Lionesses upbeat ahead of Kigali show The Star Mercy Wanyama, formerly of Equity Bank under pressure from Yvonne Akinyi of KPA in a past match Image: /FILE
•With Uganda, Eritrea, Burundi and Ethiopia having pulled out, Kenya will have to go full throttle from their opening game.
•He said that Felmas Koranga, who was named the best rebounder in Kampala, will be given limited minutes in every quarter so that she doesn’t aggravate her injury.
Kenya Lionesses are in upbeat mood as the FIBA Africa women’s Zone 5 qualifiers tips off in Kigali, Rwanda today.
The team arrived safely and will go into the four-team tournament well aware that only the winners will book the sole ticket to the FIBA Afro-Basket show slated for Yaounde, Cameroon on September 17-26.
basketball Mercy Wanyama (L) of Equity Bank under pressure from Yvonne Akinyi of KPA in past event Image: file • Kenya were the second-best team in Africa in 1992, losing to Senegal in the FIBA AfroBasket finals in Dakar. The feat earned them a ticket to the World Championships in Australia in 1994.• In their last appearance in 2019, Kenya lost 55-39 to Mozambique, 64-51 to Angola and 64-57 to Cape Verde and missed out on the quarter-finals.