This week marks the return of the Kenya National Basketball League, with Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) teams hosting Equity Bank teams in Mombasa.
The resumption includes five premier league games, with another eight matches slated for the lower division, totaling 13 games across Nairobi and Mombasa.
Joseph Amoko, the competitions secretary of the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF), provided details, mentioning that activities in Nairobi would unfold at the United States International University (USIU) courts.
In one of the premier league clashes, the KPA men, currently in seventh position with 13 points from seven matches, aim to climb the standings by defeating arch-rivals USIU Tigers, who are third with 15 points from nine matches. Meanwhile, fourth-placed Africa Nazarene University (ANU) “Wolfpacks” with 14 points will face Absa, positioned ninth with six losses.
The women’s matchups feature an exciting encounter between the unbeaten KPA and Zetech University Sparks against Equity Bank Hawks and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Lynx, respectively.
KPA’s women’s team sits in eighth place with 10 points from five games, while Sparks, last year’s runners-up, are third with 12 points after six games played. At the bottom of the table, Kenyatta University Oryx welcomes TH3 Swish from Nakuru, who are seventh with 11 points from three wins and five losses.
As the league resumes after the Christmas and New Year break, Nairobi City Thunder and Storms lead the standings in the men’s league with 22 and 16 points from 11 and 10 matches, respectively, heading into the second leg.
