{"id":677,"date":"2019-05-14T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T12:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=677"},"modified":"2019-05-14T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T12:21:27","slug":"ug-wins-4th-consecutive-upac-basketball-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sport\/ug-wins-4th-consecutive-upac-basketball-championship","title":{"rendered":"UG wins 4th consecutive UPAC Basketball Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Takoradi Technical University (TTU) Men\u2019s Basketball Team has fallen short of winning the 2019 Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Basketball Championship.<\/p>\n<p>TTU lost 32-37 to University of Ghana (UG) in the final game of this year\u2019s edition held at UG\u2019s Central Court; the win is UG\u2019s fourth straight title.<\/p>\n<p>This was TTU\u2019s first appearance in the UPAC Final game after consistently featuring in the semifinals of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>TTU battled UG impressively after securing a 36-33 overtime win over Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).<\/p>\n<p>The Takoradi institution trailed 3-8 to UG in the first quarter and whittled the deficit to four (14-18) at the end of the second half.<\/p>\n<p>However, TTU had a very strong second half despite losing Captain and Shooting Guard Richard Donor to a head injury. Donor bumped heads with UG\u2019s Johnson Okoe.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Sagoe stepped in and got crucial buckets to give TTU a 24-21 third quarter lead but three point shots from Emmanuel Wolff and Treasure Botchwey got UG the game\u2019s win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takoradi Technical University (TTU) Men\u2019s Basketball Team has fallen short of winning the 2019 Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Basketball Championship. TTU lost 32-37 to University of Ghana (UG) in the final game of this year\u2019s edition held at UG\u2019s Central Court; the win is UG\u2019s fourth straight title. 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