Charging Rhinos 34-58 UCU Canons
Falcons 63-42 Nkumba Marines
UCU Canons do not necessarily need to play well to win games. It was evident – again Wednesday night at YMCA as they saw off charging rhinos 58-34. Syrus kiviri was the only player on the night who scored in double figures. The guard piled up game high 21 points to lead Canons to their eighth consecutive win. Forward, Martin Okwako added 9 points and 8 boards as UCU scored under 60 points for the third time this season. Big man, Desmond Owili picked 10 rebounds.
Charging Rhinos were limited to a season low 34 points as they struggled to score going 8-for-36 from inside and 3-for-22 beyond the arc for season low 19% shooting from the field. Guard, Fahmy Sebatindira led all Rhinos scorers with 7 points, Peter Lubega added 6 points and 8 boards while center, Derrick Katumba picked 13 rebounds to go with 4 points.
Meanwhile point guard, Abdullahi Ramadhan had a successive 22 points performance as Falcons rebounded from their loss to UCU to beat Nkumba Marines 63-42. Steven Omony added 13 points and Steven Tumwesigye had 11 for Falcons (5-3). Shabani Ramadhani, Wilson Otweyo and Brian Sivachi scored 9 points each as Nkumba Marines suffered their second straight loss. Emmanuel Nyabuto added 8 points for Marines (2-7).
