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Butere, Dr Aggrey and Ng'iya shine in FEASSSA basketball games

Dr Aggrey's forward Deng Kuot (left) in action during their East Africa basketball boys' match against Seetah from Uganda in Kakamega on August 14, 2025. [Washington Onyango,Standard]

National girls’ basketball champions Butere Girls came from 33-25 down at halftime to thrash Gahini Girls from Rwanda 68-49 to kick off the East Africa Secondary School games campaign with a win at the Central Police, Kakamega Basketball Courts on Thursday.

The Western Region champions took the first quarter 17-11 but a big 22-8 response from the Rwandese saw Gahini stun the hosts at the breather.

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