The
Nigeria Women's U-16 side at the ongoing FIBA Africa Under sixteen Championship in Antananarivo, Madagascar will battle their Tunisian
counterparts in the Quarter finals on Friday.
The Tigress Cubs who were the first team to secure their passage into
the knockout stage by topping their group with 3 straight wins will be
refreshed before going against Tunisian who managed just one win their four
group matches.
Coach
Adeka Daudu will be hoping that leading scorers Onome Akinbode-James,
Chinelo Ibeh, alongside point guard and Captain Ruth Omotayo Udueyin
carry over their excellent form from the preliminaries into the crucial
stages of the competition.
In
the other Quarter Final games billed for Friday, Triple defending
champions and leaders in Group B, Mali will play 4th in Group A Morocco
while Egypt face off with Mozambique and host Madagascar battle Angola
in the battle of 2nd and 3rd in both groups for a place in the last 4
on Saturday.
Meanwhile,in the elite Basketball League in Nigeria,the
Lagos Islanders who were top dogs of the Atlantic conference during the
regular season continued their dominance in the Playoffs, as they raced
to a perfect 3 wins from 3 at the in the ongoing Conference 6 Playoffs
holding at the Indoor sports hall of the National Stadium in Lagos. The
Islanders pipped Lagos rivals Union Bank 70-53 on Wednesday in their 3rd
game of the series having defeated Dodan Warriors 53-51 courtesy an
Hillary Aigbokhaionde last gap 3 pointer and a 60-54 victory against
Customs.
Similarly,
2nd placed Dodan Warriors showed the spark that kept them as fans
favorites during the regular season as they recovered from Tuesday's
loss to the Islanders in their win over struggling Kwara Falcons who are
seeking for their 1st win in the playoffs courtesy a 68-62 points,
having already defeated Oluyole Warriors 75-51 in their opening fixture.
Rejuvenated Union Bank who share the same wins and losses with their
Lagos rivals, Dodan Warriors won their first 2 games before falling to
the Islanders on wednesday 53- 70.
The
Nigerian Customs side also got a big boost to make the Top 4 as they
came from behind to run home winners over Oluyole Warriors 58-61 to earn
their first win of the playoffs.The Ibadan Boys have managed just one
win so far in the playoffs while Kwara Falcons will hope to save what is
left of their Final 8 aspirations as tangle with Customs in a must win
encounter on Friday, having lost all their 3 games so far at the
Atlantic Conference, Conference 6 Playoffs, after Thursday, which is
reserved as a rest day.
The concluding fixtures for the battle for the best 4 in the Conference for the National Final 8is as follows:
Friday
Union Bank vs Dodan Warrior
Kwara Falcons vs Customs
Lagos Islanders vs Oluyole Warriors
The first game of the day between Union Bank and Dodan Warriors is schedule to begin at three o'clock in the afternoon
For Saturday it is :
Kwara Falcons vs Lagos Islanders
Dodan Warriors vs Customs
Union Bank vs Oluyole Warriors
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