It was a great morning here in Uganda as She Cranes stopped Scotland 57-37 in a Group B match at the on-going Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.
However, the bad News is the She Cranes did not advance to the semifinals since New Zealand who also finished with six points got a better goal difference.
Uganda’s Crested Cranes finished with a 39 goals advantage, while New Zealand who lost their last match 54-45 to England on Wednesday have a 57 goal advantage.
In this morning’s game, Skipper Peace Proscovia scored 32 goals from 34 attempts, while Rachael Nanyonga had 28 goals. Scotland's Lynsey Gallagher scored 19 goals.
Meanwhile, Australia and Jamaica (Group A) together with England and New Zealand (B) have qualified for the semifinals. This means the Crested Cranes are now expected to face South Africa in a 5th-6th classification game on Thursday.
In the group stage the She Cranes lost Crested lost the opening game 64-51 to New Zealand before recovering to stop Malawi 54-52. They later lost 55-49 to England before they humbled Wales 76-40 on Tuesday and followed it up with a 57-37 victory against Scotland.
Later in the day Uganda's Regan Simbwa will be all out to try and enter the medal bracket when he faces Sammy Lee (Wales) in the quarter final of the 81kg weight category. Josephine Lalam will also compete in the women's javelin final.
