Women’s Basketball League Africa: Nigeria Customs beat Energie, merciless MFM humble Invincible Eleven
The two Nigerian teams in the Women’s Basketball League Africa Zone 3 Qualifiers got off to a great start on Tuesday at the Samuel Kayan Doe Sports Complex, in Paynesville on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia.
Nigeria Customs out-dunked Benin champions Energie 58-39 while MFM walloped host nation, Invincible Eleven 112-42 to increase their chances of qualifying for the Dakar 2024 WBLA tournament.
The border women from Nigeria survived an initial scare from the Republic of Benin team at the start of the first quarter which ended 20-16 in their favour.
Tobiloba Ogedengbe was in double figures of 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead the floor for the Nigerians while Oyindamola Abdulazeez, Ebere Okeke and Jessica Oniabe added 9 points apiece to ensure the win.
For the Daniel Olukoya girls, no less than five players put up double figures performance that made a mockery of the invincibility of Invincible Eleven in a 112-42 win.
The pair of Wandoo Hembem and Cynthia Gbihi had a game high of 24 points with Idubamo Beggi 14 points, Favour Ojo 14 points and Ukamaka Oko adding 12 for a comprehensive win over the Invincible Eleven.
The Nigeria Customs will face Société Omnisports de l’Armée of Cote d’Ivoire in their second game of the competition on Wednesday at 5:00pm while the Mountain of Fire team will face another Ivorien side, Friend’s Basketball Association at 7:30pm.
The Nigerian teams are battling five others from the zone for the two tickets on offer to the Final Round of the 2024 Women’s Basketball League Africa (WBLA).
