{"id":5112,"date":"2013-06-17T18:24:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T18:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/dstv-mens-basketball-dodan-warriors-whip-customs\/"},"modified":"2013-06-17T18:24:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T18:24:55","slug":"dstv-mens-basketball-dodan-warriors-whip-customs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/dstv-mens-basketball-dodan-warriors-whip-customs\/","title":{"rendered":"DSTV Men\u2019s Basketball: Dodan Warriors Whip Customs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coach Peter Ahmedu of Dodan Warriors Basketball Club of Lagos Monday said that his players\u2019 discipline was yielding good results in the ongoing DStv Men\u2019s Premier Basketball League.<\/p>\n

Ahmedu told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN in Lagos that his team was underrated when the 2012\/2013 season started, but that their approach had made them a force to reckon with.<\/p>\n

Dodan Warriors trounced Customs of Lagos 73-47 and 63- 60 in their two-legged encounter on Friday and Sunday respectively, in their Atlantic Conference matches in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Dodan Warriors are now the first of eight teams in the Atlantic Conference league table with 12 wins and 4 losses so far in the three month-old competition<\/p>\n

“I thank God for how we have been turning out good results in our weekly matches. I am happy with my players\u2019 level of commitment and professionalism. They make my work complete.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy players take to instructions and play according to how we plan; their execution of every game plan on the court is a justification of how prepared they are.<\/p>\n

“We hope to continue like this as we intend to make the final four of the Atlantic Conference,\u2019\u2019 Ahmedu said.<\/p>\n

However, Coach Scot Nnaji of Customs said that his players lost the last game due to lack of concentration.<\/p>\n

He said there were some matches that they would win and some they would lose, but that a team should go into every game hoping to win.<\/p>\n

“We lost to a better team; they are disciplined and highly competitive. We came back stronger in the second leg hoping to pick one of the two-leg encounters.<\/p>\n

“We will go into our coming matches with a lot of seriousness as the season is gradually dragging to the period where teams would strive hard for points,\u2019\u2019 Nnaji said.<\/p>\n

Customs are currently occupying the sixth position with six wins and 10 losses.<\/p>\n

In the other matches played at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos on Sunday, Police Baton defeated city rivals Lagos Islanders 67-61.<\/p>\n

Police Baton was able to turn around their initial loss to Islanders 76-80 on Friday in their first leg encounter.<\/p>\n

However, Police Baton is currently last in the conference, recording just four wins and 12 losses.<\/p>\n

Coach Mark Balogun of Police Baton said: “We play good basketball, we have been unlucky, and most especially the officiating has been really unfair to us.<\/p>\n

“There are some calls that should not stand and also some fowls that were committed by our opponents, especially in the game against Islanders.<\/p>\n

“The other sad aspect is that these wrong judgments by the referees always come up in the dying minutes of\u00a0 regulation time.<\/p>\n

“This wrong judgments by the referees have often worked against us and it has to stop,\u2019\u2019 Balogun said.<\/p>\n

Union Bank of Lagos was also in a fantastic form as they defeated Comets of Lagos 61-52 and 62-46 on Friday and Sunday respectively to remain in contention for the title.<\/p>\n

They are currently second on the table with 11 wins and five losses, while Comets are seventh on the table with six wins and 10 losses.<\/p>\n

The ongoing competition continues on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

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