Rivers Hoopers of Port Harcourt on Saturday emerged champions of the 2023 NBBF Premier Basketball League Championship after a decent Final four tournament performance, platinumnewsng.com is reporting.
The KingsMen who hosted the final four tournament defeated Nigeria Customs 77-57 on Day 3 of the tournament to top the log with six maximum points.
Rivers Hoopers had defeated Gboko City Chiefs 67-62 on Thursday as well as Hoops and Read 74-69 on Friday to set up a thrilling final against Nigeria Customs who saw their 12-game unbeaten run ended by Hoops and Read the previous day.
Rivers Hoopers has now picked the sole ticket to the Basketball Africa League.