The Plateau State Under-18 Male Basketball Team are the Champions of the 2025 edition of the CDS Democracy Day Basketball Under-18 Championship after beating M2 Academy of Abuja Under-18 50-36 in the final.
The tension-soaked encounter took place at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja yesterday, June 18th, 2025.
Team Plateau took the game to their M2 opponents from the start and never looked back, but at the end of halftime, it was 27-20 in favor of Plateau.
M2 would not sit back, as they came out more confident in the third quarter, which ended 32-36 in favor of Plateau.
The Jos boys, who were hungrier for the trophy, played better in the fourth quarter to round off the contest in style, running out 50-36 winners.
Earlier yesterday, in the girls’ category, Plateau Under-18 team lost their final game to TNT 39-15, ending their campaign as the third-best team in the championship.
Team Kaduna won the girls’ category after winning all thier games and gathering the maximum available points. Ochuko Onomajo of Kaduna was voted the most valuable Female player.
Team Plateau boys walked away with five hundred thousand naira as winners of the championship, while the girls received two hundred thousand as the third-best team.
Chisom Obasi was voted the most valuable Male player in the boys’ category.
The last time Team Plateau won a major trophy in basketball was in 2006 when they won the basketball league.
PSBA MEDIA
