Champions Thunder stay put on top of table

Feliciano Perez (left) of Nairobi City Thunder dribbles past Peter Odhiambo of NBK Phoenix. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Reigning Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) Men’s Premier League champions Nairobi City Thunder maintained their unbeaten run to cement their place on top of standings.

Thunder, who are fresh from making their debut at the prestigious Basketball Africa League (BAL), showed class thrashing Africa Nazarene University (ANU) Wolfpacks 102-74 to make it 16 wins out of 16 matches.

Kenya Morans star Derrick Ogechi was on fire, scoring an impressive 32 points to anchor his side to victory. Ogechi was so good that he averaged a point per minute for the 32 minutes and 39 seconds he was on the court.

Dismas Mbaka and James Mwangi scored 17 points apiece for Thunder who are looking to extend their reign for a second year.

Kurtl Bovier and Fred Odendo led Wolfpacks with 16 and 15 points respectively.  Thunder top the table with 32 points and will be hoping to bag maximum points from their remaining six regular season matches.

Former champions Ulinzi Warriors, who garnered three points from a 68-70 loss to Thunder and 81-65 win against Eldonets, are second with 28 points from 17 matches.

Warriors have won 11 and lost six. Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), who earned maximum points from their three outings, now have 27 points.

The dockers have amassed their points from 15 matches having won 12 and three. They beat United States International University of Africa (USIU-A) Tigers, Equity Bank Dumas and University of Nairobi (UoN) Terror at Makande Hall, Mombasa.

Umoja Basketball Club lost their only weekend encounter to National Bank of Kenya (NBK) Phoenix.