Game Twos of the 2025 FUBA Division One delivered a lot of drama but it is 2 teams who have advanced to the semi-finals.
The UPDF Tomahawks completely destroyed the Tropical Royals with an 85-34 victory to make it 2-0 and advance to the semi-finals.
The Tomahawks were in high gear as they made sure that the Royals did not score more than 10 points in any given quarter.
As the fourth quarter approached, UPDF led the game 45-26 but they were still hungry for more. They scored 39 points in the fourth quarter to close an easy quarter-final series.
Joel Muwonge finished with a game high 34 points, 27 of them coming in the last 5 minutes of the game.
The Nkumba Marines also qualified for the finals after their narrow 52-50 victory in game 2.
In the first half, they trailed 28-23 but fed off second chances. They registered 16 offensive rebounds and scored 13 second-chance points.
In the fourth quarter, Nkumba scored 3 huge 3-point shots and despite efforts from Malvin Midaki and Marier Nyong to help the Knight riders, they proved not to be enough.
Arop Mahol was causing all sorts of problems for the Knight Riders more so in the first half and he finished with 14 points, 15 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
William Dombai was very active when it came to picking rebounds and he finished with 24 rebounds plus 8 points.
Marier Nyong led the Knight Riders in scoring with 19 points.
The most dramatic game was the one between the Miracle Eagles and Ihoops.
Miracle Eagles won the game 61-60 but Ihoops had the opportunity to win but never utilized it.
With less than 10 seconds to go, Miracle led by one point and had the possession. After the inbound, there appeared to be a foul on Mariel but the referees never called it.
Consequently, he lost the possession and Anthony Gbiatiko went for the dunk. Unfortunately, he was fouled and sent to the free throw line.
He missed all the 2 free throws and Miracle went on to win the game to level the series.
Edward Ngobi scored 4 3-point shots and led Miracle in scoring with 16 points. Bior Mariel registered 12 rebounds, 9 points and a staggering 8 blocks.
Erjok Agot finished with 11 rebounds, 9 points and 5 assists.
Edward Komakech scored a game-high 18 points, 8 rebounds while Anthony Gbiatiko had a double-double, 12 points and 11 rebounds.
UMU Flames won game one 68-57 against Diamonds in the Sun but they never had it easy.
Diamonds led the game 36-32 at the halftime break and they seemed to be a very big threat.
However, the separation happened in the third quarter.
UMU limited Diamonds to just 7 points in the entire third quarter and went on to take the lead, 49-43.
In the fourth, they utilized good game management and managed to see out the victory.
Gatwech Kong was the top performer in this game as he registered a huge double double, 24 points and 13 rebounds and 5 assists.
MVP candidate Joshua Duallo finished with 14 points and 8 rebounds while Torach Brian had 13 points.
Brian Opio and Jethro Okubal each scored 14 points for Diamonds.
UPDF Tomahawks await the winner between Miracle Eagles and Ihoops.
The Nkumba Marines will take on the winner between UMU Flames and Diamonds in the Sun.
UMU and Diamonds will face off for game three on Wednesday 22nd at YMCA.






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