Federal University Otuoke Basketball court has been officially opened as the University’s Sports and Recreation Unit organized its maiden Basketball Competition.
The participating teams were drawn among students of the University to show case their talents in preparation towards the Nigerian University Games (NUGA)

The competition tagged “FUO Triple Slam” was organized in a round robin tournament style with four teams; Triple Luck Team, A – Team, A – Team 2.0 and Spartans.
After the rounds of play by the four teams, Spartans and A – Team 2.0 emerged as best teams and went for finals which Spartans defeated A – Team 2.0 with 10-5 points to win the competition.

According to the organisers, the female players of each team contested in a shootout competition and a female player for Triple Luck emerged winner with a cash prize of ₦5, 000

The score table had:
Game 1 – A – Team        vs            Triple Luck – 1 – 4 points
Game 2 – Spartans          vs           A – Team 2.0, 12 – 10 points
Game 3 – A team 2.0      vs           A – Team, 5 – 3 points
Game 4 – Spartans          vs           Triple Luck, - 12 – 4 points
Game 5 – A Team 2.0      vs          Triple Luck – 9 – 5 points
Game 6 – Spartans          vs           A – Team – 7 – 12 points