KPA retain KBF women's Premier League title unbeaten
Basketball
By
Washington Onyango
| Jun 03, 2023
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) are the 2023 Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) women's Premier League champions.
The Dockers on Saturday afternoon came from behind to edge Zetech Sparks 68-43 in Game Three to complete a 3-0 sweep victory over the university students in the best-of-five playoff finals to retain the title they won last year.
KPA won Game One and Two 68-38 and 70-38 respectively in Nairobi and needed just a win at home to seal their title.
At Makande, the hosts started on the back foot after finding themselves trailing 16-8 at the end of the opening quarter.
An 11-6 improvement in the second quarter saw the Anthony Ojukwu outfit narrow the gap to within three points as Zetech Sparks led 22-19 at half time.
Sensing defeat, the Dockers came out more aggressively in the final quarter as they outplayed the visitors 19-9 to lead for the first time in the game 38-31 by the end of third quarter.
A monster 30-12 display in the final quarter saw KPA seal their title with a commanding 68-43 win in front of their fans who run onto the court with blue flags singing praise songs to their heroic players.
KPA wins the 2023 title unbeaten.