Sports Reporter
LAKERS senior women’s team can close in on table-toppers Southern Mavericks when they take on Lakers Juniors in the only Bulawayo Basketball League ladies match at Khanyisile Sports Centre tomorrow.
Seniors, with 26 points from 14 games, trail Mavericks, who are inactive tomorrow and have played a game more than them, by three points.
A victory for the Seniors will move them a point behind Mavericks, taking the title race to the wire.
Seniors will bank on the quartet of Jacqueline Penduka, Seldom Woods, Pretty Tinarwo and Geraldine Chibonda, who were part of Bulawayo’s team that won gold at the Basketball Union of Zimbabwe’s Inter-provincial Championships held last week in Masvingo.
Juniors’ will pin their hopes on the trio of Mitchelle Moyo, Nomqhele Mahlangu and Thandeka Ngwenya, who were part of the Bulawayo girls’ Under-18 squad that lost to Harare in the final at the inter-provincial games.
Juniors, who were last in action on March 6 when they beat Lupane State University 65-21, will be hoping to get the better of their seniors, who have gone for more than a month without a league match.
BBA has suspended matches involving LSU and Nust as they are competing in the Zusa games in Gweru.
Meanwhile, Mavericks’ men’s team will take on City Knights, while Giants will lock horns with Highlanders.
Fixtures
Tomorrow
Women: Lakers Seniors v Lakers Juniors (2PM)
Men: Southern Mavericks v City Knights (4PM), Giants v Highlanders (6PM)
Tables
Men
P W L FF F A Diff P
Giants 15 11 3 1 1009 573 436 25
Nust 14 10 4 0 930 717 213 24
Oilers 15 10 4 1 925 627 298 24
Mavericks 14 9 5 0 839 713 114 23
Highlanders 14 8 6 0 847 620 179 22
City Knights 14 3 10 1 513 843 -220 16
LSU 15 1 14 0 399 1331 -862 16
Women
P W L FF F A Diff P
Mavericks 15 14 1 0 1213 330 883 29
Lakers Seniors 14 12 2 0 933 410 523 26
Nust 15 11 4 0 660 606 54 26
Lakers Juniors 15 5 10 0 467 777 -310 20
Highlanders 16 4 1 2 0 447 822 -375 20
Angels 14 6 7 1 553 458 95 19
LSU 14 0 14 0 239 925 -686 14