The Namuwongo Blazers registered their 10th consecutive victory after holding off a relentless Rezlife Saints to win 79-60 on Wednesday 30th at Abja Park.

At halftime, the Namuwongo Blazers led the game 43-27 and everyone thought it was going to be another easy ride to victory.

However, tables turned around in the third quarter.

The Rezlife Saints outscored Namuwongo 23-14 to make it a 7-point game.

The Blazers were limited to just 13  field goal attempts while Rezlife scored 9 of their 17 attempts.

On back-to-back possessions to start the fourth quarter, Namuwongo made turnovers and were punished with 6 unanswered points.

The Rezlife Saints trailed by only a point, with the momentum in their favor but Namuwongo took over the remainder of the game.

Rezlife scored just 1 field goal and 4 points in the final 9 minutes of the game as Namuwongo scored 22 points with 8 of 15 field goal attempts scored.

Match Stats

Nam Blazers

James Okello 14 pts, 5 reb

Innocent Ochera 12 pts

Moses Mugisha 17 pts, 7 reb

Rezlife Saints

Takpiny Apugi 10 pts, 11 reb

Francis Kasinde 16 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast

Elvis Ssentongo 12 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl

Othieno Micheal 11 pts

The Rezlife Saints played in their final game of the first round and finished with a 5-6 record.

We shall be waiting for any possible new additions to the squad come the second round.

The Namuwongo Blazers are a moving train and that seems impossible to stop.

They have won all their 10 games and will play their final first round game on Friday 2nd at Lugogo against UCU.