Edo recorded their 2nd victory on matchday 3 of the 4th edition of the Honorable Victor Ochei International Wheelchair basketball tournament taking place at the Indoor sports of the National Stadium, Lagos.
In the men’s category, Team Edo condemned their neighbours, Delta state to a 45 to 9 points loss to finish 2nd on 5 points and march on to the semi-finals of the tournament.
Host, Lagos inflicted a defeat on Imo State as the match ended 50points to 10 in favor of the team from the centre of excellence.
In group A, Kwara State beat Rivers State by 16 points to 14 points but that was not enough as both failed to advance to the knockout stages.
In other matches played in group A, Oyo State were merciless in dismantling Ogun State by 67 points to 2 with both teams still booking their ticket to the semi finals despite the result.
Ogun State crawled past Kwara State in a low scoring game to finish 2nd in group A of the women’s category while Rivers State finished bottom of the table with 3 point after losing to Oyo State.
In group B, Delta State defeated Imo State by 10point to 2. Lagos State set an unenviable record, losing all their 3 matches as they once again lost to Edo State. Semi final actions will resume tomorrow.
In the women’s semi finals, group B winner, Imo will clash with group A runners up, Oyo while Delta will face Ogun.
In the men’s semi finals pairing, Oyo will face Edo as invincible Lagos will hope to crush Ogun
The winner of the 2015 edition in the men category will cart home a sum of 1.5million naira, 2nd will pocket 1,000,000,while the 3rd placed team will go home with 750,000 thousand naira.
In the women category the winner will be given 500,000 naira, 2nd will settle for 300,000 and the 3rd prize will smile home with 200,000.
The competition is expected to end on Saturday, 17th of October, 2015
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