Reformers of Prisons made a perfect comeback following a 22-28 loss to Galaxy Ladies by beating Navy 51-43 in Week Three of the Accra Basketball League (ABL). The game which played at the Lebanon House in Tudu in Ghana's capital, Accra, had Reformers head into the third quarter with a 22-17 lead. Navy threatened to erase the deficit with a strong showing in the opening minutes as Point Guard Marian Mensah scored successive layups. Navy's run was halted with the introduction of Promise Ofori and Elizabeth Atobrah as the pair combined for the team's 29 points in the second half. The final game of the day had Braves of Customs take on Galaxy with both teams registering no loss in the league thus far. Braves started out slowly as the team found it difficult to compete with the taller Galaxy side and unsurprisingly fell 6-11 in the first quarter. Galaxy's Naa Shika Moffat had a field day gobbling rebounds. The introduction of bigs Gloria Gyampoh and Matilda Gordon changed the scope of the game as Braves began to find more joy and points in the post. Gordon and Gyampoh's strong post attracted lots of attention from Galaxy who in turn got punished on the perimeter by Braves Guards Grace Doe and Afia Agyeman. Braves will take on Navy as Galaxy play University of Ghana in what will be the latter's debut game in the season.
Bentil to begin European adventure against Dijon - 3 days ago
Ghana and former Providence College Forward Ben Bentil is set to make his debut in the French Pro League A on Friday September 20 when Champagne Charlons-Reims takes on Dijon in the both team opening game in the 2017-2018 season . Bentil signed for the French club who placed 16th in the immediate past campaign recently after playing on the fringes of San Antonio Spurs Summer League team and is expected to lead the team from the bottom half of the standings. Reims has signed Pro B Coach o... [read more]
Ghana and former Providence College Forward Ben Bentil is set to make his debut in the French Pro League A on Friday September 20 when Champagne Charlons-Reims takes on Dijon in the both team opening game in the 2017-2018 season .
Bentil signed for the French club who placed 16th in the immediate past campaign recently after playing on the fringes of San Antonio Spurs Summer League team and is expected to lead the team from the bottom half of the standings. Reims has signed Pro B Coach of the Year Cedric Heitz.
Ahead of the opening game, Reims has been in involved in preseason games with losing results including a 58-74 loss to Belfius Mons-Hainaut where the Sekondi-born player top scored with 19 points.
He scored 13 points prior to the game in a 67-81 losing effort this time to Gravelins-Dunkerque; with his CV boasting a Big East Conference Top Scoring Award and Most Improved Player Award, Bentil is poised to be the team's first scoring option and a breakout year could land him an NBA spot.
Bentil was drafted 51st overall by Boston Celtics in 2016 and has gone to play in China and Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBA's Gatorade League; he is the first Ghana born player to play in the NBA after featuring for Dallas Mavericks against Atlanta Hawks.
The top three teams in the early stages of the 2017 Accra Basketball League (ABL) Men's Division II, Ghana Police, CYO and Reformers of Prisons, have won respective games in the campaign. Police beat hitherto unbeaten side Junior Rangers 79-69 in the opening game at the Lebanon House Court in Tudu with Panthers topping Tudu Galaxy 67-63 in the final game on the night. CYO continued in the same stead as Police did a day earlier by beating Novas Academy in the opening game 64-53 in a tie t... [read more]
The top three teams in the early stages of the 2017 Accra Basketball League (ABL) Men's Division II, Ghana Police, CYO and Reformers of Prisons, have won respective games in the campaign. Police beat hitherto unbeaten side Junior Rangers 79-69 in the opening game at the Lebanon House Court in Tudu with Panthers topping Tudu Galaxy 67-63 in the final game on the night.
CYO continued in the same stead as Police did a day earlier by beating Novas Academy in the opening game 64-53 in a tie that would go on to be the sole fixture honored on the night since the follow up game between Dunks Knight and Navy Warriors was rained off.
With six minutes remaining in the final quarter, Dunks held a 37-28 lead but the game was abandoned due to showers that made the court slippery and dangerous to play on forcing officials to call off the game.
The final group of games were rounded up with two ties honored and Reformers of Prisons recording a 51-35 win over Spartans and Junior Reformers registered a 92-80 win over DC Dynamics Aspirants.
The results mean all Police, CYO and Reformers have won all four games played this season and occupy the top spots in respective order. However, the impact of those results mean Dunks and Aspirants remain winless in the league and firmly rooted in the lower half of the 13 team standings.
Old Executives of the Accra Basketball League will make way for newly elected candidates in the coming days following elections conducted earlier today at the Lebanon House Forecourt in Tudu. The voting process began at 8:00 GMT and ended at 16:00 GMT with expectations high for the new group of leaders to shake up the stale system in Ghana's premier club basketball division. Andrew Okoe Bulley has been elected Chairman of the league and will be assisted by Andrew Ackah who beat Aurora T... [read more]
Old Executives of the Accra Basketball League will make way for newly elected candidates in the coming days following elections conducted earlier today at the Lebanon House Forecourt in Tudu.
The voting process began at 8:00 GMT and ended at 16:00 GMT with expectations high for the new group of leaders to shake up the stale system in Ghana's premier club basketball division.
Andrew Okoe Bulley has been elected Chairman of the league and will be assisted by Andrew Ackah who beat Aurora Toppar to the seat. Marvell Avadu is the new Secretary General and renowned Coach Emmanuel 'Rubberman' Quaye is the new Organizing Secretary. The Tema Youth head trainer's ascension into an administrative role has been coming for a while.
Bulley replaces Benjamin Baafi as Chairman; Baafi passed away a few months ago after a long battle with illness and doubled as Greater Accra Regional Chairman. An All Star Game involving several current and retired players will be played on September 14 in his honor; the honorary match has been dubbed 'CAP 7' which represents Baafi's nickname 'Capito' and jersey number in his playing days (7).
However, the elections did not affect games in the ABL Men's Division II as Dunks Knight lost 68-72 to Tudu Galaxy and CYO beat DC Aspirants 75-56.
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