Sunshine Angels Humble HotCoal Slizzers In Mark D Ball Basketball Championship Opener

Sunshine Angels Humble HotCoal Slizzers In Mark D Ball Basketball Championship Opener By Niyi Busari Sunshine Angels on Saturday recorded the first win at the ongoing Mark D Ball Women's Basketball Championship played at the Indoor Sports Hall of Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, BSNSports.com.ng can report. The Ondo State based team in tough and entertaining match overcome HotCoal Sizzlers' threats with better performance that gave them the edge over the group B opponents. Sunshine Angel girls won the opener 28-20. The tournament whose curtain was raised with all the 16 women's teams on parade assembled on the court while the organiser, elated Igoche Mark who was satisfied with the electrifying opening ceremony thanked all that made the tournament comes to reality. Meanwhile, seven matches will take the center stage on match-day 2 (today) when Osun Pearls take on Nasarawa Amazons at 8:30am. Kada Angels in the second match trade tackles with City Angels at 10:00am as FCT Angels host Taraba Hurricane at 11:30 am. Delta Force and First Bank lock horns at 1:00 pm before Plateau Rocks size up Nigeria Customs strength at 2:30 pm. Air Warriors at 4:00 pm will play against IGP Queens while MFM of Lagos take on Novena Queens in the last match of match-day 2 at the Indoor Sports Hall of Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja. Speaking with journalists, Igoche Mark said the women's tournament will not be a one-off competition but an annual championship. "I am satisfied with what I saw today. Now, women's basketball is back and of course, basket actions have returned back to Nigeria. This tournament will be an annual championship. It's organised to being the almost forgotten women's basketball back and hopefully build on this achievements next year."