Basketball in Africa

(by Olusegun Ikuesan) africabasket.com

Police Baton basketball club of Lagos takes its survival battle to the Niger Delta region of Nigeria where it will keep a date with Delta Force basketball club of Asaba on Saturday and Royal Hoopers basketball club of Port Harcourt on Sunday.

The double road game for the Coach Mark Balogun tutored Baton means so much to the Lagos-based side as it intensify its fight against relegation alongside two other clubs Delta Force and Chariots basketball club of Lagos.

The Police occupies the bottom of the eighth team Atlantic conference with just a win from four league games.

In other Week-6 pairing of the Atlantic conference Union Bank basketball club will have its hands full when it take on Dodan Warriors basketball club on Saturday and be the guest of conference leader Comets basketball club.

And in the Savannah conference Niger Potters basketball club of Minna will be at home to defending champion, Kano Pillars basketball club on Saturday while Plateau Peaks basketball club of Jos and Yelwa Hawks basketball club of Bauchi tango.

On Sunday rejuvenated Nigeria Immigration basketball club of Kano who picked its first win in the league last weekend with a 73-61 points defeat of Plateau Peaks will host Tapgun Rockets basketball club of Jos in Kano while Bauchi Nets basketball club test the might of Kada Stars basketball club of Kaduna.