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Profile Crowned New Mwanza Basketball League Champions - Jun 4, 2016
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Profile is new Mwanza basketball champions following their brilliant show in the just ended regional basketball league. The champions claimed this year's title after beating defending champions Bugando Planet 88-39 in a one-sided final at Bank of Tanzania (BoT) court over the weekend. Profile started the game with cracking pace and dominated the first quarter with voluminous 18-3 lead. The first quarter was dominated by Profile duo, Shaaban Bobo and Fredrick Luyenze who netted most of the points converted in the period. The second quarter saw Profile maintain the lead and this time it was Bashir Ashrafu who replaced Peter Jangu on brilliant form. His impact helped Planet to extend the lead to 29-7 at the end of the second quarter. Bugando planet introduced Benson Nyasebwa to replace Hekima Ngido in the third quarter, who, however, couldn't change the course as it was Profile who still dominated. They went ahead to claim a 40- 13 lead at the end of the third quarter. In the final quarter Profile defended resolutely while attacking their opponents at every opportunity. The winners introduced Basalile Mponjoli for Shaban Ally and Tumsifu Kilongo for Peter Jung, a move that apparently worked out. When the final whistle blew, Profile raced to the throne with 88-39 victory. Profile's Shabaan Ally led the score-sheet with 30 points followed by his team mate Lugina Laban who netted 21 points. Bugando Planet's top scorer was Amon Semberya, who bagged in 10 points Profile also produced the league's best player in Shabaan Bobo. The champions received a golden cup, medals and certificate of participation, while the runners-up got a silver cup, medals and a certificate too. The league involved nine teams from the region. They were Bugando Planet, Profile, Pasiansi Dolphins, Butimba Spiders, Mwanza Eagles, Warriors, Heat, St Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) and Bugando CUHAS. Courtesy of: dailynews.co.tz
Ten Teams Set for Arusha Basketball Tournament - 3 months ago
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AFTER dally-dallying with the proposed event for over three weeks, Arusha Regional Basketball League will start showdown here from next Saturday drawing ten teams. An official from the Arusha Regional Basketball Association (ARBA), Bariki Kilimba said the league was initially meant to start last month, but was pushed forward to enable the organizers find appropriate venues for the event [read more]
AFTER dally-dallying with the proposed event for over three weeks, Arusha Regional Basketball League will start showdown here from next Saturday drawing ten teams. An official from the Arusha Regional Basketball Association (ARBA), Bariki Kilimba said the league was initially meant to start last month, but was pushed forward to enable the organizers find appropriate venues for the event. Teams that have so far confirmed their participation including settling their fees are, Scorpion, Kings, Hooperz, Palloti, Hoo, Makumira, MS-TCDC, Spiders, Police Moran and Baptist-Kijenge. "All the Basketball courts that were being used in the past seem to be out of bound and these include the Soweto court of Kaloleni, whose management, the Arusha International Conference Center (AICC) failed to respond to our request to use them for the event," Kilimba pointed out. According to the official, the other Basketball venue was the Palloti court in the Unga-Limited Ward which is said to be occupied at the moment. At the end the organizers fell back onto the Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium which is owned by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the party eventually granted them permission to use it. But the Sheikh Amri Abeid venue, which also features several arenas, including football pitch, netball grounds, tennis and basketball courts, need some repairs, especially the field markings and therefore the ARBA officials had to raise nearly 600,000/- for the preparations and arrangements. The league will be played on weekly basis, games taking place on weekends only (Saturdays and Sundays) and therefore it may take three months until July before the basketball events are completed. ARBA is still yearning for an open space for the association to construct official basketball courts; "We already have sponsors ready to fund the project but we are crippled with lack of land for the intended arena," said Kilimba. Due to lack of venue, this year's round Kilimanjaro Open Basketball Cup scheduled for Arusha next September will be moved to Moshi while also the East African Cities' Basketball tournament which was also to be staged here may be shifted elsewhere. Courtesy of: dailynews.co.tz
Junior NBA League Begins On Saturday - 5 months ago
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THE eagerly awaited Junior NBA League kicks off this Saturday at the multisport Jakaya M. Kikwete (JMK) Youth Park in Dar es Salaam. This was confirmed yesterday by NBA Director to the 'Daily News' Bahati Mgunda, saying all the initial preparations for the event are being finalised smoothly. He said President of the Tanzania Basketball Federation (TBF) Phares Magesa is expected to grace the opening ceremony [read more]
THE eagerly awaited Junior NBA League kicks off this Saturday at the multisport Jakaya M. Kikwete (JMK) Youth Park in Dar es Salaam. This was confirmed yesterday by NBA Director to the 'Daily News' Bahati Mgunda, saying all the initial preparations for the event are being finalised smoothly. He said President of the Tanzania Basketball Federation (TBF) Phares Magesa is expected to grace the opening ceremony. "We are happy that the league is commencing this Saturday and it will be the 2018 season opening of the Junior NBA League hence people should expect great things and we request them to come at the Park in their big numbers to enjoy the tournament," Mgunda said. He added that the Junior League will keep on complementing efforts being made by the TBF in uplifting the sport from the grassroots level, where he said real talent of basketball is found. "To say the truth, we cannot say about the development of basketball without investing heavily in Junior Leagues and we need support from partners across the nation to promote the growth of this sport together," he said. According to him, a total of 60 teams (30 Boys and 30 Girls teams) comprising of 900 youth players are expected to compete in the league with two opening games on the day involving Agakhan against Lord Baden Powel in boys category, while in girls package, Juhudi will take on St Augustine. Courtesy of: dailynews.co.tz
Yokohama B-Corsairs (B1 League) agreed terms with 30-year old Tanzanian center Hasheem Thabeet (218-120kg-87, college: Connecticut). The #2 overall 2009 NBA pick who just attended NBA camp with the Milwaukee Bucks signs to play overseas for the first time in his career. The last time he played at Grand Rapids Drive (NBA D-League) where he averaged 8.6ppg, 6.2rpg, 2.4bpg in 49 games. In 2009 Thabeet was drafted by Memphis Grizzlies (NBA) as #2 pick overall. He attended University of Connec... [read more]
Yokohama B-Corsairs (B1 League) agreed terms with 30-year old Tanzanian center Hasheem Thabeet (218-120kg-87, college: Connecticut). The #2 overall 2009 NBA pick who just attended NBA camp with the Milwaukee Bucks signs to play overseas for the first time in his career.
The last time he played at Grand Rapids Drive (NBA D-League) where he averaged 8.6ppg, 6.2rpg, 2.4bpg in 49 games. In 2009 Thabeet was drafted by Memphis Grizzlies (NBA) as #2 pick overall. He attended University of Connecticut and it will be his ninth season in pro basketball.
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