Kano Pillars Will Surpass Its Past Records At FIBA African Clubs Championship.Sani Ahmed Happy

Kano Pillars basketball club has expressed happiness for retaining the DSTV NBBF Premier League Final eight play-off after defeating Mark Mentors basketball club in a game decided on Saturday at the sportshasll of National Stadium, Surulere.

Its head coach,Sani Ahmed, said the financial backing of Kano State government inspired his players to fight hard to retain the Premier League title against a hard fighting team, Mark Mentors basketball club that deserve to win the league.

He explained that he informed his players not be in hasten to score points but to curtail their opponents from increasing the tally and also to take advantage of their points, adding that officiating officials are bound to make mistakes since they are robots.

He assured that the team's technical crew would present a formidable squad of skillful players to make the nation proud at the tournament unlike last year when they paraded amateur players who were carried away after defeating the tournament's defending champion in their first group match.

Meanwhile, the tournament's Most Valuable Player, Abubakar Usman, said he was optimistic that Kano Pillars basketball club will come from points down to win the game following the calibre of experience players at their kitty.

On the three points that gave them the title, Usman, explained that he was confident that the shot would make the difference for them to win the league, hence the reason he took the shot, adding that the Mark Mentors basketball players are very good and they are in the mood of winning the league.