Cougars on Sunday retained the Central Zone Basketball League (Cezobal) title after beating Mimbulu in the final finds played over three-days at Civo Basketball Court Lilongwe.<\/p>\n
The finals were played in the best-of-three series and Cougars emerged winners with a 2-1 victory. Cougars won 64-51 in the last game.<\/p>\n
For winning the championship, Cougars received a trophy, gold medals and K400,000 from G. Y Imports and Exports.<\/p>\n
In the ladies category, Lady Angels won the women\u2019s title following a 2-1 victory over Capital Clippers in the best-of-three-series. Angels received K200,000 for winning the championship.<\/p>\n
Lady Dynamites came third whereas ABC Lady Lions finished fourth.<\/p>\n
Mada Montana of Mimbulu and Rose Nkanda of Angels were named Most Valuable Players in the men and ladies category respectively. Each received K50,000.<\/p>\n
Cougars captain Takondwa Mengezi was pleased with the performance of the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had self-belief that we could win the championship. We were trailing in the first quarter but we came hard in the second quarter to win the contest,\u201d Mengezi said.<\/p>\n
His Mimbulu counterpart, Edgar Ng\u2019ong\u2019ola was disappointed with the loss.<\/p>\n
Speaking during the prize presentation, G. Y Imports and Exports, managing director, Griffin Kalua promised to continue sponsoring the league.<\/p>\n
Kalua said the firm was ready to sponsor all the basketball leagues in the country.<\/p>\n
The championship was sponsored by G. Y Imports and Exports – dealers in stationery, ICT equipment, furniture and building materials to the tune of K1.2 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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