Malezi Performs At Buruburu Basketball Open

Malezi School beat all opposition to reach the finals of the Nairobi Secondary Schools Sports Association's (NSSA) Buruburu Open 2012. Once again, they showed that they will fight to reach the final four in this year's provincial games, when they pipped former national champions, Aquinas, 42-29 and tournaments favourites Upperhill A 25 - 14, on their way to meeting their nemesis, the UNICEF-sponsored and well-heeled Upperhill B, where they lost 31-39 in a close encounter. Says Lino Manyuel for the team, "We have almost nothing, but we showed that basketball is the game that makes all equal, if you believe in yourself, you can make a difference". Zack Okong'o won the MVP Award.

TOURNAMENT – RESULTS FOR MALEZI

TEAMS

1.     Upper Hill `A’

2.     Upper Hill `B’

3.     Aquinas High

4.     Pumwani

5.     Moi Forces Academy

6.     Hospital Hill

7.     Malezi

8.     St. Teresa’s

9.     Friend Of Basketball(FOB)- CLUB

       POOL A                           POOL B

1.     Upper Hill`A’                1. Pumwani

2.     Malezi                          2. Moi Forces Academy

3.     F O B                           3. Upper Hill`B’

4.     St. Teresa’s                 4. Aquinas

5.     Hospital Hill

FORMAT: Two pools

                              .Top two proceed to the semis

                        .Winners of semis plays in the finals

RESULTS: Preliminaries

Game1.           Malezi             vs         Hospital Hill

                        1^st Half 19       -             04

                        2^nd Half 11      –         02

                        Final score      30 – 06

Game 2.          St. Teresa’s   vs           Malezi

                        1^st Half 10       -          16

                        2^nd Half 08      –         12

                        Final score      18 – 28

Game 3.          Upper Hill `A’ vs         Malezi

                        1^st Half 07       -          18

                        2^nd Half 07      –         17

                        Final score      14 – 25

Game 4.          Malezi             vs                     FOB

                        1^st Half 16       -          19

                        2^nd Half 11      –         4

                        Final score      27 – 23

Game 5.          SEMI FINALS

                              Malezi             vs                     Aquinas

                          1^st Half 09     _         07

                        2^nd Half 13      –         12

                            3^rd Qtr-10    _          06

                        Final score      42 – 29

Game 6.          FINALS

                              Malezi             vs         UpperHill`B’

                        1^ST Qtr – 06                 09

                        2^nd Qtr- 07                   07

                        3^rd Qtr-09                    14

                        4^th Qtr-09                    09

                          Final score 31 – 39 

Awards: winner and Runner up, given trophies.

Prepared by

Joseph AMOKO

COACH BASKETBALL.