The Nigerian lads lost by 18-16, 9-13, 23-16 and 20-22 to the Angolans on Sunday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
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According to the pre-qualification guideline, the top three teams in group A will be merged with the top three teams in Group C consisting of Côte d’Ivoire, Angola, Guinea, and the Central African Republic. Addressing the players on Saturday, Nigeria
The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation gave the charge in a statement he issued on Thursday.
The Nigeria Basketball Federation Board through its president, Engr Musa Kida said the outcome was a win-win situation for the duo and indirectly for Nigeria.
Oyedeji, who is the South West representative on the board of the NBBF, expressed excitement about the prospect of basketball development in the zone under his watch for the next four years.
With five points from a possible six and a superior point difference, the team sits comfortably atop group A ahead of the next round of games coming up by the 27th of June, 2022.
The Nigerian team, after their opening 71-79 loss to Cape Verde on Friday when the window one of matches began, had gone on to beat Mali 72-70 on Saturday.
The D’Tigers were drawn along with familiar qualifiers opponents Uganda, Mali, and Cape Verde.
He said this at a news conference held in Kigala monitored through the Aftiasket.ckn website.
After narrowly failing to top its group on the back of a narrow loss to Côte d’Ivoire in their last group game, Nigeria will square off against the third placed team in group D for a quarter final place.
They however have a second chance of qualification for the quarter-finals, with their final group position earning them a quarter-final qualifying fixture on Tuesday.
The Nigerian side defeated Kenya by 71-55points to win their second consecutive game of the series on Friday.
Emelogu who recorded 18 points from 6 made three pointers from 10 attempts said the licence to shoot gave him the confidence to do what he knows how to do best on the court.
The Nigerian side outdunked their Malian counterparts by 81-73points in Group C opener.
This much was revealed by the team’s head coach, Mike Brown in an interview with journalists in Kigali.
The point guard who last played for Caen BC in the French league said representing one’s country at the international stage is a dream come true for any athlete.
Daniel Utomi who plies his trade with Vichy Clermont in France will be joined by Ikenna Ndugba, Emmanuel Omogbo of Apoel BC of Cyprus and Benjamin Emegolu (Rouen Basket Metrople, France) after days of training in the United States of America
Fresh from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the federation led by Engr Musa Kida said the federation has full confidence in the technical and tactical abilities of the two elite coaches to come good in line with the long term objectives of the federation.
It was reported on Monday that the Associate Head Coach of D’Tigers quit his role with the national team.
Nigeria failed to build on the advantage in the final quarter as they allowed the Italians to pick them apart and consequently win the game