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Dodan Warriors Emerge Atlantic Conference Leaders …B’Ball
Dodan Warriors Basketball Club of Lagos at the weekend emerged the Atlantic conference leades in the 2011/12 DStv Men’s Basketball League season.
They maintained their unbeaten record throughout the league period, clinching all their 14 matches to garner an unassailable 28 points lead.
Royal Hoopers of Port Harcourt, which had 25 points at the end of theseason, were second. They won 11 matches, losing only three.
The islanders of Lagos, who won nine of its matches and lost five, were placed in the third position after amassing 23 points.
The three teams would be joined by the Police Baton, which won as much matches as they lost. They won seven matches and lost seven to secure 21 points t o emerge as the foruth placed team.
The DStv League Coordinator Agboola Pinheiro confirmed this to newsmen at the end of the matches.
The four leading Atlantic Conference teams would later meet the four teams to emerge from the Savanna Conference, which had yet to complete their league.
It was gathered t hat the security challenges posed by the activities of militant groups in the Northern parts of the country were said to have stalled early completion of the Savannah league.