NBBF/Zenith Bank women’s basketball League: Customs, Air Warriors, Plateau Rocks through to final 8
Air Warriors Basketball Club of Abuja have sealed their place in the final 8 of the NBBF Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League scheduled to hold in Lagos State next month.
Warriors secured their place in the final with a comfortable 60-44 points win over Plateau Rocks on Thursday on Match Day 4 of the Savannah Conference play-off at the Lafia City Hall, Shedam Road, Lafia, Nasarawa state capital.
In the other game played on Thursday, Nigeria Customs were too strong for Nasarawa Amazons despite the home crowd drumming up support for them. Customs took Amazons apart 88-61 to register a 27 points margin victory.
The biggest game of the Savannah Conference play-off between Nigeria Customs and Plateau Rocks that is also through to the final 8 comes up today on the last day of action in Lafia.
Nigeria Army and Nasarawa Amazons meet in the other game of Match Day 5. Both teams need a win to garantee their place in the grand finale of the NBBF Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League.
Already, Nigeria Customs and Air Warriors both of Abuja alongside Plateau Rocks have qualified for the final scheduled to hold in Lagos.
After the conclusion of the Savannah Conference play-offs today in Lafia, attention shifts to Asaba, Delta State for the massive show down in the Atlantic Conference play-off between the 2nd and 8th of October.
Here are all the results so far in the NBBF Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League Savannah Conference play-offs holding at the Lafia City Hall, Shedam Road, Lafia, Nasarawa State.
MATCH DAY 1
Air warriors 61
Nigerian army 39
Nasarawa Amazons 59
Plateau Rocks 61
MATCH DAY 2
Plateau Rocks 49
Nigeria Army 39
Air Warriors 49
Nigeria Customs 54
MATCH DAY 3
Nigeria Army 36
Nigeria Customs 76
Air Warriors 75
Nasarawa Amazons 55
MATCH DAY 4
Nigeria Customs 88
Nassarawa Amazons 61
Air Warriors 60
Plateau Rocks 44
MATCH DAY 5
Nigeria Customs
Plateau Rocks
Nasarawa Amazons
Nigeria Army
Kada Angels of Kaduna State failed to turn up for the last phase of the Savannah Conference play-off.
