Sunshine Angels, FirstBank victorious as Mark D Ball tourney gathers momentum

Sunshine Angels on Saturday recorded the first win at the ongoing Mark D Ball Women’s Basketball Championship at the Indoor Sports Hall of Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. It was 23 -13 in favour of the Sunshine Angels at the end of the third quarter. Action in the well attended tournament continued yesterday with Ogun Pearls, […]

Sunshine Angels on Saturday recorded the first win at the ongoing Mark D Ball Women’s Basketball Championship at the Indoor Sports Hall of Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

It was 23 -13 in favour of the Sunshine Angels at the end of the third quarter.

Action in the well attended tournament continued yesterday with Ogun Pearls, Kida Angels and FCT Angels recording victories in their matches.

In the second match, Ogun Pearls defeated Nasarawa Amazons 38-20, Kida Angels topped City Sparks 48-30 in game Three while FCT Angels edged out T-Hurricanes 36-17 in the Fourth Game.

While First Bank Ladies defeated Delta Force 25-22 in Game Five, Nigeria Customs were 31-17 winners over Plateau Rocks in Game Six.

Speaking during the opening ceremony, the organiser of the championship, Igoche Mark, said this is just one of the many interventions to revive domestic basketball in Nigeria.

He assured lovers of Basketball in Nigeria that plans were being perfected to have the tournament played constantly across the country, in a format replicating the NBA regular season games.

Mark said that the New Face of Basketball is a project focused on reviving the domestic component of the slam and dunk game.

The NBBF presidential aspirant also lamented how the league and grassroots aspects of Basketball in Nigeria were deflated for a very long time and unable to bounce, and asked all stakeholders to rally around him as one united family to sustain the momentum.