Fiba W‘Cup Qualifiers: D’tigers Suffer 63-84 Defeat In Final Game Against Senegal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2019
Nigeria’s national male basketball team, the D’Tigers,slipped to their second loss in three games with a 63-84 points defeat in thehands of Senegal on Sunday.
D’Tigers were playing their final FIBA World Cup qualifiersgame, having already booked a ticket for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in the fifthwindow. They first fell to a humiliating 46-72 points defeat to hosts Coted’Ivoire on Friday.
They then raised their game to manage a 72-59 points winagainst the Central African Republic on Saturday.
The game against Senegal, held in Abidjan, saw theSenegalese blow away the D’Tigers 27-19 points in the first quarter.
Nigeria narrowly took the second quarter with anunconvincing 15-13 points win, but Senegal further widened their lead with a23-19 win in the third quarter.The D’Tigers saved their most lacklustreperformance for the final quarter, as they could only manage 10 points againstSenegal’sڹ^^ᒆ