The duo of First Deepwater basketball club forward, Ijeoma Uchendu and combo guard, Nkechi Akashili provided five-star performance Wednesday to stop Dolphins basketball club determination of getting a pound of flesh in a tension soaked game of the second phase of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, (NBBF) organized Zenith Bank Women Premier League.
The Dolphins team coached by its owner, Wale Aboderin entered the game with great determination and zeal to stop First Deepwater match toward picking another continental ticket winning the first quarter by 15-08 points but the spirited display of Akashili and Uchendu with support from Atosu Upe and other First Deepwater players played themselves back into reckoning in the second quarter which they won by 21-15 points but still trailed Dolphins by one points of 30-29 going into the break.
With defeat steering them in the face First Deepwater players roared back to live in the third quarter with a 20-14 points win to go into the last quarter with a 49-44 points advantage, though Dolphins win the last quarter by 18-17 points but it was too late to save them from defeat as First Deepwater ran away with a 66-62 points win to keep her title hope alive.
Uchendu led the floor with a double double effort of 19 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assist; Akashili contributed 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals while Memuna Fuludu added 10 points.
Earlier in the day First Bank basketball club defeated AHIP basketball club of Kano by 87-36 points; Sunshine Angels of Akure had the better of Plateau Rocks basketball club by 74-52 points while Delta Force handed down a 68-59 points defeat to Nigeria Immigration basketball club of Kano in the closing day of the second phase of the league.
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