Basketball League: Lagos Legends Suffer Heavy Defeat To Rivers Hoopers

Basketball League: Lagos Legends Suffer Heavy Defeat To Rivers Hoopers

Precious Oham

Rivers Hoopers crushed Lagos Legends 102-46 to win their fifth consecutive game in the Atlantic Conference of the 2024 Nigeria Premier Basketball League in Benin on Thursday, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Abel Offia scored 23, Ifeanyi Koko scored 19, and Ikenna Okpaluba added 10 points. Offia also made six three-pointers in a game they dominated all through with ease.

The Chief of Defence Staff Basketball Championship (CDS) MVP bagged six points in the first quarter to give Hoopers an early 24-5 lead.

He later scored eight points, including back-to-back treys, to help the KingsMen go 51-23 up by halftime.

Legends who played with a seven-man rotation found it difficult to run down the stretch with Hoopers.

With 40 seconds left to play, Offia knocked down a corner three as Rivers Hoopers reached their first 100-point game of the conference.

Rivers Hoopers will play Kwara Falcons on Friday at 2 p.m.