JKL Lady Dolphins And JT Lady Jaguars Renew New Found Rivalry

A new found battle between the JKL Lady Dolphins and JT LAdy Jaguars will be taking the stage first with the two sides who know each other well beyond team level going head to head with the best defensive team taking on the highest scoring team. 

Women's division one champions (JT) and NBL runners up (JKL) tip off a blockbuster night with a game that most of the basketball world look at as one to match up to watch out for in the later stages of the play offs with both teams tipped by pundits to make it to the final stages of the competition this year.

The JT Lady Jaguars who recently gained promotion to the NBL have taken the league by storm, leading the table in the first round and winning nine out of the available 11 games falling just to Magic Stormers and KIU Rangers. The Lady Jaguars also boast the best defensive team in the league conceding the lowest in the league (530 points). 

The Lady Jaguars won their first ever meeting with the Lady Dolphins in a heated contest played at YMCA ending 53-52 in favor of the Jaguars. A second meeting tonight sets up a perfect spark for future events in the season. They have scored the highest points of the first round racking up 858 points averaging 78 poiunts per game.

The Lady Dolphins are known for their resillience in this league and the more experienced team of the two. They will seek to get revenge and move top of the log with a win in tonights game after sitting second on the league table for the entire part of the NBL first round..

Ekone Brenda who is the second highest scorer in the league averaging 19.6 points per game takes on the scoring weight of the team while the Lady Jaguars will seek for the all round figure in Sarah Ageno who is the second most efficient player in the league with 191 EFF. Hope Akello and Zainah Lokwameri are other players to watch out for in this game with Zainah topping the assist log averaging 4.7 assists per game.

This is a crunch tie that tips off the night at 7pm with more action to follow suit. Grab your tickets via Stanbic Bank's Flexipay services at a dsicounted 8,000 uganda shillings or pay at 10,000 uganda shillings at the gate. The game will be played at the Lugogo indoor arena and also broadcasted live on NBS Sport.