….As Mark D Ball Basketball Championship group C dunks off in Abuja
By Joan Nnenna Iwuchukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – The Mark D Ball Championship group C have started in earnest. Head of media, Kingsley Aigbonoga told journalists that games start on Sunday and end on Saturday with four games per day.
“We are using the same format as we did with Group A wherein games will run from Sunday to Saturday with four games per day. At the end, five teams will qualify into the next phase of the championship”, Aigbonoga stated.
The President of Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF and initiator of Mark D Ball Basketball Championship, Igoche Mark is elated that the league is taking a good shape with good competitions among teams and has promised more programs aside Mark D Ball Championship to improve the lot of the players in the domestic league.
“Aside the Mark D Ball Championship, our players in the domestic league are going to see and play in many more games. Very shortly, we are going to roll out our loaded programmes. The young talents are playing their game, and that’s what they need to improve. It’s going to be all about basketball development at the grassroots.
“We are exploring avenues of getting the players involved in more and regular games, and this to ensure the improvement of the players in the domestic scene”, Igoche Mark said.
In one of the matches played, the Civil Defenders fought a grim battle before edging hard fighting Plateau Peaks 67-65. Though the Civil Defenders took the lead in the first and second quarters, but slacked in the third as the Plateau Peaks players shot up 50-42.
In a dramatic turn, the determined Civil Defenders that was trailing five points behind in the last minute of the fourth quarter, got the winning two points to narrowly escape defeat.
Group C has FCT Hardrockers, Niger Potters, Plateau Peaks, CAMAC, Civil Defenders, Nigeria Customs, Kwara Falcons and Suleja Bulldogs.
