LAGOS (Premier League) - Ebun Comets basketball club starts the 2007/ 2008 Nigeria Premier league season on a winning note with a 58-50 points victory over Customs basketball club.

The match, the first in the Atlantic Conference saw the Ayo Bakare tutored Cocoa boys as the Comets is also known going all the way from the first quarter.

In the second match of the conference played at the Sports Hall of the Lagos National Stadium also on Sunday Union Bank basketball club defeated Dodan Warriors basketball club by 61-52 points.

The Star-studded Banker coached two former Nigeria senior national team players, Ayinla Johnson and Gboyega ‘Tilo’ Vidal were in a class of their own just as they apply occasional caution in the clash with the Adeka Dauda and Peter Ahmedu coached Warriors.

Niger Potters playing its first match of the season recorded a 78-63 points victory over visiting Yelwa Hawks basketball club of Bauchi at the Sports Hall of the Minna Township Stadium.

Kano Pillars put behind it last week 70-67 lose to Plateau Peaks to go past visiting Tapgun Rockets of Jos 86-50 points for a 1-1 record at the Sports Hall of the Abacha Stadium, Kafa mata, Kano.

Plateau Peaks make mince meat of home side Bauchi Net basketball club when it went to Bauchi to post an emphatic 67-36 points win over the home team.

With the victory in Bauchi last Saturday the Jos-based Peaks now leads the Savannah Conference with a 2-0 record.

AHIP will today (Monday) begin the season first road trip game to the Atlantic Conference when it confront out of favour Delta Force basketball club at the Asaba Township Stadium.

The match we gathered may not hold as the Delta Force management have threatened to pull the team out of the league citing financial constraint as the main reason.

The Kano-based AHIP Giant will visit Lagos Tuesday and remain until Saturday for a five-match duel against Customs (Tuesday), Ebun Comets (Wednesday), Dodan Warriors (Thursday), Union Bank (Friday) and Islanders (Saturday).

By: Olusegun Ikuesan
FIBA