The Nigerian girls, who arrived Serbia only a few days ago, lost three quarters of the game 29-14, 25-22 and 25-16.
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The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has praised the senior women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, for their outstanding performance at the just ended FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain.
Members of the D’Tigress team have attributed their record breaking feat at the ongoing FIBA Women’s World Cup to the unflinching support given the team by the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, led by Musa Kida.
The Nigerian team, which was playing at the Qualification to Quarterfinals stage having finished second behind Australia in Group D, defeated Greece 57-56 points at the Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, recorded their second-straight win at the ongoing FIBA Women’s World Cup with a hard-fought 75-70 victory over Argentina in Spain on Tuesday.
Nigeria made history at the ongoing FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain as the national women’s team stunned Turkey 74-68 in the Group B game decided on Sunday.
After weeks of training, which started in Atlanta, United States of America and ended in Turkey, African Champions, D’Tigress, will start their 2018 FIBA Women’s World Basketball Cup campaign against Australia on Saturday by 12:30am Nigerian time.
According to a statement on the association’s website, the ‘venue pass’, which is the first of three ticket types which can be purchased to take in the action at FIBA’s flagship women’s competition, went out on sale from Tuesday.