Nigeria’s female basketball national tam, D’Tigress are awaiting the outcome of Wednesday’s match between Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea to know which country they will meet in the quarter-finals of this year’s African championship.
The Nigerian squad cruised into the last eight of the competition with a stunning 85-65 victory over Angola on Monday night, to ensure they continue in the 2021 FIBA Africa Women’s Basketball Championship.
Megasportsarena.com reports that defeat would have seen the Nigerian side finish second in their group and going to play in a qualifier against Cape Verde on Wednesday.
However, D’Tigress ensured none of that by leading from the first quarter, which they won 31-18 against the Angolans, who were leading the group.
They extended their lead with a 21-10 win in the second quarter, heading for the game’s long break period comfortable leaders with a whooping 24 points.
D’Tigress, who made it two wins from two matches to emerge group leaders, stepped on the throttle in the third and fourth quarters, losing 15-19 and then drawing 18-18 respectively,
Nigeria’s Adaora Elonu was a top performer for them, with 10 points, three rebounds and four assists, while Ezinne Kalu grabbed 12 points, just as Ify Ibekwe also had eight rebounds.
With the 67-50 win over Mozambique in their opening group phase game on Saturday, D’Tigress won the group and will now face either one of Cote d’Ivoire or Guinea in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
The two West African sides will meet on Wednesday in the qualifier to quarter-finals to decide which of them would advance to meet Nigeria.
On the other hand, Angola, who ended as Group B runners-up after the loss to Nigeria, now have to overcome the hurdle of facing Cape Verde before they can play in the quarter-finals.
