.Murjanatu Musa emerges league MVP
By Our Reporter
AIR Warriors have been crowned the 2019 Zenith Bank Women
Basketball League Champions after a hard earned victory over MFM Queens 55-53
points in the final decided at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium
Lagos.
The league debutants who dominated the first half, won
the first quarter 14-7 points before going into half time with 34-23 points on
the back of a second quarter which they also won 20-17 points.
It was a different ball game in the second half with both
teams scoring 12 points each.
It was a case of too little too late for MFM Queens under
Coach Aderemi Adewunmi despite winning
the last quarter 17-9 points.
Murjanatu Musa of Air Warriors posted another
double-double display with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists to win the
title for her side.
She also picked the Most Valuable Player of the League
for the 2019 Zenith Bank Women Basketball League season.
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| Murjanatu Musa |
Murjanatu was listed alongside Ifunanya Okoro (First
Bank), Gbihi Cynthia (Dolphins), Josette Anaswem (Customs) and Ifunanya Ijeh
(MFM Queens) as the Tournament’s Top 5.
For individual awards, Jossette Anaswem emerged as
tournament’s highest point scorer as well as the Three Points shooter.
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| Jossette Anaswem |
Murjanatu won the Highest Rebounder and Highest Blocks
award while Ifunanya Okoro settled for Assists and Steal leader as her team
became the fourth team to have ever won
the league in the last 15 years.
Both teams have qualified for the FIBA Zone 3 Women Club
Championship qualifiers holding in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
First Bank coasted to a comfortable 45 points win against
Dolphins to win the bronze medal.
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