Zenith Bank Female Basketball League: IGP Queens, Oluyole Babes Win Big

IGP Queens Rebound To Victory Courtesy Zakari’s 36 points…After suffering a narrow defeat paramilitary rivals Customs, last night.

The Inspector General of Police Queens powered by Sadiat Zakari’s career high 36 points 4 assists and 4 rebounds took out the Coalcity Queens 87-26 in the 1st game of Day 3 of the Zenith Bank Female Basketball League holding at the National Stadium Abuja.

The Police girls dominated from the jumpball winning the first quarter 25-11, and an impressive defensive display in the 2nd quarter from the Police girls held Coalcity to just 3 points, ensuring they went to the break with a 40-14 points lead.

The girls from Enugu managed just 12 points in the 2nd half of the game as the IGP Queens bagged their 2nd win in 3 games this season.
Head coach of IGP Queens, Abraham Ogaba said It was a relief to get the win having narrowly lost their game to Customs last night.

“ We knew we could not afford to lose again today, we had to make sure we got the win and that is we did.”

IGP Queens face GT200 of Kaduna in their next game while Coalcity Queens seek their first win of the season as they lock horns with Delta Force on Tuesday .

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Oluyole Babes Bag 2nd Win….

Once upon a time strugglers in the Zenith Bank Female Basketball League Oluyole Babes got their 2nd win on the bounce after defeating Taraba Hurricanes 47-22. The Stephen Ogunleye tutored girls managed to coast to victory courtesy 18 points from Bose Amoo and Tobi Ogedengbe adding 10 points and 8 rebounds in the one sided encounter.

Coach Ogunleye stated that his team is setting it’s sights on the finishing in the top 3 in their group in the 1st Phase, ensuring they put themselves in a good position to qualify for the Final 8. He said:

” As the name Oluyole implies, we are female warriors and we want to make our mark in this phase and put ourselves in good position for the 2nd phase”.

Up next for the Oluyole Babes is the Plateau Peaks while the Hurricanes will have a tough task of succumbing First Bank basketball to their first defeat of the season.