Customs Ladies, First Bank Women Pick Mark D Ball Final Tickets

Customs Ladies, First Bank Women Pick Mark D Ball Final Tickets By Our Reporter Favorites, Nigeria Customs Ladies and First Bank of Lagos, will contest the final of the 2022 edition of the Mark D Ball Basketball Championships, which ends on Saturday, at the Indoor Sports Hall, located at Package B of the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. To qualify for the final, Nkem Akariwe top scored with 21, while Captain Josette Anaswem contributed 14 as Nigeria Customs defeated Sunshine Angels of Akure 61-54; in a match many hailed as final before the final. Q1 saw both sides tied on 13-13; Sunshine Angels led 26-24 by halftime; and slightly extended their lead to 45-42 at the end of Q3. But Deborah David who finished with 9 points to her name, was the game changer for the Customs Ladies, who won Q4 by 19-9 points, to wrap up the Semifinal win. Meanwhile, Ifunanya Okoro poured in 15 points, and Theresa Mac-Dangosu added 12 dunks as First Bank of Lagos thrashed Kada Angels of Kaduna 53-42; in the first Semi-Final. The losers final between Sunshine Angels of Akure and Kada Angels of Kaduna has been fixed for 5pm, on Friday; and the Bronze Medal match will be preceded by two classification matches. Plateau Rocks of Jos takes on IGP Queens at 1pm in the playoff for 7th position; while Air Warriors of Abuja battles MFM Ladies of Lagos in the classification match for 7th and 8th spots. Thursday's. Classification matches to determine 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th place finishers, saw Air Warriors of Abuja edge IGP Queens 75-70 in a closely fought encounter; to set up the clash against MFM of Lagos who crushed Plateau Rocks of Jos 49-24.