KEN - Top guns Ulinzi Warriors and KCB Lions post easy wins

NAIROBI (Premier League) - National champions Ulinzi Warriors and East and Central Africa club champions KCB Lions over the weekend roared to easy Premier League wins at Nyayo
National Stadium.

Ulinzi beat Kenyatta Universitty "Pirates" 89-62 in an all too easy fixture while Lions had another cakewalk beating Universioty of Nairobi "Terrorists" 65-54.

The soldiers led 45-28 at the breather and had international forward Ancette Wafula and Tom Opar to thank as the duo posted 16 and 15 points respectively.
Griffin Ligare and Martin Obure combined for KU's 27 points.

KU hanged close 54-62 in the third quarter but blown by Ulinzi's armunations in the last half as coach Gitau Waringo remained rooted to his bench watching
the proceedings.

Lions trailed 12-14 in the first quarter, but managed to take the sexcond 20-14 for a 32-28 half time margin.In the third, the regional kings stayed up
20-15 andf 13-9 in the last.

Greg Odera led the bankers with 15 points while Tobias Onyango managed 12. For UoN who are struggling to escape relegation, Eugene Genda and Eric Mawaswa each
scored 10.

International Christian Center (ICC) rough ride at the top continued when they fell 68-84 to United States International University (USIU). They were down 37-45.

Abel Nson and Dan Okwirri scored 14 points a piece to guide the "Tigers" to this easy win. Nelson Njau hit 21 and Maurice Ochieng 14 for the losers.

Angela Okoth was too much for UoN "Dynamites" ash she sunk 20 points to pep USIU "Flames" to a convincing 70-34 win. The victors, who led 23-21 at the break
pulled the brakes after intermision.Irene Atieno nailed 11 for UoN.

Dann OWERE
FIBA Correspondent in Kenya