AfroBasket: D’Tigress Beat Senegal, Claim Fifth Straight Win
Nigeria’s
D’ Tigress defeated defending champions of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket
Championship Senegal 58-54 on Wednesday night, making it five wins in
five games in Group B of the tournament in Bamako, Mali, reports
Completesportsnigeria.com.
Both sides had already booked their
places in the quarter-finals by virtue of winning their previous group
matches prior to the game.
Nigeria triumphed in the first
quarter 14-13, at half time D’ Tigress’ were ahead 34-26 and by the
third quarter had ended the Nigerian girls were still flying higher than
their opponents, leading 48-41 after Senegal gave them a scare by
cutting the deficit to four points at some point in the quarter.
Evelyn Akhator continued her impressive performances with 15 points and 10 rebounds to her credit
It
was a very physical battle and the game had to be stopped at some point
with medical attention required for a Senegalese player with a shoulder
complaint.
D’Tigress have now beaten Mozambique, Congo, Egypt,
Guinea and Senegal in the 2017 championship, marking the Nigerians as
favourites to win the title.
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