NGR - Angola did not scare us...

LAGOS (FIBA Africa Champions Club) - Inspite of its shaky start in the final round of the 21st FIBA Africa Champions Club Cup Competition, Nigeria champion, Plateau Peak basketball club booked a hard earned quarter-final ticket beating Ivorian’s Africa Sports basketball club 84-67 points.

The coach Austin Gompil tutored side won three of the four-quarter matches (24-21, 16-18, 24-18 and 20-10) to take the sail out of the reach of the Musa Adamu tutored Africa Sports who were also in contention to qualify for the quarter-finals but were not that lucky as they fell to the more determined Nigerian who put everything into the game.

Peaks who now met Petro Atletico basketball club of Angola in the first quarter-finals Friday are not deterred by the pedigree of the Angolan who are one of the favouraites in the championship.

According to the team coach, Gompil, says the Angolan does not scare them.

“The Angolan does not scare us, yes they are a good side and will be meeting an equally good side, so fans should expect a good game from us against the more favoured”.

Coach Gompil also deny the imaginary sponsorship deal purported to have been brokered between the club and RedStar Express, saying the club management knows nothing about the said sponsorship.

Speaking shortly after the Peaks picked up a quarter-final ticket at the expense of Africa Sports of Cote d'Ivoire, that RedStar is only trying to reap where they did not sore.

Gompil said the team have know choice than to reject the items brought by the company.

All The Results:

Day-one

ABC 80-65 ESPN
Inter Club 82-67 KCB Lions
Primero Aogosto 88-59 Plateau Peaks
Dodan Warriors 75-54 Zenith
Africa Sports 66-49 ASB Onatra
Petro Atletico 105-BACK 62

Day-2

Aogosto 92-53 Onatra
Inter Club 20-0 Back (W/O)
Warriors 105-82 KCB Lions
ESPN 98-93 Peaks
ABC 74-48 Africa Sports
Petro 85-37 Zenith

Day-3

KCB Lions 69-67 Back
Inter Club 82-44 Zenith
Aogosto 101-47 Africa Sports
Petro 98-73 Warriors
ESPN 88-60 Onatra
ABC 67-54 Peaks

Day-4

Petro 96-75 Inter Club
Peaks 87-62 Onatra
ESPN 73-49 Africa Sports
Warriors 84-73 Back
Aogosto 97-53 ABC
Zenith 59-42 KCB Lions

Day-5 Pairing/Results

Peaks 84-67 Africa Sports
Back Vs Zenith
Petro Vs KCB Lions
Warriors Vs Inter Club
ABC Vs ASB Onatra
Aogosto Vs ESPN

By Olusegun Ikuesan
FIBA Correspondent in Nigeria