Strathmore University side The Blades staged a successful revenge against Kenya Basketball Premier League champions Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) with a win.
KPA had beaten Blades in the first semi-final matches match play off on Saturday but the former who had lost 64-54 recovered to tie the best-of-five-series semi-final 1-1 after winning Game Two 69-56 on Sunday.
In other semifinal play-off, Thunder stretched their lead over Ulinzi Warriors in the second semi-final to 2-0 after winning Game Two 70-57 on Sunday night. Sadat Gaya’s charges had beaten the Soldiers 80-70 in Game One on Saturday. They now need to win Game Three next weekend to proceed to the final.
In women’s category, Strathmore University’s Swords qualified for the play-offs semi-finals after they eliminated stubborn Zetech University 2-1 in the quarter-final.
Strathmore defeated Zetech University 53-47 in the decisive Game Three to advance to the semi-final on a 2-1 basis of the best-of-three series quarter-finals. After having won Game One 52-50, Zetech recovered to win Game Two 52-45 on Saturday to lock the series 1-1.
Sunday’s make-or-break Game Three was to break the tie and determine who joins champions Kenya Ports Authority, Equity Bank and Storms in the last four.
Daily Nation