The young Pharaoh of Egypt has emerged as the champion of the FIBA Africa Championship for U16 Men at the weekend in Maputo, Mozambique with an 84-82 points hard earned victory over Mali.
Egypt who defeated Nigeria by 74-71 points in the semi-final last Friday engaged the Malian strength for strength from the beginning of the pulsating game till the buzzer to pick the continents sole ticket to the 2010 FIBA World Championship for U17 Men slated for Germany.
Nigeria whose good run in the championship was truncated by Egypt in the semi-final settled for the bronze medal after seeing off Algeria in the third place game by 65-56 points.
The Nigerian young lad will return to the country Monday night aboard South Africa airways.
President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Tijjani Umar applauded the boys effort at the Africa Cadet Championship, promising that the federation will do everything to continue to encourage the development of the game at the grassroots.
The NBBF boss says the boys have shown that Nigeria is blessed with abundant of talents that can represent the country well at any competition.
He praised the team handlers led by Adamu Kuta of Niger Potters basketball club of Minna for doing the country proud as five players of the team who were pick for random MRI test age fortification passed the test.
The five players include, Michael Ikima, Christopher Ogekpa, Naama Namsap, Mofe Edukugho and Daniel Garga were tested alongside other players from other countries by a team of anti-MRI officials of the continental ruling body, FIBA Africa in Mozambique.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
DSTV Basketball League: Pillars win away from home
Savannah conference leader and reigning champion of the Nigeria league, Kano Pillars basketball club at the weekend defeated Kadda Stars basketball club of Kaduna by 90-62 points.
The game which took place at the sports hall of the Kaduna State Sports Council at the Murtala Square in Kaduna was dubbed the star game of the Savannah conference of the DSTV Basketball League going by both sides Pre-game rating.
The Coach Sani Ahmed Pillars who are determined to lead the Savannah conference to the final eight play-offs took their host to the cleaner in a game many had expected the Stars who recently returned to the Nigeria big league after many years in limbo.
And in the Atlantic conference, Delta Force basketball club of Asaba compounded the woes of Dodan Warriors basketball club of Lagos with a 62-56 points win.
With these lose the hope of the rampaging Warriors of landing a play-offs berth now hang in the balance as it has one regular season game left against Union Bank basketball club on Wednesday, while conference leader, Lagos Islanders basketball club almost paid for being complacence against the Police Bombers at the sports hall of the national stadium, Lagos as it manage to win the encounter by 86-80 points in over-time.
The Coach Ogoh Odaudu tutored Islanders side had underrated their opponent who took the advantage of the lackadaisical Islanders side stretching the game into over-time after both sides ended scores at 73 points apiece after 40 minutes before the Islanders could break away in the five minutes over-time to win at 86-80 points.
The game which took place at the sports hall of the Kaduna State Sports Council at the Murtala Square in Kaduna was dubbed the star game of the Savannah conference of the DSTV Basketball League going by both sides Pre-game rating.
The Coach Sani Ahmed Pillars who are determined to lead the Savannah conference to the final eight play-offs took their host to the cleaner in a game many had expected the Stars who recently returned to the Nigeria big league after many years in limbo.
And in the Atlantic conference, Delta Force basketball club of Asaba compounded the woes of Dodan Warriors basketball club of Lagos with a 62-56 points win.
With these lose the hope of the rampaging Warriors of landing a play-offs berth now hang in the balance as it has one regular season game left against Union Bank basketball club on Wednesday, while conference leader, Lagos Islanders basketball club almost paid for being complacence against the Police Bombers at the sports hall of the national stadium, Lagos as it manage to win the encounter by 86-80 points in over-time.
The Coach Ogoh Odaudu tutored Islanders side had underrated their opponent who took the advantage of the lackadaisical Islanders side stretching the game into over-time after both sides ended scores at 73 points apiece after 40 minutes before the Islanders could break away in the five minutes over-time to win at 86-80 points.
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