Despite the departure of Leanne Nalunkuma who had highly pitched the Lady Canon’s performance, the ladies have started off the second leg on an amazing note.
 They silenced their archrivals KIU and Cubs with 83-75 and 89-20 during the second round of the Federation of Uganda Basketball Association. The games were played at the YMCA, Wandegeya in Kampala on September 10 and 18 respectively.

The well endowed Purity Adhiambo, Lorraine Akinyi and Angela Namirimu pulled astounding stands to close up the threatening edge by KIU.
The KIU Titans had proved an uphill task during the first leg to lose the game with a slim margin of one point. The story was different this time round after a breathtaking 12-point smack by the defending champions.
The game was one-sided during the first three quarters as the KIU maintained the lead before the Canons recovered from a 12 point lead leveling the game at 5:50 minutes to full time play.
 “We stepped up on our defense in the last quarter and that helped us to recover and eventually win the game,” said Canons captain Angela Namirimu.
   
In other news:

team captain Steven Omony of Miracle Eagles earned his team victory against the Canons after he picked a foul to convert both shots, bringing the score to 78-77.
 This was during the first game of second leg of the Federation of Uganda Basketball Association league at the YMCA in Wandegeya, Kampala, on September 9.
 Tension revved as the clock indicated 14 seconds to the end of the game while the score board read 77-76, in favour of the Canons.
The foul flags of both teams were up and Miracle had the possession. Miracle’s Omony took a drive to the hoop before Naftari Msogoti  could snatch the ball from his wobbling hands.
The umpire John Mapesa ruled it a foul, sparkling controversy. Omony then sunk both baskets to give his team the one-point win of 78-77.
 “We stole the game from them and they played better than us,” Norman Blick of Miracle Eagles said about the game.
The inflamed crowd threw a barrage of insults terming the ruling as unprofessional and an inhibitor to the growth of basketball in Uganda.
 “That to me was a jump ball, not a technical foul,” said Sam Lukaire, former Canon who now plays for the JV team.
 Mapesa, however, explained that Omony was in motion and still holding the ball when Naftari came into physical contact with him, touching his arm and that made it a foul.
He said the fans were entitled to their opinion but him as an umpire had the mandate to run the game on a level ground.
 “It was a just call and the majority will agree with me on that,” he said about the rulling.