Betway Power will attempt to end their early season wobble when they play old rivals Warriors in the National Basketball League at YMCA this evening.
The five-time champions are bruised after going down 62-59 in their previous game against JKL Dolphins in a result that left them with a 1-2 start to the season.
They had earlier recovered from a 69-66 opening season defeat to City Oilers to defeat KIU Titans 71-60.
But they will not be short of motivation particularly Syrus Kiviiri who will be up against his former employers.
The guard revealed one of the reasons he joined from Warriors was to give him a better shot at another title having last won a championship in his first stint at Warriors in 2012.
In that period, Power have thrice been losing finalists while Warriors have not reached the finals since.
“Betway Power is a great team. They’ve been to the final more times than my former team and I just wanted a new challenge,” noted Kiviiri in a pre-season interview.
Kiviiri is averaging 19 points from three games but like the defeat to JKL Dolphins showed, coaches Boniface Okello and Arnold Lando must improve the team's offence that struggled against JKL.
“We know Power is a running team. All we communicated especially to our small men to really cut down on their runs so that they always came and played us on a set defence,” JKL Dolphins coach Sam Obol noted.
Warriors on the other hand have since assembled a competitive roster with Buzangu returning and dispatched KIU Titans 73-62 on Wednesday for a 3-0 start.
Deng Maker led with a game high 17 points, Buzangu added 12 and Jonathan Kambala contributed 10 for Ronnie Mutebis’s charges who used a 20-6 first quarter start to set them on the road to victory.
JKL lead the standings after opening the season with a 4-0 record.
National Basketball League results
KCCA Men 84-92 UCU Canons
KIU Titans 62-73 Warriors
Friday at YMCA
Betway Power vs Warriors 8.00pm
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