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The
64-49 points victory recorded by Lagos Islanders on Monday over newly
promoted Chariots Basketball Club has renewed the former league
champion’s hopes of posting a good showing in this season’s DSTV
Premier Basketball League.

One of the team’s
handlers Lateef Erinfolami told NEXTSports that the team will do all it
can to sustain the tempo as they prepare for their next opponents,
age-long rivals Ebun Comets.

“Our major problem
is that the players always lose concentration while playing and that
cost us a lot. Even this victory will not have been possible if they
did not get their acts together on time,” said the former national team
star.

Concentration

Erinfolami said
with maximum concentration from his lads, they look good enough to
challenge for one of the four playoff tickets up for grabs in the
Atlantic Conference; as they hope to bring back the old times when
Islanders used to rule the basketball scene in Nigeria.

“It’s good we got our first victory now and I can say we lost our first match to Dodan Warriors due to inexperience.”

In the other week
two game played at the Indoor Sports Halll of the National Stadium,
Lagos, Dodan Warriors edged out Police Baton by 68-62 points in a game
involving two Lagos-based sides.

Baton looked as if
they were going to run away with victory when they took the lead with
less than two minutes left on the clock but a spirited fight back from
the Warriors side did the magic as they eventually subdued the Police
side to record a second successive win in the league.

Dodan Warriors now have a 2-0 record, looking good for a Final-8 playoff ticket, while Baton have lost both games played so far.

Warriors will be seeking to maintain their fine start to the season when they take on Delta Force in their next game.

Baton, for their part, will face Chariots who are yet to settle down to life in the Nigerian top flight division.