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November 18, 2019
D’Tigress thrashes host- Mozambique57-48 points to go top of group-A picking a ticket to the Olympics QualifyingTournament, OQT in 2020.
The topmost African Champions, leadthe first half 21-8, 17-11 to win 38-19 points and will face Mali in thesemifinals of the FIBA Africa pre-Olympics qualifiers.
Mozambique took the second halfwinning the third and fourth quarters by slim margins, 16-8, 13-11, but it wasa case of too little too late as Nigeria stood their ground for a win.
D’Tigress Head Coach, Otis Hughleysaid the game against Mozambique gave the team the opportunity to play togetheras a team since their Afrobasket wins.
The Coach promised that the gameagainst Mali in the semifinal will be different as they hope to take thepre-qualifiers one game at a time with the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo the ultimatetarget.
In another development, Coach GernotRohr greeted his Team’s never-say-die spirit after they came from a goal downto beat Lesotho 4-2 in Sunday’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.