Noga beat Equity Bank Hawks 63-48 in the finals to win the Sterling Super Cup Challenge at the Ulinzi Sports Complex Sunday.
Boasting some of the country’s young talents like Medina Okot, Margaret Nereah, Ashley Minayo, Mary Lisa and Alexander Juma, Noga led 18-13 in the first quarter before trailing 12-13 in the second.
After intermission, Noga regrouped and took another 18-13 third-quarter advantage before overwhelming their rivals in the fourth with a strong 15-9 edge.
Okot led the scorers with game-high 25 points while Nereah added another 10 for the winners. The bankers were pepped by Mary Ann Nyagaki and Mercy Wanyama, who tallied 10 points each.
“It was a good tournament. The girls went out there to have fun and they did, despite training just twice before the tournament," said coach Maurice Obilo.
“We lost the opening game by a point simply because we were still looking for the right chemistry but once we did, we had it easy all the way.”
Noga blanked TS Swish 54-45 in the semi-final match while Hawks shut out Zetech University Sparks with a close 48-45 margin.
TS Swish claimed third place by sinking Zetech 47-43.
“I mainly used the team’s second-tier players and I am impressed at the level of competitiveness they showed against very experienced teams, who boasted of Premier League players,” noted coach Job Munene.
A total of eight women's and 10 men's teams took part in the two-week show that included the University of Nairobi Dynamites, Africa Nazarene University (ANU) Storms, Dockers, Twende and Kenyatta University.