The Nigeria Women’s Basketball team have qualified for the quarter-final of the ongoing FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Spain after they defeated their counterparts from Argentina 75-70 in their last group game on Tuesday.
D’Tigress had promised that they would avenge the defeat suffered by the Super Eagles at the last FIFA World Cup against Argentina in Tuesday’s game, and they did just that as they overpowered the South Americans to book their place among the last eight teams.
Despite the stuttering start from the Nigerian girls in the first quarter, it was D’Tigress that still had the lead at the end of the 1st quarter by 19 points to 13.
The Argentines, however, clawed their way back and reduced the lead at a time to just one point but before the end of the second quarter cum halftime, D’Tigress who didn’t let their heads fall ensured that they were leading by 3 points as the scores by halftime was 32-29.
Though it was tied at 47-47 two minutes to end of the third quarter Evelyn Akhator’s jump shot at the death ensured that Nigeria kept the lead at 51-48 at the end of the pulsating third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the game went to the wire before D’Tigress pulled away to win 75-70.