{"id":16551,"date":"2020-10-10T18:31:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=16551"},"modified":"2020-10-10T18:31:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T18:31:36","slug":"abc-kurasini-heat-in-decisive-rba-league-play-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sport\/abc-kurasini-heat-in-decisive-rba-league-play-off","title":{"rendered":"ABC, KURASINI HEAT IN DECISIVE RBA LEAGUE PLAY-OFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: <i class=\"fa fa-user\"><\/i>ELKANA KUHENGA<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> THE race for the Regional Basketball League last two climaxes today Harbours Club court in Dar es Salaam after the last semifinal play-off between Kurasini Heat and ABC.<\/p>\n<p>The two clubs are forced to play their fifth play-off match after tying 2-2 in the four-match play off.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the fifth match will meet JKT who have already qualified after seeing off Oilers. JKT secured a place in the final after defeating Oilers 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>They recorded 59-46 win in the first game and went on to win 65-54 in the second. They landed to the final after beating their opponents 84-63 in their third game.<\/p>\n<p>During their successful campaign, JKT pointer Baraka Sadick who registered 27points, eight rebounds and five assists was the Most Valuable Player(MVP) in their first win.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Brown of JKT was the second player from the team to win MVP award after excelling in the second and third play-off games.<\/p>\n<p>Brown bagged 14 points, 18 rebounds, four assists and six blocks in the second encounter while in the third game, he carded 16 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday\u2019s game will surely be intense as the both teams have displayed a lot of quality in each game they played.<\/p>\n<p>In four games they have played, Kurasini Heat won two games by 76-68 and 75-72 with Mwalimu Heri displaying an outstanding performance in both of them.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game he fired 24 points and 5 rebounds; while in the second encounter he had 17 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and two blocks.<\/p>\n<p>ABC also won two games, they registered 72-65 win in the first game and won 86-78 in the second one. Moses Jackson and Philbert Mwaipungu were the two game stars when ABC won.<\/p>\n<p>Moses Jackson collected 19 points and 12 rebounds; Mwaipungu had 28 points with five points collected by three pointers, five rebounds and four assists.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the men\u2019s semis there is also women\u2019s league that has already named its finalists. The top teams are JKT Stars and DB Lioness.<\/p>\n<p>JKT Stars hammered Vijana Queens by three straight victories while the DB Lioness saw off Ukonga Queens with a 3-0 victory. Jesca Julius of JKT Stars emerged the MVP in all three semis play-off.<\/p>\n<p>She bagged 32 points, eight rebounds and two assists on their first victory 80-39;then went on to record 14 points and nine rebounds in 46-43 win before adding 26 points and three rebounds in 65-57 game.<\/p>\n<p>Taudencia Oluoch of Lioness won the MVP award twice in their first and second game while Jasmine Bablie was named the third match MVP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: ELKANA KUHENGA AfricaPress-Tanzania: THE race for the Regional Basketball League last two climaxes today Harbours Club court in Dar es Salaam after the last semifinal play-off between Kurasini Heat and ABC. The two clubs are forced to play their fifth play-off match after tying 2-2 in the four-match play off. 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