FIBA World Cup: Nigeria Crush Korea, Secure Tokyo 2020 Olympics Lifeline - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
September 5, 2019
Nigeria’sD’Tigers have rounded off their FIBA world cup group stage campaign with aresounding win over South Korea, thereby keeping alive their hopes of securingtheir spot at the Tokyo Olympics as Africa’s top-ranked side.
Aftera tight first quarter, D’tigers dominated the second, third and 4th quarters ontheir way to a 108-66 points victory.
Center,Michael Eric-led Nigeria with 17 points and 9 rebounds while point guard IkeIroegbu contributed 6 assists.
D’Tigerswill now proceed to Guangzhou for their classification games which willdetermine their final placement in the 32-team tournament.