By Damilare Adeleye
The Nigerian senior female basketball team, D’Tigress, on Sunday, defeated their Canadian opponents by 79-70 to reach their first-ever quarterfinals of the Olympic games in Paris, France.
The Nigerian female basketball team made history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by qualifying for the last 8.
D’Tigress became the first ever African team (Men or Women) to play in the Quarter-Finals: of an Olympic games.Nigeria, three-time Women’s Afrobasket Champions faced a tough test in the North Americans ranked 5 in the worldA win for the D’Tigress was non-negotiable as they hoped to put behind them the loss to France.
The first quarter saw both sides jostling for ascendancy but there was nothing to separate the sides as it ended 18-18However, the Canadian team came into the 2nd quarter with some renewed zest and ended up finishing the 2nd quarter 23-19