First Deepwater Through To Last 8, Maintain Hundred Percent Records.

Nigeria women league champion, First Deepwater Basketball Club confirm her rating at the ongoing final round of the Africa Champions Cup for Women holding in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire with a hundred percent record in the two games it had played in the preliminary round of the continent biggest women club competition.

The Oil and Gas ladies who laboured to beat Club Sportif SFAXIEN basketball club of Tunisia by 57-55 points on Saturday came back forcefully in her second group-B games with a 79-45 points spanking of Kenya Eagle Wings basketball club.

 The match played at the Palaise des Sport in Treichville saw the Coach Lateef Erinfolami tutored side out played their Kenyan opponent in all department of the game as it won all four quarters by 19-10, 22-16, 18-09 and 20-10 points with points guard Upe Atosu leading her team charge for a place in the quarter-finals with 24 points, 4 assist, 3 steal and 2 rebound.

First Deepwater made a good run on the free throw line with 64.3 percent but fall short in her execution of field goals scoring only twenty-six of her sixty-seven two-point field goal attempt.


The Nigerian side grabbed twenty-six rebounds and had fifteen assist, eighteen steal and fifteen turn-over. The two win is enough to guaranty a place in the quarter-final but coach Erinfolami says the goal of the team is to finish well in the group.

Club chairman, Engineer Babatunde Babalola was among the dignitaries who watched the dignitaries who watched the game against the Kenya urge the players and their handlers to remain focus so to do Nigeria proud.

Nigeria golden girl Nkechi Akashili also contributed immensely to her team victory as she recorded 15 points, 4 steal and 3 assist while Magdalene Ukato added 14 points, 3 assist, 2 rebounds and 2 steal.

The Oil and Gas ladies however gain two free points after walking over Arc-En-Ciel basketball club of Democratic Republic of Congo who failed to arrive Abidjan for the competition to lead group-B and will Tuesday battle defending champion Interclube basketball club of Angola before round up her group game against Abidjan Basket Club (ABC) of Cote d’Ivoire on Wednesday.