Defending champions record second win in DStv Basketball League

Mark Mentors male basketball club of Abuja on Sunday defeated visiting Nigeria Immigration Service of Kaduna 92-59 to record their second win in the ongoing 2016 DStv Men’s Premier Basketball League.
The Savannah Conference match, played at the Abuja National Stadium, was keenly contested, but the first quarter still ended 22-9 in favour of the hosts.
Mark Mentors, who had defeated Kada Stars of Kaduna in their opening game on Friday, kept their momentum to end up leading 44-27 by the end of the second quarter.
The league defending champions continued to press on in the third quarter and, by the last quarter, they were in complete dominance to end the game 92-59.
Mark Mentors’ coach, Adeka Dauda, at the end of the match, while acknowledging that his team played well, said there was still work to do.
Dada said: “We played well, even though we need to go back to the drawing board.
“Our opponents are a good side.
“So, we respect them.
“But we are not going to let up because we are ready to retain our title this season.”
Segun Akinbiyi, the coach of the Immigration, said some few mistakes resulted in his team’s loss.
Akinbiyi said: “It was a great game.
“We only need to do a lot of home work, go back to the drawing board and hold more trainings.
“We had a few mistakes in the last minutes of the game and that was really what resulted to our defeat today (Sunday).
“But we finished in sixth position last season and we expect to do better this season.”
NAN.