Kings College Nuggets shine in Junior NBA league

Jun 20, 2016

The Nuggets edged the Mashariki Pelicans 35-34 before beating the Kisubi Mapera Spurs 45-35 in the third game of the day played at Buddo SS courts.

JNR NBA selected results
Buddo SS Mavericks 25 Kisubi Mapera Spurs 18
Mashariki Pelicans 34 King College Nuggets 35
Kisubi Mapera Spurs 35 Kings College Nuggets 45         
Agakhan 34 Watoto 33
Mengo Grizzers 29 Old Kampala 18
Agakhan Thunder 24 Kibuli 38
Watoto children 49 Mengo 36
Kibuli Cavalliers 52 Old Kampala Kings 27
 
Kings College Nuggets tipped off this year's Junior NBA games in high gear with two wins on ‘home soil'on Saturday.

The Nuggets edged the Mashariki Pelicans 35-34 before beating the Kisubi Mapera Spurs 45-35 in the third game of the day played at Buddo SS courts.

 Kings College's Paul Male (left) drives past Mashariki High's Yoweri Onen during a Junior NBL match at Buddo SS

Weekend games hosts Buddo SS Mavericks also opened their account with a 25-18 win over the Kisubi Mapera Spurs with Andrew Were scoring 13 points for Buddo who also had Rodney Kabuye and Bill Mugisha stand out for their side.

Gideon Chemutai, Marie Marco and Mua Than Mum stood out for Spurs who were punished for their slow start and were no match for against the clinical Nuggets.

Despite having taller players last year's finalists Mashariki High Pelicans were shocked by Kings College Budo who had Male Bakka and Henry Luyima score 11 and 7 points respectively.

Mashariki High's Arafat Magezi and Jordan Kayondo's combined 19 points weren't enough for the Pelicans who return to action against the spurs on Jul 2 at St. Mary's College Kisubi.

Meanwhile the girls' matches that were scheduled to start on Saturday were postponed because some of the schools were engaged in exams on the day.

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