Back to back league runners up, Dolphins basketball club of Lagos set the indoor sports hall of the Ilorin Township stadium alight on Friday by setting a new Zenith Bank Female Basketball league record of 127 points, in their 127-33 win over Zamfara Babes.
The FIBA Africa Zone 3 champions were powered by point guard Amaka Nwakamma who set a record for points made in a game, this season with 42points, shooting over 50% from the field and 60% from the freethrow line. Dimunitive guard Tokunbo Olaosebikan and Juliet Currency both combined for 38 points in the commanding performance over the Zamfara Babes.
Amaka Nwakamma after the victory said the victory was bold statement from Dolphins to Zamfara and other teams .
“ I heard the Zamfara Babes made some unguarded comments about us after we met in Abuja, so we decided to show them how ruthless we can be”.
“This is also a statement to all other teams that we are ready to win the championship this year”.
Concerning her record breaking scoring feat, Amaka said it is a product of team work.
“My performance was impressive but I want to thank my team mates for creating the room for me to express myself offensively”.
Dolphins continue to sit top of the Group B with 22 points and a perfect 11 wins from 11 games from the first phase in Abuja.
…Taraba Hurricane Pull off Immigration Upset.
Taraba Hurricane’s search for a first win of the season ended on Day 4 of the Zenith bank Women basketball League as they upset out of form old power house Immigration 52-46.
Jane Alabi and Sarah Stanley combined for 22 points for the Hurricanes as they held on from a spirited fight back from the immigration Ladies who fought back from a 12 point deficit to tie 44-44 in the final quarter, only to eventually capitulate in the final minutes of the game.
Coach Ahmedu Abba of Taraba said his girls fought for the win .
“ We lost to immigration by 1 point in Abuja, so we vowed we will beat them today and that’s we managed to do. We hope to get a couple more wins under our belt for the end of the league”.
In other results of the day FCT Queens came from behind to get their 2nd win in Ilorin with a 44-37 points win over GT2000 of Kaduna, while Nasarawa Amazon beat Coal City Queen 31-18. And AHIP Queens bagged their 4th win in the 2nd phase with a 53-45 points win over the Oluyole Babes.
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