By CAXTON APOLLO
Strathmore University moved to the top of the basketball Premier League table for the first time ever after picking up two points at Nyayo Stadium at the weekend.
The students put up a spirited fight to beat International Christian Centre 81-74 on Sunday to increase their points tally to 20.
ICC, who have been in the driving seat of the nine-team competition since the start of the second leg, are now tied with the students in the same top spot.
After losing their fourth match, ICC have also garnered 20 points from eight wins and four loses. Strathmore have seven matches and lost five.They shocked Co-op Bank 70-65.
Polished students
ICC played poorly against Strathmore University. They were down by a huge 18 points margin (69-51) in the last quarter making it difficult for them to recover against the well polished students.
Strathmore led 46-34 at half-time and it was only in the last quarter that ICC won 23-12. Kennedy Maru scored 22 points, David Ogolla had 19 and Philip Amenyi added 12 for Strathmore.
ICC, who were left desperate attempting three-pointers unnecessarily, had 23 poi nts from Griffins Ligare and Philip Dinga 22.
KCB Lions,without any engagement over the weekend, lie second on the table with 18 points. The bankers have played 10 matches, won eight and lost two. Co-op Bank kept their third position intact following their easy 80-44 win over Lomboritz and have 7 points from six wins and five loses.
Co-op had little problems in their victory over Lomboritz leading 38-23 at half-time. Eugene Genga and Roy Kahure had 15 points each with Allan Ouma adding 13 for the winners.
Posta struggled to beat Terrorists 63-57 after both teams had tied 22-22 at the breather. The victory saw the mailmen move from eight to sixth position on standings with 15 points from 10 outings.
Eastern Queens and Kenya College of Accountancy still occupy the top two positions on the women’s table standings after last weekend’s results.
Queens demolished Sprite Storms 64-19 while KCA crashed 61-38 to the unbeaten Eagle Wings.
Newcomers
Eastern Queens head the competition with 20 points after winning all their 10 matches. KCA are in the second position with 18 points from 11 games.
The university students, who are newcomers in the championship, have won seven matches.
Eagle Wings are fourth on the eight-team standings with 15 points from 10 matches. They have won seven matches and dropped one point after failing to honour their season opener against Eastern Queens.
Kenya Ports Authority and Storms have also managed 15 points. Terrorists are the only winless side in the men’s championship
Results:
Eagle Wings 61 KCA 38, NPC 67 Mennonites 90, Co-op Bank 80 Lomboritz 44, Parklands Baptist 103 Africa Nazarene University 72, Posta 63 Terrorists 57, Eastern Queens 64 Storms 19, ICC 74 Strathmore University 81, KCA 78 Mennonites 65