Tigress, Nigeria`s senior female basketball team, on Saturday defeated the Democratic Republic of Congo team, 84-47 in the ongoing 2017 Women Afrobasket tournament taking place in Mali.
The Nigerian team on Friday overwhelmed Mozambique, 80-69 in their opening match. The victory over the DRC team was the second group B match.
The fourth quarter was a huge success for the D’Tigress as they picked 32 points while their DRC opponents only got nine points.
The match played in Bamako, Mali, saw D’Tigress maintaining their lead from the first quarter of the game which ended 23-8 points.
Even as the Congo side picked 22 points at the end of the first quarter while Nigeria got 18 points, the quarter still ended 41-20 and the third quarter 52-48 both in favour of D’Tigress.
Atonye Nyingifa scored 13 points to get the highest points of the match while Mokango Modiri of Congo scored 10 points.
NAN also reports that D’Tigress victory over DRC consolidates Nigeria’s chances of going beyond the preliminary stage, with four points from two matches played.