A1 CHALLENGE BOUNCE BACK WITH A RESOUNDING GONG... BEATING MAKERERE CUBS 84:13


The saying goes' "A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride." If there was anything A1 Challenge have learn't with time is that when you are beaten, dust yourself and get back up again.

After last weeks loss to UCU Lady Canons which ended 61:48, one thing run in the mind of the players, and that thing was made clear today. Team work, offensive precision and hussle till the final whistle.

Game kicked off at 11:00am, with Team A1 Challenge clad in their unusual yellow jersey, and Makerere Cubs in their white outfit.

A1 Challenge run riot in the first quarter with their captain Ntale Vickie on point in every offensive execution attempt. By the first quarter the points were 17:0 in favor of A1 Challenge.

The second quarter had Team A1 Challenge pick up from where they had left off in the first quarter to push their score to 42:1.

Makerere Cubs duck was broken by their small guard Rashidah in the free throw area to the applause of their sympathizers, scoring one of her two free throws.

Nalubega Maggie had a decent game offensively sinking 5 three pointers and had an over-all 21 points to her name. With the flow of the ball evenly shared among team A1 Challenge players, swinging the ball to the arc area that constantly stretched the Cubs defense of Gloria, Hana Kalanguka and Christine, to find a free shooter who constantly punished them for the loose defense.

The leadership of their guard Kyomugisha Gloria has to be highlighted who constantly controlled the tempo of the game with the number two Birungi Mariam helping her in possession distribution and threading the defense to offense transitions from which Okot Barbra, Ntale Vickie and Liz Bazira constantly pounced on.

The full court press eventually totally chocked the Makerere Cubs free flow, if they had a free flow any way. Rashidah constantly was left with no options in as far as having an outlet for the ball is concerned which constantly frustrated Aggie their big man who was left isolated for most of the game because the defense was closed on the top making the feeding of their big man real difficult.

By the fourth quarter Nakazibwe Sylivia was brought in so that Gloria Kyomugisha could rest.

Fredrikah got fouled out more for the concern of Coach Jeff Omondi.

Eventually, the game was called to an end with the score board reading 84:13.

Point to note is that most of the Cubs points where scored from the free throw area whereby they were forced to drive in and pick those fouls which if they had taken advantage of, the score could have probably been a little more respectable.


Players that featured:

Bazira Liz
Ntale Vickie
Fredrikah M
Okot Barbra
Birungi Mariam
Nakazibwe Sylivia
Meg Maggie
Kyomugisha Gloria


A few of the A1 Challenge players that did not feature were seen on the bench like Lokidi Angella, Dorcus Bagiire.


Scoring Rate:

Ntale Vickie - 28 points
Meg Maggie - 21 points
Bazira Liz - 15 points
Birungi M. - 07 points

Job well done. On to the next. Together we can do much much more.
Nice weekend ladies