It was mixed results for Kenya in the FIBA Africa Zone 5 U-18 championships that tipped off at the Lugogo Indoor Arena in Kampala, Uganda Sunday.
Kenya Girls got their campaign off to a bright start, beating Tanzania 57-47 as Roseline Achieng had 12 points, Mariam Wangare 11 and Valentine Korir 10.
Kenya boys suffered a humiliating 81-52 defeat at the hands of hot-shooting Rwanda. Charles Joseph scored 14 while Patrick Githura and Clinton Wambugu had 10 each.
Kenya girls will play host Uganda as the boys meet Tanzania in their second match later today.
Eight teams from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and the host Uganda are taking part in both the boys and girls categories.
In the league, reigning champions Kenya Ports Authority reached the semis after sweeping past the Africa Nazarene University teams.
KPA men beat Wolfpacks 79-53 while KPA ladies whipped Panthers 76-37 to take a 2-0 sweep in the best of three-game series.
Nairobi City Thunder locked out University of Nairobi Terrorists 81-56 to also complete an easy 2-0 sweep.
Equity Bank Hawks locked out home team Eldonets 2-0 with a 95-60 and an 87-49 triumph in the two games respectively.
In Game One matches, United States International University (USIU) beat Strathmore University Swords 65-44 while Zetech University Sparks destroyed Storms 77-26 in another game.
