By Goodness Ndukuba on July 3, 2023

Nigeria 's home-based basketball national men's team defeated Benin, 78-51 in FIBA AfroCan qualifier.

The game was played at the palais de sports, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire on Saturday. 

Guinea defeated Nigeria on Friday, 65-62 in the first game.

Victor Eze of Nigeria scored 21 points, followed by team Captain, Ibeabuchi Agu with 13 points.

Victor Anthony Koko recorded most shot drops for Nigeria.

Nigeria will play against host , Cote D'Ivoire tomorrow to determine which team that will represent FIBA Africa zone 3 at the FIBA AfroCan finals in Angola, from July 8-16.

Speaking after the game, Head coach of Nigeria, Ogo Odaudu said after the game, said: "It was a good for us today. We played a lot better than we did yesterday. Yesterday 's loss was painful, its a game we should have won.

" The players are getting better by the day. You can see that we played better than yesterday.

We will work on the team to win the game against Cote D'Ivoire,".

Source Daily Sports Nigeria

Posted July 3, 2023

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