Union Bank, Comets Square-up at last
The question as to who between reigning Nigeria champion, Comets basketball club and Union Bank basketball club is the true champion of club basketball in Nigeria will be laid to rest today when both side take to the court at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Yaba.
Today encounter bring to four that the two side will be meeting since the transformation of defunct Gboko Heat into Union Bank in 2003 and the last game of the regular season of the Lagos City League with Comets having the upper hand having defeated the Star-studded banker on all three occasion they have met in the 2003 Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF organized national premier league which makes the game more interesting as Union Bank will be seeking a pound of flesh from the Ayo Bakare tutored side who have suddenly rediscover its winning formula after surrendering its former leadership status to arch rival, Islanders for four solid years. What makes this afternoon encounter a must watch for basketball fans is the fact that both side are the two team standing – which translate that both side are yet to drop a game after ten games played so far with the Stallion boys edging past Islanders Monday 51-48 points in a game that stretched the Emmanuel Okolo tutored side to the limit while Comets last Sunday defeated NAF Rockets 76-50 points at the NAF Base gymnasium. Other matches billed for today, at the NAF Base, Estate Whales will square up against Sea Rovers; Islanders will try the Warriors Academy for size in order to guaranty its place in the final-4 playoffs billed for next month; Egbeda Raiders will have its hand full when it take on Dodan Warriors and the NAF Rockets will battle Eko Fliers at the Rowe Park where the big match-up between Comets and Union Bank holds Melphis the only team that is yet to record a win so far will engage Customs while Dolphins will take on Baby Seals in the only female game of the day. Latest Results: Rockets 61, Raiders 41 Warriors Academy 54, Sea Rovers 35 Comets 76, Rockets 50 Customs 45, Islanders 35 Fliers 59, raiders 23 Dodan Warriors 52, Whales 46 Elephant Girls 53, Baby Seals 28 - female Customs 27, Amazons 20 – female Dolphins 35, Blue Angels 28 - female Customs 60, Sea Rovers 24 Dodan Warriors 71, Warriors Academy 40 Union Bank 51, Islanders 48 0
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