Rivers Hoopers, Kwara Falcons Set Atlantic Conference Pace In Nigerian Premier Basketball League

Date: 2017-07-15

Nigerian Premier Basketball League action hits the home stretch with seven games of the regular season to be played, before the commencement of the playoffs.

In the Atlantic Conference, table topping Rivers Hoopers and second-place Kwara Falcons; have set the pace this season regularly interchanging positions at the top, making it virtually a two-horse race.

Indeed, it has being an impressive return to the top league for Rivers Hoopers, who got demoted a couple of seasons ago, only making the upgrade to the Atlantic Conference at the start of the current season. The team coached by Ogoh Odaudu have played some impressive basketball, thanks largely to the contributions of Solomon Ajegbeyi, Emmanuel Balogun, Ikechukwu Benjamin, who all have been outstanding.

Kwara Falcons were the first team in the league-both Atlantic and Savannah Conference, to hit 1000-points this season. The dominant Ilorin-based team proudly hold on to the conference remaining unbeaten home record, ending Rivers Hoopers invincibility on their home court in Port Harcourt a fortnight ago.

Experienced Coach Aderemi Adewunmi has being instrumental to the steady progress of Kwara Falcons this season. His playing personnel which includes the impressive trio of Mojubaoluwa Oyeleye, David Godwin and Osaisi Godspower, have all worked magic both home and away as they look to close in on the one-point difference between themselves and the leaders.

Debutants Hoops and Reads, sponsored by former Nigerian international, Olumide Oyedeji, are having a swell time in their first-ever season in the top league. The team coached by Oso Charles are third on the table, and have been impressive with their breath-taking performances on the court.

The Lagos-based club, one of four in the Atlantic Conference, will do well to keep the core of the team in the coming season, particularly Komonibo Victor, Balogun Ifeoluwa and Emilagab Bolaji.

Experienced campaigners, Nigeria Customs in fourth-place, have blown hot-and-cold this season much to the frustration of their teeming and loyal fans. Coach Scot Nnaji with all his exposure at local and international level has done his best to keep the squad motivated and competitive, despite obvious challenge’s facing the team. Young breed, Okiki Afuwape Michael has being the standout player of the Border Boys, mentored by veteran forwards Seun Akinwale and Ayodele Ahmed.

Oluyole Warriors have been the giant killers this season, defeating top teams at will home and away, but have consistently failed to rise to the occasion when it matters most, which explains their fifth-place on the table.

Police Baton are in sixth-place and should do well to avoid a scrappy relegation battle. Ayanlere Kamal, Okafor Frank and Kelvin Dandison have stood out from the rest of the team this season with impressive performances.

Delta Force and NAF Rockets make up the rest of the Atlantic Conference, occupying seventh and eighth-place respectively. It will take more than appearances on the court for games for these two to beat the drop at the end of the season.

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sun Qing Rong     Hassanat Bello     Musa Aibinu     Dorcas Afeniforo     Eruku     Kolawole Bashirat     Hamid Bobboyi     Omotoso     Monthly Sanitation     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Okin Malt     Usman Alkali Baba     New Model Police Station     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Olatunde Michaels     Ilorin International Airport     Dogara     Hausa     Sheikh Alimi     Omotoso Musa     KWASEIC     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Kayode Zubair     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Sheriff Shagaya     Kwara State Governor     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Paul Odama     Isau     Kola Adesina     Abdullahi Atanda     Funmilayo Braithwaite     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Suleiman Ajadi     Ile Arugbo     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     National Information Technology Development Agency     Joseph Daudu     Babaloja-General     Isiaka Oniwa     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Towoju     Revenue Court     Sabo-Oke     Sarakite     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     SWAN     Government High School Adeta     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Ibrahim Abiodun     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Garba Dogo     Modupe Oluwole     Kale Belgore     Oyelere Oyinloye     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Ibrahim Gambari     Joseph Bamigboye     Kayode Bankole     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Ahmad Lawan     Eleja     Wasiu Odewale     ER-KANG Mining     UNIFEMGA     Okin Biscuit     Moses Salami     Iyaloja-General     TIIDELab     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Dele Momodu     Kwara State Television    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Rotimi Atere     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Adamu Atta     Solomon Edoja     Babaloja-General     Computer Based Test     Hijab     Alfa Yahaya Road     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Ibrahim Abikan     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Park     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     CELF     Ijagbo     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Adedipe     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Sa\'adu Salau     Twitter     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Wasiu Odewale     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Shettima Of Ilorin     Awwal Jawondo     Tunde Saad     CACOVID Palliatives     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Ayinde Oyepitan     Abubakar B.M     Bolaji Abdullahi     Sun Qing Rong     Kolawole Akande     Ballah     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Olugbense     Sherif Shagaya     Amuda Aluko     Shehu Adaramaja     Tsaragi     Baboko Primary School     First Lady     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Afeyin-Olukuta     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Mustapha Olanipekun     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Maryam A. Garuba     Chief Imam Of Offa     Akume     Atunwa     Kazeem Adekanye     Council Of The Wise     Memunat Monsuma     Aremu Odolaye     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Oloye     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     VADA     Ilorin East     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Lithium     Saidu Kawu     Ope Saraki     Ishola Abdullahi     Demola Banu     Paul Olawoore     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Farouk Salim     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Yahya Mohammed