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UCU Canons will start the 2026 FUBA National Basketball League season without centre Joel Kayiira, who signed with ten-time champions City Oilers. He leaves UCU as one of the most consistent local big men of the past three seasons.
The victory marked a triumphant homecoming for UCU, which has now hosted the AUUS Games a record four times.
Both UCU Canons and Lady Canons receiving fierce rivalry and attacking threat from the two sides of Victoria University, there was minimized point margin compared to other teams they played before the final.
UCU 58-73 NamuwongoBy Michael Ainomugisha. UCU Canons are on the brink of playoff elimination after…
UCU threatened a comeback, twice tying the game in the third quarter, but their momentum faded as the Blazers’ depth proved decisive.
UCU Canons advanced to the National Basketball League semi-finals with a dominant 64-38 victory over Kampala Rockets in Game Three of the quarter-finals on Sunday, 14 September, at the Jaguars’ Den in Kira.
By Michael Ainomugisha UCU Canons 79 – 52 Kampala Rockets The UCU Canons roared back…
The Uganda Christian University (UCU) Canons will look to keep their National Basketball League playoff hopes alive when they take on Kampala Rockets in Game Two of their best-of-three quarterfinal series on Wednesday night.
Uganda Christian University (UCU) Canons suffered a narrow 50-49 defeat to Kampala Rockets in Game One of the National Basketball League quarter-finals at the Jaguars’ Den in Kira on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
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