When Ndejje University Angels were edged by StarTimes Falcons 59-54
at the Lugogo Indoor Stadium, fell Charging Rhinos 53-51 and Tiger Head
Power 82-74 at YMCA as well as losing to UCU 68-58, assistant coach,
Chris Kyambadde said the team was not “weak in the game they were
playing but weak in holding on to leads.”
The inability to hold on to leads earned Ndejje four of the six first
round losses. Head coach, Walker Obedi associated it to lack of mental
toughness.
“I think we lacked mental toughness in the losses” he told Kawowo
Sports. “I think the guys have fought for the team and the university.
We did not expect to be 5-6 but you win some and lose some” Obedi said.
Obedi says they have not lowered their bar after defending the Zuku
University Basketball League. He says Ndejje and set to dominate the
national university games and as well as completing the normal season in
the five places.
“We still have high expectations as a team and that’s finishing in
the top five teams in the regular season. We want to come back in the
second round hard and better than the first”
Ndejje will start their second round on Sunday against Diamonds – a
side they scored their second century of the season as and will a good
stepping stone as the second half of the season starts.
“We will still come out strong every game because we want to better
our record come the second round. We just want to work as a team again.”
“We want to play in the semifinals of this league this year and then pick up from there” Obedi boldly stated.
10 July 2015
UGANDA : We want to play in the Playoffs semi -finals says Ndejje’s Coach, Walker Obed
© Kawowo Sports / AISHA NAKATO
Ndejje Angels' Brian Ssentongo shooting from the line in the game against Our Saviour
This
Friday night at YMCA – Wandegeya, The NBL returns in Round II with
table leaders KIU Titans being challenged by the StarTimes Falcons. The
Titans boast of a 10-1 record, beating every other team in the NBL round
I except for that Overtime loss to defending champion City Oilers. The
Titans basketball was utterly changed for the better since the loss to
Oilers. They seem to have found a balance within all the quality they
have this season.
Falcons on the other side have 7-4
record coming into this game. Falcons had an amazing run at the start of
the season but somewhere towards the end the first round faced some
upsets. But such is the game of basketball and we all know that teams
tend to toughen up tending towards the post season and for everything
its worth, Falcons boast of the richest basketball history in Uganda.
Tonight, Falcons come in less favored
for the W against a side that has developed such a tremendous synergy.
If you’ll allow me to twist the very meaning of the word synergy to
define KIU, the fusion of some of the best players has produced a
combined effect greater than the sum of all their separate effects. To
best illustrate this, I will consider the Round I finale which
incidentally was between these two sides about a fortnight ago. KIU won
the game 76:62 but that night, the surprise performer for the Titans was
point guard Diego Angemi who scored the team and game high 18 points.
Diego had averaged 3.5 pts from the three games before that. You could
see Norman Blick (14 pts), Henry Malinga (10 pts) , Omanye Chris (9 pts)
, Kasekende Francis (7 pts) among others all pitching in, getting at
the end of the shots after selfless ball movement.
Falcons have had Stephen Omony (18 pts
from round I game against KIU) and Ariel Okall (14 pts) consistently
showing up and the other players not showing any consistence. We are yet
to see the Falcons really commit to each other on the floor to produce
some team basketball. Steve and Okall cannot continually carry the load –
or maybe the Falcons’ human resources dictate! But if that’s the case,
they put themselves at an unfair disadvantage. Tonight, Falcons need
Kizito Ceasar, Mukwaba Jonah, Mbusi Derrick and Peter Elungat to step up
and be the difference.
Game: KIU Titans Vs StarTimes Falcons | 10th July 2015 | 8:00 PM | YMCA Wandegeya.
- See more at: http://basketball256.com/2013/can-falcons-challenge-the-kiu-synergy/#sthash.ejO4Lrq5.dpuf
This
Friday night at YMCA – Wandegeya, The NBL returns in Round II with
table leaders KIU Titans being challenged by the StarTimes Falcons. The
Titans boast of a 10-1 record, beating every other team in the NBL round
I except for that Overtime loss to defending champion City Oilers. The
Titans basketball was utterly changed for the better since the loss to
Oilers. They seem to have found a balance within all the quality they
have this season.
Falcons on the other side have 7-4
record coming into this game. Falcons had an amazing run at the start of
the season but somewhere towards the end the first round faced some
upsets. But such is the game of basketball and we all know that teams
tend to toughen up tending towards the post season and for everything
its worth, Falcons boast of the richest basketball history in Uganda.
Tonight, Falcons come in less favored
for the W against a side that has developed such a tremendous synergy.
If you’ll allow me to twist the very meaning of the word synergy to
define KIU, the fusion of some of the best players has produced a
combined effect greater than the sum of all their separate effects. To
best illustrate this, I will consider the Round I finale which
incidentally was between these two sides about a fortnight ago. KIU won
the game 76:62 but that night, the surprise performer for the Titans was
point guard Diego Angemi who scored the team and game high 18 points.
Diego had averaged 3.5 pts from the three games before that. You could
see Norman Blick (14 pts), Henry Malinga (10 pts) , Omanye Chris (9 pts)
, Kasekende Francis (7 pts) among others all pitching in, getting at
the end of the shots after selfless ball movement.
Falcons have had Stephen Omony (18 pts
from round I game against KIU) and Ariel Okall (14 pts) consistently
showing up and the other players not showing any consistence. We are yet
to see the Falcons really commit to each other on the floor to produce
some team basketball. Steve and Okall cannot continually carry the load –
or maybe the Falcons’ human resources dictate! But if that’s the case,
they put themselves at an unfair disadvantage. Tonight, Falcons need
Kizito Ceasar, Mukwaba Jonah, Mbusi Derrick and Peter Elungat to step up
and be the difference.
Game: KIU Titans Vs StarTimes Falcons | 10th July 2015 | 8:00 PM | YMCA Wandegeya.
- See more at: http://basketball256.com/2013/can-falcons-challenge-the-kiu-synergy/#sthash.ejO4Lrq5.dpuf# posted by afrbk : 08:55
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