First Deepwater basketball club continue her impressive run in the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) organized Zenith Bank Women Premier League with an 86-33 points whitewashing of FCT Angels basketball club of Abuja in the second phase of the league.
The Oil and Gas ladies who is leading other teams in the race for the 2009/ 2010 league title went into the game as the clear favourite to pick the game against the Abuja ladies thus confirming pre-game prediction.
Speaking shortly after the game First Deepwater captain, Julie Onyelugo says nothing will stand between the team and its title ambition in the ongoing season.
The soft spoken small forward told our correspondent that the team will approach all their games with the same seriousness as no team is a pushover in the league.
Gone are the days when the league title is ascribed to a particular team before the first jump-ball but all that has changed as all team now compete on equal level and strength.
Our aim is to reward our management and fans with the league diadem this year and that we are committed to achieving, concluded Onyelugo.
In the other games played earlier in the day, Adolescent Health and Information Project (AHIP) basketball club of Kano defeated her city rival Nigeria Immigration basketball club by 75-43 points, defending champion, First Bank basketball club of Lagos had the better of Dolphin basketball club also of Lagos by 64-45 points.
The Dolphin side who missed the first phase battle in Kano in March this year held the banker in the first two quarters with the bankers taking a one point advantage of 23-22 points going into the third quarter.
The lose further compound the Wale Aboderin girls hope of making appreciable impact in the league now look slim.
Home girls Delta Force basketball club of Asaba defeated Plateau Rocks basketball club of Jos by 67-37 points to maintain its fourth position from the first phase while the game between Sunshine Angels basketball club of Akure walked-over Nigeria Customs Service basketball club, the border girls are yet to make it to Asaba venue of the second phase.
Action continue Tuesday with five games on the bill; Plateau Rocks will take to the floor against Nigeria Customs Service basketball club of Lagos at 09H00; Nigeria Immigration will have its hands full when its battle First Bank basketball club at 11H00; FCT Angels and Dolphin will entertain Asaba fans at 13H00; AHIP basketball of Kano and Sunshine Angels basketball club of Akure will enter the court in a battle royal at 15H00 while Delta Force of Asaba and First Deepwater basketball club of Lagos are to do battle in what look like the STAR MATCH OF THE DAY
Day-1 Results:
Nigeria Immigration 43-75 AHIP
Dolphin 45-64 First Bank
Plateau Rocks 37-67 Delta Force
First Deepwater 86-33 FCT Angels
Sunshine Angels 20-0 Nigeria Customs (W/O)
Day-2 Games:
Plateau Rocks Vs Nigeria Customs 09H00
Nigeria Immigration Vs First Bank 11H00
FCT Angels Vs Dolphin 13H00
AHIP Vs Sunshine Angels 15H00
Delta Force Vs First Deepwater 17H00
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