Basketball
Mark D Ball Tourney: Nigerian Custom Whitewash Osun Pearls 24-06
…As Firstbank, Delta force, Sunshine Angel, Plateau rock records victory
Joel Ajayi
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday whitewashed Osun Pearls 24-06 at the ongoing 2021 Women Category of Mark ‘D’ Ball tournament to win the encounter.
The match, played at the package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, saw Customs winning the whole four quarters while Osun Pearls had no answer to the prolific display of the Scott Nnaji led Nigeria Customs team.
Customs won the first quarter 03-02, 05-04 in the second quarter, and 14-06 in the third and did not allow the Osun team to record a point in the fourth quarter as the game ended 24-06.
In the other games played on Monday, First Bank Babes defeated Kada Angels of Kaduna 33 -30.
In other match played, Inspector General of Police (IGP) babes beat Taraba Hurricane Babes 6O -17.
In the second Hot coal Sizzlers of Abuja beat Novena Queens of Owerri 40-25.
It was 1 point that separated Sunshine Angel of Akure and MFM as sunshine won the encounter with 39-38.
Also, Plateau rock defeated Nasarawa Amazon 38-25
Speaking shortly after the game, the NCS sport secretary Samuel Onikeku revealed that the plans are ongoing to have a formidable team for both male and female.
He praised the team saying the girls played a good game.
According to him, we are using this match to look at our players, we are in the process of recruiting, and we are trying to get a formidable team and by this year when the league will start proper our team will be ready.
It will be recalled that the tournament kicked off on Saturday expected to end Jan.22.
The 2022 Mark D Ball Basketball Championship for women, enters Match Day 4, with 8 games going down on Tuesday.
Basketball
Fresh Ideas, Science Needed to Revitalise Basketball —ABA
Cyril Ogar
President/Founder, Amateur Basketball Academies, ABA, Aliyu Lucky Abubakar has called for a scientific and pragmatic approach to rediscovering the game of basketball in the North East.
The former player of many teams in Nigeria stated this on Saturday during training of coaches in Yola, Adamawa State.
Aliyu said the training is aimed to arm Coaches so they can, in turn, reach the children, especially those that ABA may not. The Deputy Comptroller in Nigeria Customs Service decried non-challant attitudes of the stakeholders in the development of basketball in the North East.
” Basketball is fading in the North East, and we at ABA will not allow it to die.”
“Adamawa was once a force in the game of basketball but had fallen behind. Our plan is to discover talent through coaching training, nurture it, and carry it from state level to the national team, and eventually, the global stage.” The basketball administrator said.
In his keynote message to the participants, which centered on the theme, “HOPE,” Harnessing opportunity, Organising for excellence, Promoting players’ development, and Empowering the next generation, Aliyu said, is far more than a drill instructors.
” Every child you see on a basketball court has a dream, and it is our job as a coach to spot it early and give it somewhere to go.” He concluded.
In his lecture titled, ” Who is a Coach”, Emmanuel Odah, the head Coach, FCT Basketball and former National Juniors team, described a coach as a committed, organised, affectionate, caring and humble.
” Commitment is consistency, and consistency is mother of progress; humility comes first because a coach who can not control himself can never control a game,” Odah insisted.
Other instructors at the training include ABA head of technical, Coach Adeka Daudu, as well as Coach Alexander Anyebe Ujoh, who spoke about the relationship between a coach and child in his care.
Coaches at the training commended ABA for its boldness to give hopes to basketball coaches all over the country. They promised that lessons learned would reshape and reset their mind on the job. They said the training will help them in understanding their role not only as an instructor but also grooming the children for a better future.
Among guests at the event include FCT Acting Director of Sports, Mr. Iyiola Ogundele and Bayelsa Veteran Basketball administrator, Coach Tony
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