Basketball: Alice Gombwer, ABU Knights shine on Match Day 1 of NBBF TotalEnergies Division 2 Savannah Conference finals
By Maxwell Kumoye
Alice Gombwer Basketball Club of Kaduna started the NBBF TotalEnergies Division 2 Savannah Conference finals on a winning note on Friday in Abuja.
They defeated Numan Super Flames of Adamawa by 64 to 43 points in the first game of the Savannah Conference finals.
Alice took the first quarter 21-11 but dropped the second quarter 12-15. The second quarter defeat was the tonic Alice Gombwer needed to quench the Flames 19-8 in third quarter and rap up the final quarter 12-9.
In the second game on Friday, the second team from Kaduna State, ABU Knights of Zaria secured a 12 points margin victory over Village Buzzers.
ABU started the encounter slowly, dropping the first quarter 13-20 but went ahead to pick the next three quarters 26-15, 20-16 and 21-17 to leave the final score at 80-68 in their qfavour.
Today, Village Buzzers will be back on the court again to face Adamawa Lions in the second game of Match Day 2.
The confrontation between Alice Gombwer and Solid Heats of Nasarawa starts Match Day 2 action in the Savannah Conference finals.
The top two teams at the end of the round robbin league, qualifier for the semi final.
The winners of the semi finals meet in the final to determine who gets the ticket to the NBBF TotalEnergies Division 1 League.
