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How Nigeria’s D’Tigress Won All Three Group Games To Cruise Into #Afrobaskets2017 Quarter-Finals

How Nigeria’s D’Tigress Won All Three Group Games To Cruise Into #Afrobaskets2017 Quarter-Finals

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August 21, 2017

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How Nigeria’s D’Tigress Won All Three Group Games To Cruise Into #Afrobaskets2017 Quarter-Finals

How Nigeria's D'Tigress won all three group games to cruise into quarter-finals at #AfroBasketWomen2017 — “We have a young team that can run the floor on both defense and offense so doing that is a plus for us. I just came out to play and try to get better every other day. I think me getting used to the plays and the court and getting the trust for my teammates really helped me.” – Osaretin Evelyn Akhator

Nigeria is the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals at the ongoing African Women Afrobasket 2017 after edging off Egypt to win their third consecutive match of the competition.

See Also: Nigeria’s female basketball team defeats DR Congo in second consecutive win at ongoing #AfroBasketWomen2017 This is following Sunday’s winner against Egypt which ended 106-76 points at the Palais des Sports Salamatou Maiga in the Malian capital of Bamako.

D’Tigress earlier convincinly won against Mozambique and DRC to emerge Group B queens.
Nigeria will now be facing Guinea and Senaga on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively for the remaining group games.

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