First Deepwater Set To Consolidate Her Position.

Defending champion of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) organised Zenith Bank Women Basketball League First Deepwater basketball club is set to consolidate her position on the log of the league with the second phase set to dunk-off on Thursday in Ilorin, Kwara State.

First Deepwater basketball club leader of the first phase held in Kaduna is gunning for her third straight title and a place in the August/ September FIBA Africa Zone-3 elimination slated for Liberia arrived Ilorin on Monday and has since settle down awaiting the commencement of hostility with former champion First Bank basketball club as her biggest challenger.

The Coach Lateef Erinfolami tutored side won all six games played during the first phase with an 88-81 points win over First Bank in Kaduna are in high spirit to complete the job of retaining the Nigeria league title.

Confident coach Erinfolami told Sportsweight.blogspot.com, before the team depart Lagos Monday that the team would left off from where they stopped in Kaduna which saw them decision Sunshine Angels basketball club of Akure by 81-64 points on the last day in Kaduna but will not underrate any team during the second phase.

Club chairman, Babatunde Babalola urge the players and their handlers to earn the title at the close of the second phase so as to make the third phase in Lagos a mere formalities.

Reigning league most valuable player Nkechi Akashili says, the players are rearing to go, the former Delta Force basketball club of Asaba left-handed Combo guard believed First Deepwater basketball club has completed the ‘Order of Change’ in Nigeria women basketball scene compare what obtains in the past where First Bank basketball club dominated for close to a decade with little or no opposition.