2024 Olympics: Nigeria’s D’Tigress qualify for Q/final, beat Canada
Nigeria’s female basketball team, D’Tigress, on Sunday beat their Canadian counterparts and qualified for the quarter-final at the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics.
The team triumphed with 79-70 in its final group game at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France.
The victory earned D’Tigress their first-ever appearance in the quarter-final of the Olympics basketball tournament.
Nigeria sailed through the group stage with five classification points and sit top of the pack, with France still to play Australia later in the day.
The two teams in the first quarter finished 18-18.
The Canadians had the upper hand in the second quarter and finished 41-37 by halftime.
The third quarter took a different turn and the Canadians could only manage five points as Nigeria overwhelmed them.
D’Tigress sealed the victory in the final quarter with a historic nine-point victory.
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