Strathmore Blades keep winning in basketball league

What you need to know:

  • In a women’s Premier League match at the same venue, former champions Equity Bank cleaned out inexperienced Footprints 62-20 after leading 37-12 at the breather.
  • Footprints, who were promoted after winning last year’s women’s Division One league, had little to offer.
  • Emyba, kept their winning streak by beating Zetech University 67-57 in their men’s Division One tie.

Strathmore University Blades kept their winning form the season with a convincing 110-64 victory over newcomers World Hope in their Kenya Basketball Federation men’s Premier League match at USIU-A outdoor courts in Nairobi on Sunday.

Using the same tricks that saw them beat tough Thunder 85-75 in their last match, Blades, under coach Tonny Ochieng rocked struggling World Hope 26-14 at the end of the first quarter and never looked back. Blades led 53-25 at the breather.

Speedy Joseph Ongoro, who scored a game high 22 points, Peter Shilton and Daril Omondi, 18 points, were unstoppable on the court.

World Hope’s best reply was 18 points through experienced, hard-fighting Patrick Wakasiaka.

In a women’s Premier League match at the same venue, former champions Equity Bank cleaned out inexperienced Footprints 62-20 after leading 37-12 at the breather.

Footprints, who were promoted after winning last year’s women’s Division One league, had little to offer.

Emyba, kept their winning streak by beating Zetech University 67-57 in their men’s Division One tie.

Emyba, who won last year’s men’s Division Two championship, proved too strong for the varsity students from the word go leading 29-21 at half-time.

University of Nairobi’s Terrorists collected maximum two points in the same division after registering a 68-52 win over Eldonets from Eldoret. Riara University beat 4-Christ 65-52 in an entertaining match.