ZAM - FQM Nets take over Copperbelt league leadership
KITWE (National league) - Ndola based First Quantum Mining Nets took over the leadership of the Northern Zone mens league after recording an emphatic 100 - 36 win over Copperbelt Energy Corporation Cavaliers in a week five fixture played at Copperbelt Energy courts in Kitwe. At the same venue defending zone champions Hetro Bullets thrashed Chambeshi 64 ...
KITWE (National league) - Ndola based First Quantum Mining Nets took over the leadership of the Northern Zone mens league after recording an emphatic 100 - 36 win over Copperbelt Energy Corporation Cavaliers in a week five fixture played at Copperbelt Energy courts in Kitwe.
At the same venue defending zone champions Hetro Bullets thrashed Chambeshi 64 - 42 while David Naamb's Ndola Clippers blew out Konkola Trotters 96 - 46.
Luanshya Eagles recorded their third straight loss going down 65 - 75 to Mufulira Original Magnets.
In Lusaka at the National Sports Development Centre Nkhosi Heroes maintained their bid to retain the men's southern zone league championship after a hard earned 71 - 67 win over fellow title chasers Lusaka City Council Looters.
New league entrants Lusaka Spartans were baptised 53 - 88 by University of Zambia Pacers while Barclays Magic gunned down Hawks 67 - 39.
In the women's division at the same venue, the Nets beat the Joseph Chowa tutored Rim Oilers 51 -47.
At Looters Abattoir it was a black Saturday for southern zone women's title holders Green Buffaloes who found themselves at the wrong end of the stick when LCC Lootresses beat them 69 - 41.
Mwembe Kaona
Zambia Basketball Federation