Although, Mozambique started like a house on fire in the first quarter to lead Nigeria 19-18, heading into the second quarter it was all about the Coach Otis Hughley-led team immediately the second quarter resumed
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Speaking from her base in Salamanca, Spain, where she plies her trade with CB Avenida, the 2019 FIBA Afrobasket winner said Olympics qualification and an outstanding performance is the height of any professional sports man in the national colours.
The Nigerian girls absorbed pressure and poor officiating, but maintained their cool till the end of the game to emerge champions.
Despite winning the first quarter of their play off against France by 20-18, the Nigerian side lost by 86-62 points on Saturday.
Despite D’Tigress 15 to 7 points lead early in the game, the Greeks clawed their way back into reckoning to tie the contest at 15 points heading into the 2nd quarter.
The side, led by Otis Hughley, showed no fear as they took on the Australian side that narrowly lost to the United States of America in the final of the 2014 edition
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has called up 28 players to begin camping ahead of the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain in September.
Drafted third overall pick in the 2017 Women’s National Basketball Association’s draft, Akhator joins the highly coveted league of sports talents such as Super Falcon Defender, Ebi Onome; Sprint champion, Seye Ogunlewe; Tennis Starlet, Marylove Edwards; teenage Golf sensation, Georgia Oboh; and Nigerian Beach Soccer star, Abu Azeez Abolaji, currently being managed by Temple Management Company.
NAN recalls that Akhator’s sterling performance helped D’Tigress to win Afrobasket championship in Mali in August and saw the team leap to the fourth position in Africa and 34th in the world.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Nigerian female basketball team defeated arch rivals Senegal 65-48 in the competitions final on Sunday.
The Aisha Mohammed-led team had it easy as they dominated and won all the four quarters against the struggling Ivorians
WNBA 2017 Draft pick, Evelyn Akhator, posted a player-of-the-match performance with 15 points and 13 points to inspire Nigeria to the important victory that takes their count to five
Evelyn Akhator shone like a million stars as she provided the needed platform on which the team built their victory