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MOHAMMED Abah, Head Coach of Nigeria Customs Basketball Club of Lagos on Friday said the club would stop at nothing to win the Nigeria Basketball Federation Final Eight trophy.
Nigeria Customs beat hard-fighting Rivers Hoopers, 64-59 to book a place in the final match at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos.
Abah told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) that the team played defensive game all through and counter attack to see Rivers Hoopers out of the tournament.
He said the team stuck to their plans and were decisive when going forward as a team to accomplish their task.
“We played well today because we had a game plan and we made sure all that we wanted to achieve on the game was well delivered to perfection.
“Going to the final is another ball game entirely, but we are not disturbed about this because we are confident of going all the way to emerge champions at the end,” Abah said.
The Captain of the Customs, David Godwin, told NAN that team was in good spirit to win the Final Eight Championship, going by their performance in the competition so far.
“We played good defensive and as a unit, we were decisive upfront and played very well at the defence against hard-fighting Rivers Hoopers.
“We look forward to the final match where we have to come out stronger and stand up for another spectacular performance,” Godwin said.
Similarly, Kwara Falcons of Ilorin had a good day at the match by crushing Benue Braves, 83-59.
NAN reports that Kwara Falcons played Nigeria Customs for the championship crown as Rivers Hoopers played Benue Braves for the third place medal.
The NBBF Final Eight which dunked-off with eight teams competing for honours on Nov. 7, comes to conclusion on Saturday at the same venue.(NAN)
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