KENYA SEND UGANDA HOME: Women’s basketball team inches closer to Africa tourney

Betty Kananu (left) of KPA has all her ways blocked by Equity Bank players in a Kenya Basketball Federation ladies National Basketball League championship at the KPA Makande GYM, October 30, 2016. KPA won 65-45. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD.

When Kenya's Vilma Achieng sunk the last basket with only seconds left, one could not miss the frustration in their opponents Uganda as the clock ticked fast.

Time had come for the East Africans to bid goodbye to the ongoing Fiba Africa Zone V Basketball Championships in Cairo, Egypt. It was their second successive loss. They lost 85-56 to Egypt in their opening match on Sunday.