JKL Lady Dolphins closed the first round with a 79-47 victory over Nabisunsa on Sunday 18th at Abja Park.

The lady Dolphins came into this game on the back of a 75-67 defeat to the KCCA Leopards the day before and needed to make a response.

Nabisunsa was on the back of a 22-point loss against 6-man KIU Rangers and they did not have the services of their star player Abigail Mpoza.

JKL limited Nabisunsa to only 7 points in the first quarter and they managed to take an early 12-point lead.

Nabisunsa improved massively in the second quarter and scored 16 points while the Lady Dolphins scored 21, 7 coming from the free throw line.

Auma Joy scored 10 points for Nabisunsa in the third quarter including 2 3-pointers but it was Tamsaha Nsubuga who tortured her former side with 9 points mostly through transition.

It was an impossible task for Nabisunsa to make a comeback in the fourth quarter and lost the game 79-47.

Match Stats

JKL Lady Dolphins

Tamasha Nsubuga 23 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl

Hope Akello 20 pts, 16 reb, 5 ast, 5 stl

Evelyn Nakiyingi 16 pts, 4 ast, 2 reb, 2 stl

Nabisunsa

Auma Joy 24 pts, 7 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl

Martha Yikiru 17 pts, 10 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl

The JKL Lady Dolphins have closed the first round with a 7-3 record and are in 3th place.

Nabisunsa closed the first round with a 2-8 record and are in 10th place