Comets end Union Bank invisibly

It was cheering all the way as former Nigeria premier league champion, Ebun comets basketball club handed star-studded Union Bank basketball club its first defeat in the Lagos City league game played Sunday at the Sports Hall of the Lagos National Stadium watched by capacity crowd.

The match began with Comets parading only nine players as two of its players (Abel Baraya and Tengwa Gyang) are down with injuries against an eleven-man Union Bank who took control of the game in the first quarter which ended 14-04, Comets coached by former Nigeria senior national handler, Ayodele Bakare came back forcefully in the second quarter.

The Dennis Ebikoro inspired Comets team took the quarter 24-22 points but still trailing at the end of the first half by 36-28 points, Union Bank went full blast the resumption of the third quarter and were up by as much as 20 points and when fans thought it was all over for Bakare and his wards, that was when the die-hard Balogun-Ikeja based Comets players rose to the occasion to woo the fans back to their side with spirited offensive play which saw them winning the quarter 21-14 points.

Banking on the many mistakes of the bench of the banker Comets inflict further blow to the psyche of the Bode Thomas, Surulere based banker to pick the fourth and decisive quarter 22-17 for a cumulative scores of 71-67 points.

Beaming with smiles Comets coach, Bakare shake hands with his players with only one seconds reaming and walk majestically to the cheering of the Lagos fans who appreciated good basketball display of the Comets who is still third on the league table with 28 points from 16 matches.

Defending champion, Kennys’ Bullets basketball fortunes deep further as it suffered it fifth straight defeat in the hands of Chariot basketball club with a 57-50 points which has prompted the management to think of a way of addressing the poor run of this once vibrant team chaired by telecommunications guru, Damoye Oyesiku.

In the other game played on Sunday Dodan Warriors continue its warriors-like nature by demolishing Whales basketball club 71-52 points.

Action continues Tuesday with three games on the bill, in the first match of the day two youthful sides Sea Rovers and Warriors Academy will entertain the fans at 2.00pm local time, with Sea Rovers going into the match with a 55-53 points first leg advantage, Kadets and Whales will take their turn in the second game at 3.30pm local time in another game involving upcoming teams in the league.

The last match dubbed “Battle” will be between Dodan Warriors basketball club and Chariot basketball club, though the odds favours the Owoicho Alexander tutored Warriors as his presence on the his team bench will be a sort of psychological warfare for Chariot as he is often involve in the affairs of Chariot but the Chariot players says the game is a must win for them.

Results from last week:

Sea Rovers 32-25 Raptors

Police Bombers 60-32 Warriors Academy

Islanders 65-35 Kadets

Ebun Comets 46-32 Warriors Academy

Dodan Warriors 52-43 Sea Rovers

Union Bank 20-0 Kadets (W/O)

Chariot 53-41 Whales

Islanders 79-49 Raptors

Police Bombers 50-44 Kennys’ Bullets

Chariot 57-50 Kennys’ Bullets

Dodan Warriors 71-52 Whales

Ebun Comets 71-67 Union Bank

Tuesday Games:

Sea Rovers Vs Warriors Academy

Kadets Vs Whales

Dodan Warriors Vs Chariot