By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE –

COPPERBELT teams suffered quarterfinal elimination from the Zambia Basketball Association (ZBA) national championships played at the weekend.
Lusaka City Council (LCC) Looters posted an emphatic 73-53 victory over Copperbelt champions Lunga bullets in the games played in Chingola.
Lunga Woosters suffered a humiliating 80-26 defeat at the hands of 2013 national championship runners up Nkwazi Shells, with YMCA suffering the same fate at the hands of Napsa Hurricanes losing 68-53.
The games played at National Sports Development Centre (NASDEC) in Lusaka saw Southern region champions Matero Magic trounce CEC Cavaliers 84-62 to progress to the semi-finals.
Magic, Looters Nkwazi and Napsa complete the semi-final list that comprises midlands teams.
In the feminine league, Copperbelt champions CEC Queens could failed to live up to expectations as they succumbed to a 76-49 at the hands of Green Buffaloes.
Other fixtures saw UNZA Honeys get the better of LCC Lootess with a comfortable 84-43 win to storm the semi finals to be played take place this weekend at NASDEC..
Meanwhile, ZBA north chief Andrew Nyirenda has bemoaned the dismal performance by the Copperbelt teams at the ongoing national championships.
“It is the same story where the Midlands teams have continued to dominate the sport, but this time, the ZBA thought that we should have the quarter finals played on the Copperbelt and in Lusaka so that the north teams can feel at home.
Sadly, all the teams have failed to go past the quarterfinal stage and this is very unfortunate for us,” Nyirenda said.