Betway Power made a strong impression at the UCU Open reaching the final of the basketball season’s curtain raiser tournament held in Mukono over the weekend.
The performance left coach Arnold “Mchuda Lando “confident his new look side is on the right track ahead of the new league season expected to start this weekend in Kansanga.
“Everyone is trying to fit in, bring the best out of themselves,” Mchuda said about the team’s preparations before adding.
“We have been trying to encourage new kind of structured play in terms of execution offensively.”
“Defensively, playing as a team. Those things that were lost, transitional play, the intensity of the game.”
“How to manage it, game tempo all those things which I think most of the time we did not do well last season,”
he added.
The new-look side showed plenty of resolve overcoming a 10-point deficit in the quarterfinal before defeating UPDF 69-62.
They then endured three overtime periods in the semifinal before outlasting City Oilers 75-70 and reach the final which they lost 53-40 to hosts UCU Canons.
“The good thing is that the new players are players who want to learn something and be part of a structure which works.”
“I think that is one of the things that kept pushing us in the quarterfinals, semi-finals until we reached the final.”
“There are some who have not yet picked up as fast as we wanted about four players but we will win games,” added Lando.
The other positive from the tournament was the performance of Salim Kisily who top scored at the tournament with 73 points with Lando revealing negotiations to finalise his transfer from Ndejje underway.
Reigning women league champions JKL Lady Dolphins who strengthened the team with Brenda Ekone from Nkumba and Zainah Lokwameri saw the pair help secure a 48-39 victory over UCU Lady Canons in the final.
Individual Awards
Top scorers
Zainah Lokwameri (JKL) – 46 points
Salim Kisily (Power) – 73 points
Most Valuable Players
Brenda Ekone (JKL Lady Dolphins)
David Kongor Deng (UCU Canons)
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