Gatekeepers News reports that the D’Tigress came back from losing the first quarter to defeat world number 5, France in a World Cup qualifying game on Friday.
Before tonight’s victory, the Nigeria female basketball team lost their first game 90-76 to China and found themselves at the bottom of the qualifying group afterward, they, however, took the game to the French side winning the last three quarters 16-10, 21-14, and 19-13, after losing the first quarter 11-28.
Galatasaray’s Victoria Macaulay led the scoring for Nigeria with 19 points as the team led in 2 and 3 pointers 51%-44% and 35%-32% respectively.
Her outing was an improvement on Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah’s 12 points against China.
Friday’s victory has, therefore, catapulted Otis Hughley’s side to the second spot on the table with 3 points and a -12 game point.
Nigeria will next play Mali on Sunday. Three teams will qualify from the group to the World Cup that holds later this year in Australia.
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