Equity Banks players, from left, Esther Butali, Brenda Wangui, Hilda Ndegwa and Samba Mjomba. [Photo/Daily Nation]Equity Bank women basketball team lost 39-54 to Congolese side DC Motema Pembe in their 78th playoff match in Angola on Sunday.
It was a bad ending for the bankers who looked destined to finish seventh after they defeated the fancied Congolese side Vita Club in the final group game to make the semi-finals.
Motema outscored Equity in all quarters of the match.
Indefatigable captain Hilda Indasi led from the front scoring 11 points while Mercy Wanyama and Samba Mjomba managed nine and eight points respectively.