A1 CHALLENGE 44:42 MAKERERE SPARKS
A1 Challenge narrowly grounded a victory against Makerere Sparks in a game which saw them play unconvincingly as was the case against the Cubs a week ago.
The game saw Wiltshere Dorothy Kabasiima face her former team mates and if that is not an emotional return then i do not know what is.
Sparks started with a bang with all their players approach the game with urgency and hunger and aggressiveness. Dorothy, Hellen, Bridget Kalanguka all working well to make it hard for the A1 Challenge offense to co ordinate as a unit.
And they indeed led for quite a while till about the third quarter when Khisa Mary and Olivia Mulwana led the team to a come back from the dead so to speak.
With the Sparks beginning the game in high gear, the A1 Challenge ladies need the gritty defense of Barbra and the command of Mulwana Olivia who led the comeback "from-the-dead" if i may say.
Olivia with a couple of 3 pointer shots that helped narrow the Sparks lead. The rest was left for the new signings to finish off and give a clear cut reason as to why they were bought by the A1 Challenge Club.
By the end of the fourth quarter, it was too tight to call and clearly you could see how tense the players looked.
They say big moments call for "big players" and it showed when Coach Nyambogo Hamza substituted Lillian, Fredrikah and kept Carol and Barbra towards the end to tighten the grip defensively.
As Kyomugisha Gloria was later brought on to emphasize urgency in the mentality of the players that they wanted nothing short of a win, which they eventually grabbed in the end.
There's a great sigh of relief after the final whistle was blown.
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