Lagos will need to defeat Gombe and Kano to clinch the top prize of the basketball event of the 2020 National Sports Festival in Benin City.
With five teams competing for honours, games were played in a round-robin format to give all teams equal chances of fighting for the gold, silver and bronze medals.
Although Gombe lost its match to FCT, it came back stronger to establish itself as a top contender with three wins so far and a last game against Lagos today.
In their first game, Gombe led by Coach Abdulrahman Mohammed left nobody in doubt about their intention of going a step further than their 2018 achievement after defeating Kano state 66-59 points
They followed in similar fashion defeating host-Edo 68-60 points as they followed up with another win against Kwara state, 76-56 points.
For Kano, they bounced back easily against Edo recording an emphatic 77-57pts victory before another 94-66pts win against hapless Kwara state.
Although it was a close game, Kano emerged victorious 89-86pts to record their third victory in four games.
Lagos defeated Kwara (103-52), Edo (75-60) and lost to Kano with a make or mar game against Gombe on the last day which will technically be the competition’s decider.
In the event that teams are tied on the same points at the end of the games, points differences will be adopted while head-to-head will be the last option to determine the top three teams.
