The Nigerian female national team, D’Tigeress, have qualified for the 2015 Afrobasket for Women and the All African Games later this year with an emphatic win over Cote ‘d Ivoire.
After a dominant 20 points win in the first leg on Thursday, the Nigerian girls repeated the feat with an emphatic 88-43 points win over Cote d’ivoire in the second round match at the Palais du Sport in Abidjan.
Uju Ugoka, with 14 points, alongside captain Helen Ogunjimi and Primeiro Agosto point guard, Sarah Ogoke adding 13 points each powered Nigeria to victory the female Elephants with ease.
The Scott Nnaji-led ladies took charge from the jump ball, taking a 10 points lead in the opening 10 minutes (25-15), then extended their lead to 47-27 at half time.
D’Tigress ended any hopes of a comeback for the female Elephants of Cote D’ivoire in the 3rd quarter outscoring them 26-9 to pull up an unassailable 71-36 points lead going into the 4th quarter.
They closed the deal with a 17-6 points scoreline in the final 10 minutes.
First Bank Basketball Club point guard, Atosu Upe, also had an electrifying night scoring 12 points alongside sparkling Ndidi Madu, who also put up 12 points.
Nigeria has now booked a date with Angola, Senegal, Algeria, the qualifier from FIBA Africa Zone 2 and yet to be named wild card entry in group B of the 2015 Afrobasket in Yaounde, Cameroun come September 22 to October 3 for a battle for a 3rd African title and a ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.