Uganda telecom invitational inter University games 2007 begin
The second edition of the uganda telecom invitational inter University games began with pomp on Friday 7th September 2007 at the Kyambogo University grounds.
The opening games were played between the host University and Makerere University Business School (MUBS). MUBS started strongly by recording victories in football and volleyball to edge Kyambogo University who only managed wins in basketball in Pool B.
The games kicked off at a high note with the Kyambogo ladies basketball team whitewashing MUBS by 54 baskets to 14. Kyambogo's splendid performance was inspired by Nalika Emily who made the most passes as well as the most rebounds making her the best player of the day as voted for by the officials.
In Men’s basketball, MUBS took an early lead in the first quarter (16-6) but later crumbled in the last two quarters to surrender their lead going on to loose the match to Kyambogo 46 - 39 after the home crowd rallied continuous support to tire the away team. Man of the match Atuhairwe Richard made the crucial points to see off MUBS.
In the other games played MUBS made no mistake by outplaying Kyambogo in football, having a goal disallowed in the first 15 minutes, but went on to take the lead through Oryek Allan in the 37th minute. Lutwama Moses who manned MUBS defence played a game of his life to deny Kyambogo strikers any chance to bother the MUBS keeper which earned him man of the match especially in the dying minutes of the second half.
MUBS then wrapped up the day with a 2-1 set victory in both the ladies and men volleyball. The home side could not match up the MUBS teams after good attacking and spike displays by Nalinya Farida of MUBS who scored the most points (10) and work horse Nicholas Ndyeyongera who collected 12 points and all earned man of the match for the MUBS volleyball team
After the opening games, the crowd was rewarded for their unrelenting support and their enthusiasm with musical performances from the Dream girls, Qute Kaye and Peter Miles with Menshan.
