Poor lighting forced the Kenya Premier League playoff quarterfinal match pitting Blades against United States International University at the Strathmore University courts to be cancelled. At the time of abandonment in the third quarter, Blades who trailed 22-18 at the break, led 39-35. Both teams are locked at 1-1 in the best of three series. The new date of the match will be announced later. Co-op Bank suffered a stunning 59-48 loss at the hands of Umoja. The former champions were down 35-27 at the breather and never recovered during the match interrupted by rains. Nick Ogol was huge for the self-supporting side, sinking game high of 23 points while Gilbert Obiro tallied 12 points from Umoja. Stuttering Co-op had eight points from Joshua Kisiali. Reigning women’s champions Equity Bank over-powered Eagle Wings 50-23. Joyce Nabwire scored 12 points while Winnie Wafula managed 10 points for the losers, who were down 21-11 at half time.
In the lower division, top seed Barclays Bank found the going tough as they were humbled 66-34 by Eldonets who led 43-24 at the break. Footprints beat Africa Nazarene University (ANU ) 61- 45, behind 17 points from Daisy Ayodi and 11 from Purity Wachira. Karen Shihundu bagged 14 for ANU.