Nigeria foremost female basketball club and reigning Africa Women Club Championship champion, First Bank basketball club of Lagos Saturday at the Rowe Park Sports Center, Yaba justify its pre-championship rating when it posted a 67-35 points victory over Scorpion Sparks basketball club of Kano to maintain it unbeaten run in the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF/Zenith Bank national women championship.
The Adewumi Aderemi tutored ladies were in a class of their own as they take turn to teach the inexperience Kano based Scorpion who failed to sting even the least team in the championship.
Joining the Elephant Girls as the First Bank senior team have come to be known is Scott Nnaji coached Nigeria Customs basketball club who in spite of it 54-40 points lose to hard fighting Delta Force Friday came second on the over all table and third placed enterprising Dolphins basketball club.
Other final-6 qualifiers includes First Bank junior team, Blue Angels basketball club of Lagos, Immigration basketball club of Kano and surprised qualifier, Sunshine Angels basketball club of Akure who put up some remarkable results in the second phase of the championship.
The final-6 is schedule to jump-start on Sunday, September 18 through 22 at the Indoor Hall of the Abuja National Stadium while the six teams are to arrive a day before the starting date.
According the Angels of Akure coach, Andrew Isokpehi, we are going to record more surprising results when hostilities began in Abuja as all eyes will not be on us to create any upsets, but that is exactly what we are going to do, boasted the former Ebun Comets basketball club tactician.
Published: 2005-09-11 08:55:16
View article online: http://nigeriasports.com/2833
© Nigeriasports.com