By Daily Sports on August 16, 2016
Hopes of Nigeria national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, progressing to the quarter finals of the men’s basketball event at the Rio Olympics have been dashed following their 86-69 loss to Brazil on Monday.
D’Tigers needed to beat the hosts to be stand any chance of making it to the quarter finals, but having done enough to win the first quarter 16-15, the African champions ran out of steam as the Brazilians seized the initiative to win the remaining three quarters to the delight of their vociferous fans present at the Carioca Arena 1.
After beating Croatia and narrow defeats against Spain and Lithuania, many thought Nigeria had a good chance against the hosts who had only won a game also coming into Monday’s game.
However, that was not to be as the D’Tigers missed out on being the first African team to win two games at the Olympics.
Akognon Josh was the top performer for D’Tigers with 16 points while Uzoh Ben also did well with 15 points. (Premium Times)
Source Daily Sports
Posted August 16, 2016
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