The opening tournament which was played on Saturday May 22nd literally showed the colors of what this season will be like.
“The baby grows as the editions follow one another. For this year, we have focused on the recruitment and integration of each other which will allow them in the long term to help their respective families ”. These words of Vladimir Yonga the president of the Corporate Basketball Association at the end of the opening tournament of this year sufficiently describe the state of mind of the organizers of this basketball tournament which brings together the banks.
As for the previous editions, the gymnasium of the college of La Salle served as the setting for the opening tournament which saw the teams of BiCEC, UBA, SBC AND COMMERCIAL BANK compete.
after having played three matches each, the COMMERCIAL BANK team created the sensation with a clear three out of three. Carried by an excellent leader Ntamack, it flew over its opponents one after the other sending a strong signal to the competition for the rest of the competition. This year, it will be necessary to count on the men in white in the mythical lair of the college of the room.
The defending BiCEC had a complicated opening tournament because despite its very short defeat in the match against COMMERCIAL BANK (37-38), Baker’s teammates failed to win any game and ended this tournament. opening in the red lantern position.
The other participants, UBA and SCB, put on a high-quality show for the audience of the De La Salle college, which is beginning to adopt the habits of this tournament. As President Vladimir Yonga made it clear, the enrollment of players of a literally high level will allow the competition to gain in quality to the point of rivaling the elite championship.
Knowing that the competition itself begins in two weeks, the teams can still sharpen their weapons to come back stronger.
The results of the opening tournament:
– SCB 32 vs 51 COMMERCIAL BANK
– UBA 49 vs 27 BICEC
-COMMERCIAL BANK 56 vs 45 UBA
– SCB 38 vs 13 BICEC
-SCB 37 vs 25 UBA
-COMMERCIAL BANK 38 vs 37 BiCEC
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