too strong for Kotu Ninja after a 81-65 win.
Games resume today
(Tuesday) with Kotu United taking on Vicotry Creators. The Sateba
Basektball team take on the Capital Basketball team tomorrow
(Wednesaday) and Old School will take on YMCA on Thursday.
All games are taking place at the Independence Stadium.
01 March 2016
RWANDA - IPRC-South step up preps ahead of Espoir clash
At 26-years old, Bineza is the youngest head coach in the local league. (R. Bishumba)
National basketball league title hopefuls
IPRC-South have intensified preparations ahead of their league clash
against defending champions Espoir when the second round gets underway
on Saturday at Amahoro indoors stadium.
Should IPRC- South win the game, it will be a third consecutive victory over the four-time reigning champions since last November. The Huye-based outfit beat Espoir 83-64 in the preseason tournament final on November 22, 2015 and 64-55 in the league earlier this month.
Speaking to Times Sport on Saturday, Didier Bineza, the IPRC-South head coach said the team is training more seriously than the usual and players understand well the meaning and magnitude of the game.
“We are doing all we can to be in the best shape possible for the game, players and the coaching staff are up for the task. We still have a week to prepare and players,” said Bineza, who, at 26-year old, is the youngest head coach in the local league.
Asked if he is contented with his current squad and if he doesn’t need any new signing before the start of the league second round, Bineza said, “We are doing just fine, we would love to have two new signings, a point-guard and center but we can’t afford them right now.”
As it stands, unbeaten Patriots BBC top the table with 18 points, IPRC- South with one point behind in second place, Espoir are third with 16 points while IPRC-Kigali sit on fourth position with 15 points, one head of fifth-placed APR.
Last year’s first runners-up and currently struggling Cercle Sportif de Kigali (CSK) are rooted at the bottom of the ten-team league table with 8 points.
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Should IPRC- South win the game, it will be a third consecutive victory over the four-time reigning champions since last November. The Huye-based outfit beat Espoir 83-64 in the preseason tournament final on November 22, 2015 and 64-55 in the league earlier this month.
Speaking to Times Sport on Saturday, Didier Bineza, the IPRC-South head coach said the team is training more seriously than the usual and players understand well the meaning and magnitude of the game.
“We are doing all we can to be in the best shape possible for the game, players and the coaching staff are up for the task. We still have a week to prepare and players,” said Bineza, who, at 26-year old, is the youngest head coach in the local league.
Asked if he is contented with his current squad and if he doesn’t need any new signing before the start of the league second round, Bineza said, “We are doing just fine, we would love to have two new signings, a point-guard and center but we can’t afford them right now.”
As it stands, unbeaten Patriots BBC top the table with 18 points, IPRC- South with one point behind in second place, Espoir are third with 16 points while IPRC-Kigali sit on fourth position with 15 points, one head of fifth-placed APR.
Last year’s first runners-up and currently struggling Cercle Sportif de Kigali (CSK) are rooted at the bottom of the ten-team league table with 8 points.
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