It was a shock result on matchday2 in the Atlantic Conference of the Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League’s second phase taking place at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State, as Sunshine Angels defeated First Bank 51-44 points.
The first quarter started as normal with First Bank leading 14-10 while the second quarter ended 10-10 with the leader maintaining their four point lead.
Sunshine, however took the initiative from the third quarter winning it 15-8 points before sealing the win with 13-12 points in the final quarter to secure their first win of the phase and throw the Atlantic Conference open.
On the opening day, Sunshine lost 58-45 points to MFM of Lagos while First Bank defeated IGP Queens 70-49 points.
Meanwhile, finalists of the last Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League, MFM of Lagos, on Wednesday won their second match, beating Dolphins 52-45 points to increase their chances of getting one of the two tickets from the conference.
They will be facing First Bank who suffered their first loss of the Conference on Wednesday in the final game of Day 3 on Thursday.
On the other hand, Dolphins are no longer in reckoning for the finals in Lagos later in the month after losing their first two games of the ongoing conference.
The 2015 winners of the league won just one game out of five in the First Phase and now lost two of the Second Phase with three games to play in the current phase.
On the opening day, Dolphins lost 56-38 points to Bayelsa Whales and can no longer meet up with the two teams at the top, First Bank and Bayelsa Whales.
Two winners already emerged from the Savannah Conference; Nigerian Customs and Air Warriors with the other two coming from the Atlantic Conference.
