Nust dismiss Giants

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Nust men continued with a fine run dismissing Giants 70-56 in a Bulawayo Basketball Association (BBA) League at the Bulawayo Municipal Courts on Friday.

Nust men continued with a fine run dismissing Giants 70-56 in a Bulawayo Basketball Association (BBA) League at the Bulawayo Municipal Courts on Friday.

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Oilers had cruised past Lupane 114-13 on Wednesday.

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Nust men continued with a fine run dismissing Giants 70-56

Nust who humbled Highlanders 60-54 last weekend, went on to beat Kaos 69-39 on Saturday.

In other games played on Saturday, Southern Mavericks were on fire as they beat Lupane 123-16 while Oilers overcame Elephants 118-23.

Highlanders walked over Stars who did not pitch up while Oilers beat Giants 69 -39.

BBA fixtures secretary Handsome Ncube said Elephants will play Stars on Wednesday.

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Southern Mavericks clobbered Flame Lily 148-9

In the women’s section, Southern Mavericks clobbered Flame Lily 148-9, while Nust edged Highlanders 32-27.

Lakers walked over Lupane while Angels beat Hawks without bouncing a ball in another walkover.

Hawks donated points to Lakers.

The top scorer in the weekend games for the women was Mavericks’ Nobukhosi Ndlovu with 30 points followed by teammate Melissa Majonga (left) with 28 points while for men it was Oilers’ Shawn Murambasvina (right) with 60 points.

Meanwhile, Petra hosted a schools invitational tournament for Under-20 boys where eight schools took part.

Milton High were the champions after beating Nkulumane 31-8 in the final.

They had beaten Kyle 24-10 in the semi-final.

Nkulumane edged Petra 13-9 in another semi-final.

The top scorer in the tournament was Milton’s Langa Ndlovu with 34 points while Milton’s Joseph John won the most valuable player award.