{"id":428337,"date":"2011-05-23T03:32:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T03:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/23\/uganda-falcons-fall-to-kiu\/"},"modified":"2011-05-23T03:32:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T03:32:42","slug":"uganda-falcons-fall-to-kiu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/uganda-falcons-fall-to-kiu\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Falcons Fall to Kiu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"37.7968795146\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo<\/p>\n<p>22 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>On a wrenched shooting night, KIU Titans got their MTN-Fuba league season rolling with a deserved 63-60 victory over Falcons on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The record champions never recovered from an insipid start that found them 10 points behind (10-21) by the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Warriors forward Joshua Etalu left so much wreckage in his way scoring a game-high 16 points and 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Even with this, it was defence that lifted KIU as they restricted Falcons to fruitless outside shooting, managing only four of 26 from downtown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Etalu got support from guards Abraham Juma (12) and Collins Onyango (13) whereas Falcons&#8217; night was embedded in star forward Richard Osano Omondi.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly struggling with a wrist injury sustained last week, he made 19 attempts from the field and three from the free throw line for his laboured 14 points and picked seven boards. Coming off a loss against UCU Canons, KIU coach Nimrod Kaboha dished no favours in holding on when Falcons took two of the final three periods 13-11, 21-14 and 16-17 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Magic Stormers beat Makerere Sparks 65-61 in a thrilling women&#8217;s game. Rukia Meme led the onslaught with 20 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s highlight, Ndejje University Angels face a UCU side desperate to brush off the 87-67 mauling by Kyambogo Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>KCC ladies exchange pleasantries with Nabisunsa in the earlier game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results &#8211; Fuba League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M: Falcons 60-63 KIU<\/p>\n<p>W: Sparks 61-65 Stormers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today at YMCA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M: Ndejje v UCU (7.30pm)<\/p>\n<p>W: KCC v Nabisunsa (5.30pm)<\/p>\n<p><em>Division Two<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vegetarian v UCU JV (3.30pm)<\/p>\n<p>Diamonds v Gulu (9.30am)<\/p>\n<p><em>Division Three<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stone v Shooters (1.30pm)<\/p>\n<p>Crane v City Oil (11.30am)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105230093.html\" title=\"Uganda: Falcons Fall to Kiu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda: Falcons Fall to Kiu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo 22 May 2011 On a wrenched shooting night, KIU Titans got their MTN-Fuba league season rolling with a deserved 63-60 victory over Falcons on Friday. The record champions never recovered from an insipid start that found them 10 points behind (10-21) by the end of the first quarter. Ex-Warriors forward Joshua Etalu left so much wreckage in his way scoring a game-high 16 points and 12 rebounds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-428337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uganda: Falcons Fall to Kiu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/23\/uganda-falcons-fall-to-kiu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Uganda: Falcons Fall to Kiu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo 22 May 2011 On a wrenched shooting night, KIU Titans got their MTN-Fuba league season rolling with a deserved 63-60 victory over Falcons on Friday. 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