Kenya Poly falls to FOB in their first NBA match - May 15, 2012
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Kenya Polytechnic lost their first match against Friends of Basketball (F.OB) in the ongoing Nairobi Basketball Association League over the weekend at the Railways Sports Club.
Kenya Poly as they are commonly referred to took a slight lead in the 1st quarter when they hit 9 points against F.O.B's 8 points. They continued with the positive start in the 2nd quarter to increase the margin with 5 points.They went on to take the quarter by 9 points against F.O.Bs 5 points to put the total points at 18 points for the students against their opponents 13 points.
It is in the 3rd quarter that Kenya Poly faltered when they were fell by 4 points. F.O.B managed to get 10 points from the quarter while Kenya Poly got 6 points to reduce the advantage that they had by just a single point.
In the final quarter F.O.B came out all guns blazing and dominated the quarter and took home the win after hitting 15 points against Kenya Polys 7 to put the final score at 31 38.
F.O.B tactician Joseph Achega attributed the win to his sides patience,
'we have never played Kenya Poly before so in the 1st and 2nd quarters we were sizing them up and we managed to recover in the 3rd and 4th since we knew how they played. The reaction depended on us and we did so.,' said Achega.
Victor Osewe the Kenya Poly coach had a number of reasons for the loss mainly citing lack of experience,
The current squad is new with a majority of young players and they are still trying to cope with the competition at this level. He went on further to mention that the students had just resumed from holidays and were still trying to catch up in terms of fitness.
Courtesy of: http://basket-in-africa.blogspot.com/
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Co-Op, KCB win in weekend KBF League matches - May 15, 2012
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Co-Op bank basketball team were back to winning ways on Sunday afternoon at the Nyayo Gymnasium when they saw off Blazers 72 42 in the ongoing KBF Premier league.
Co-op bank who were shaking off a defeat against arch rivals and fellow bankers KCB the previous week dominated the match from the onset when they took the first quarter 16 11. The second quarter saw Co- op bank increase their lead when they thumped in an impressive 21 points against Blazers 8 points to put the total points at 37 19 in favor of the bankers.
The 3rd quarter saw Blazers try to stage a comeback when they acquired 13 points against Co-op banks 15 points, but slumped in the fourth quarter and the bankers proved why they are the defending champions beating Blazers with a margin of 10 points, when they got 20 points against their opponents 10 points.
Co-op banks Fredrick Odongo scored an outstanding 21 points for his side followed by Titus Musembi who had 11 points and James Mwangi who scored 9 points and also blocked the highest number of shots in the game with 3 blocks. Mwangi came second with the highest number of rebounds taken by Co-op bank in the game with 7 rebounds taken while his teammate Mark Mayeng (205-C) secured 15 rebounds.
Blazers Joel Koech gave his side the highest number of points when he scored 12 points while George Makori and Kiogoria Muturi followed with 8 points each. Koech stood out again in terms of rebounds taken by Blazers when he secured a total of 8 rebounds.
Co-op bank Coach Cary Odhiambo was happy that his team was playing according to plans,
It was a good game and as far as I am concerned we are playing the way I want us to play.'
On Saturday afternoon KCB Lions continued with their unbeaten run in the league when they beat Thunder 72 52 and Morris Shitsama termed the game as more of a practice session,
I used all the players in the bench. I wanted everybody to have a feel of the game and I can just say it was a practice session for us.
Thunder tactician Moses Chopper conceded defeat mentioning that it was just their first game and they will go back to the drawing board and will come back.
Iit was our first game so we have room to recover. They were better in terms of taking rebounds and on our side we had many loose balls and didnt play as a unit.
Courtesy of: http://basket-in-africa.blogspot.com
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Dolphins tactician banks on experience - May 11, 2012
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Dolphins tactician Walter Ayallo will be banking on his teams experience when they face high school side Upper Hill this weekend when the Nairobi Basketball Association League resumes.
Dolphins who so far have played 5 matches in the League winning 2 and losing 3, went down to Neo Sasa Morans on Sunday in a tightly contested match that ended 34 33 and Ayallo rues the missed chances especially on the free throws.
We missed 22 free throws and we were beaten by only one point so you can imagine if we had gotten those points. We would be talking differently thing right now, he says.
He also adds that it was in the 1st quarter where the match was decided.
They gave us a 5 point margin even though we beat them in the other quarters we didnt catch up in the end.
On the technical approach that he intends to use when they face the rather young Upper Hill side, the coach says he wants to capitalize on shooting.
My team has roughly 70% of shooters and I expect them to shoot and get the points that we need. Another big asset I expect to come to my aid is the experience that is within my ranks. If we get to use our experience well, I believe we are going to win, he adds.
Though Ayallo says Upper Hill are an inexperienced lot, he believes they posses speed and he intends to play them down.
Those kids can run, so we intend to play them down and not give them the opportunity to play the fast paced game they are used to. If we cool the game down I know they will get frustrated and that will be the point we knock them off, he concludes.
Courtesy of: http://basket-in-africa.blogspot.com/
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