A1 CHALLENGE BASKETBALL TEAM: May 2015

Monday, May 25, 2015

A1 Challenge Grind A Hard Fought Win Against KIU Rangers [71:68]

After a false start, A1 Challenge played catch up from the first quarter to the last.
The first half was a no-show for the ladies from individual plays, to poor defensive discipline, to not sticking to the plays called by the coaching staff.

KIU Rangers Ms. Florence Nanyonga exploiting the leaking A1 Challenge defense and nailing a game high 26 points, closely helped offensively by Aisha Nakabubi with 12 points.

A1 Challenge picked themselves up and began closing in KIU Rangers, and by the end of the 4th Quarter 4, Amoding Maureen's pointer took A1 Challenge up by a point [68:69] and the full court press defense chocked the KIU Rangers in-bound play, Ms Obua Desire made the steal and sunk the basket. Final Score was [71:68]

Ms.Ondiso Vickie and Amoding Maureen were on 12 and 10 points, respectfully.

A1 Challenge Defeated By UCU Lady Canons 65:37 At UCU Home Court

A1 Challenge Defeated By UCU Lady Canons 65:37 At UCU Home Court

Match VII. (May.24, 2015) - The A1 Challenge Basketball Club faced a tricky tie in UCU Mukono as they were away in their first face off with the UCU Lady Canons. The A1 Challenge team was looking to bounce back from their loss to the defending champions a week ago. So this game was a perfect opportunity to make a statement against another top notch rival.

That withstanding, A1 Challenge lost the game 65-37 against an efficient UCU side on Sunday, moving them to 6-6 for the regular season as for A1 Challenge are 3-6.

Ms. Ondiso Vickie, led the A1 Challenge' offense with Momo Amoding managing 10 points against the Canons. Vilma, Lorraine Akinyi and Purity Adhiambo gave the defense a lot of work and thinking and adjusting to do.

A1 Challenge will play KIU Rangers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening in KIU Court, Kansanga. They narrowly won this similar fixture barely a month ago and this time around they will be hoping that Florence Nanyonga is taken care of seeing that her Game high 26 points almost left a sour taste in their mouth if it was not for Moryn's splash 3-pointer and Ms. Desire Obua's press which forced a turn over which she comfortably went on to lay up and the game was won in the last 20 seconds of the game [71-69].

Sunday, May 24, 2015

#SundayANBL_Action....A1 Challenge On The Road Against UCU Lady Canons

#GameDAY @A1ChallengeClub VS @UCULadyCanons #ANBL Today 4PM @UCU_BasketballCourt #ForTheLoveAndTheChallenge

KCCA Leopard Hand A1 Challenge Their Second League Defeat [67:56]

A1 Challenge Ladies Basketball Club succumb to their second defeat in the the season coming against the same opposition in Kampala Capital City Authority - KCCA [67:56]. Despite fighting and keeping the scores at arms distance, the final stretch was an up hill task. So many positives to pick out of this game, seeing Lady cardinals are the next opponents in a weeks time.

‪#‎TogetherWeCanDoMore‬ ‪#‎ForTheLoveAndTheChallenge‬

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The 121 Gun Salute. Rude Awakening....

When A1 Challenge came face to face with the newly Amazon Rhino team, it was an all out full court press. Offensive from the go. They succeeded in forcing a number of turnovers which they severely punished.

By half time, A1 Challenge had established a 30 point difference between them and their opponents on the day [58:28]
It was all systems go for the seond half of the game and by the end of the game, Amazon Rhino were left dejected with this baptism of fire handed over to them. Full time score was [121:44]

Score Sheet: Ntale Victoria; 22points, Kizza Elizabeth; 21 points, Maureen Amoding; 17 points, Birungi Joannah; 12 points, Nantongo Agnes and Olivia Mulwana both with 11 points respectively. Hatima Kassim was not going to miss the party with 10 points to her name.

Amazons Berocan Brendah was the only player with double figures to her name as the rest of the team will quickly be hoping to put this all behind them, and start picking up points seeing this is a back to back loss, having fallen to KCCA Leopards over the weekend [39;69]

A1 Challenge will use this as a confidence booster as they face KIU Rangers on Wednesday and a massive repeat of the season opener on Friday against defending champs in KCCA Leopards, with a point to prove this time around.

We will be hoping to welcome back Ms. Namukasa Betty and the latest signing fresh from winning the Zuku All Stars championship and MVP accolade competition, in Ms Winnie Anyango.

This is going to be a week of gauging how far the team has come, and i can guarantee you the camp working very hard to make this a season to remember.
Wednesday: A1 Challenge VS KIU Rangers @ YMCA Wandegeya 6:15pm