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Plateau Peaks Basketball Team Breaks A 19-Year Jinx To Go Tops, Kwara Falcons And Bauchi Nets Smile At Last As Ibadan And Abuja Centers Produce Eventual Winners:
It was celebration galore at the indoor hall of the National Sports Commission, Rayfield in Jos yesterday, after the game between Plateau Peaks and National record winners, Kano Pillars ended in the ongoing NBBF Men’s Basketball Premier League, Savannah Conference.
The loud joy and wild celebrations of Plateau Peaks isn’t the win or table topping, it is about breaking a jinx that has refused to be broken for nineteen(19) years!
A visibly happy Chairman of Plateau Peaks, who also doubles as the Chairman of Plateau State Basketball Association, Dr. Paul Chollom Lomak, in a chat with www.ssimedia247.com.ng, says: “Today’s win is very special, it’s special in the sense that the strong hold of Kano Pillars over us is broken today. The last time Plateau Peaks ɓeat Kano Pillars was in 2006. We did not only free ourselves from that bondage, but we did it by going top of the Group with 3 games left.”
It would be recalled that Plateau Peaks defeated Kano Pillars in the Savannah Conference by going to emerge National champions and represented Nigeria at the continental level where they were ousted at the quarter finals under the Chairmanship of Plateau State Basketball Association then, Mr. Sunny Osagìe.
In the first game at the Jos Center yesterday, Bauchi Nets recorded their first win after surprisingly beating high-flying Gombe Bulls 86-74 points.
In the second game played same yesterday in Jos, that generated alot of cheers and celebrations, Plateau Peaks finally defeated Kano Pillars 90-85 points.
In Benin City, Kwara Falcons finally put smiles on the faces of their fans and theirs too after beating highly rated Coal City Blazers 73-59 points.
Meanwhile, games have come to an end in both Ibadan and Abuja Centers as winners have emerged.
Aso Sky Hawks emerged winners in Abuja after winning 5 and loosing only 1 game from 6 games.
At the Ibadan Center, last season national finalists, Rivers Hoopers came tops after winning 5 and loosing only one from the 6 games played.
Here are all the results of games played yesterday:
Abuja Center 👇
Niger Potters 79 Nile University 95
Gboko City Chiefs 58 Aso Sky Hawks 72.
Benin Center 👇
Kwara Falcons 73 Coal City 59
Edo Beads 45 Athletes For Peace 68
Jos Center 👇
Bauchi Nets 86 Gombe Bulls 74
Plateau Peaks 90 Kano Pillars 85.
Game Day 8 Pairings:
Benin Center👇
12pm- Edo Beads @ Kwara Falcons
2pm‐ Coal City @ Mark Town Flyers
Jos Center👇
