Equity Bank Dumas suffered a 78-77 loss at the hands of Eldonets Platinum in a Kenya National Basketball League match at Uasin Gishu Primary School courts in Eldoret.
It was the bankers' second loss in a row after they went down 52-49 to University of Nairobi Terrorists in Nairobi last weekend.
Dumas took the first quarter 23-19, trailed 16-14 in the second and 23-33 in the third before taking the fourth 14-10 but was not enough.
"The men started well and were leading by half time. We slowed down in the second half," bankers' tactician David Maina said.
"Eldonets started shooting very well and we could not stop their shoots. We found ourselves chasing the game," he added.
James Owino bagged 27 points, Brian Ongesa scored 16 and Anthony Rono added 10 for the home boys. Faheem Juma made 26 and Victor Ochieng 16 for Dumas.
In the ladies' match up, Equity Bank Hawks thumped Eldonets 85-45 after leading 33-25 at half time. They were in a roll in the last two with a 52-20 roll.
"The ladies controlled the boards. They also had good transition on offense the defense was good as well," Maina observed.
Betty Kananu tallied 23 points while and Samba Mjomba picked up another 13 for the Hawks
