ZENITH WOMEN BASKETBALL LEAGUE: AHIP Queens Magical Run Continues In Ilorin As First Deepwater, Delta Force Cruise On Day 3

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2013 champions, First Deepwater basketball club of Lagos continued their quest to make the trip to the 2015 Zenith Bank Female Basketball Final 8 in Lagos as they grabbed their 3rd win from 3 games on Thursday  against  the Nigerian Immigrations basketball team by 65-39 points.



The Deepwater girls were lead by captain Blessing Emmanuel  who scored 18 points with 5 assists and 5 steal to help give the former champions an 100% record in Ilorin. Second year player, Saidat Ali also added 10 points to join her captain as the only Deepwater player to score double digits and put them in a relatively safe position in the battle for the Final 8.

 

The  Adolescent Health and Information Project (AHIP) Queens of Kano gave a brave performance against the tough fighting Benue Princess to join the likes of First Bank, First Deepwater, IGP Queens, Delta Force and the Nigerian Customs team with a perfect 3-0, Win - Loss record at the 2nd Phase of the Zenith Bank Female Basketball League holding at the Ilorin Township Stadium.




The AHIP Queens who managed just  4 wins in the first Phase in Abuja, held on for a 2 points victory after a 2nd half fight back from the Benue Princess to win by 48-46 points.



Coach Wilson Idanwekhai of AHIP Queens believes his girls can play better than what they are giving so far and his target is Lagos.



" I know my girls, if they are ready to play the will surprise everybody. I am not totally satisfied with the officiating but I thank God we've gotten 3 wins sof ar. I hope with the 4 games we got in Abuja and our winning streak continues we will make the trip to Lagos".



Other results decided today include Sunshine Angels adding to the woes of Plateau Rocks who are still searching for their first win in Ilorin 27-25, while Oluyole Babes won their first game against weeping girls of Group A Taraba Hurricanes 37-27. There were also wins  for Delta Force 59-27 points over Nasarawa Amazons while Customs and FCT Angels  as they secured  victory over GT2000 of Kaduna and Zamfara Babes 77-21 and 45-20 respectively.



Tomorrow's Fixtures (Friday)

Taraba Hurticanes vs Immigration

GT2000 vs FCT Angels

Dolphins vs Zamfara Babes

Coalcity Queens vs Nasarawa Amazons

Oluyole Babes v AHIP Queens

Customs vs Delta Force

First Bank Vs Benue Princess

Sunshine Angels v First Deepwater

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