Sports<\/a> <\/p>\n\u00a0AIR Warriors overcame a tough challenge from Nigeria Customs to win 64-56 at the ongoing Zenith Bank 2025 Women\u2019s Basketball Premier League in Abuja.<\/p>\n
The match was part of Phase One of the Premier League, taking place at the indoor hall of Moshood Abiola National Stadium.<\/p>\n
Nigeria Customs started strongly, dictating the game\u2019s pace and showing composure both in attack and defence to claim the first quarter 25-22.<\/p>\n
In the second quarter, the Customs ladies extended their lead, scoring 12 points to Air Warriors\u2019 11, ending the half at 47-34.<\/p>\n
Air Warriors came out fighting in the third quarter, showing resilience and forcing Customs to play more defensively.<\/p>\n
The quarter ended 11-11, narrowing the gap and bringing Air Warriors within two points of Nigeria Customs before the final quarter.<\/p>\n
In the last quarter, Air Warriors used strategic tactics to suppress Customs\u2019 momentum and gradually took control of the game.<\/p>\n
Their consistent pressure paid off, as they sealed the match with a hard-fought 64-56 victory.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the game, Joshua Eneneche, coach of Air Warriors, expressed delight with his team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is our third win and I\u2019m happy. We came determined to win and the team delivered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He praised Nigeria Customs as tough opponents and credited his team\u2019s unity and determination for the result.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll keep improving and correcting mistakes as the league continues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He said the team hopes to surpass last season, when they reached the final eight but couldn\u2019t participate due to unforeseen issues.<\/p>\n
In other matches, Royal Aces defeated Kada Stars 88-25, while Titans Basketball beat Nasarawa Amazons 88-43.<\/p>\n
Ham Warriors also lost to Plateau Rocks 40-79 in a one-sided encounter.<\/p>\n
Air Warriors will next face Royal Aces on Friday at 4 p.m., while Nigeria Customs will play Kada Angels at 12 p.m.<\/p>\n
Participating teams include Air Warriors, Titans Basketball, Kada Angels, Plateau Rocks, Royal Aces, Nasarawa Amazons, Ham Warriors, and Nigeria Customs.<\/p>\n
The league, which began on Tuesday, will end on Aug. 5 at the indoor hall of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium. (NAN) <\/p>\n
A.I<\/p>\n
Aug. 1, 2025<\/p>\n
Tags: Air Warriors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\tPost navigation<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports \u00a0AIR Warriors overcame a tough challenge from Nigeria Customs to win 64-56 at the ongoing Zenith Bank…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-36998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-7.png\"\/)
<\/p>\n