D’Tigress, Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, defeated Senegal 72-65 on Thursday to win its first game in Group A at the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying event in Antwerp, Belgium.
he game saw the Afrobasket champions take the lead in the first quarter, 20-18, but trail Senegal 37-46 in the second quarter.
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Senegal maintained the lead at 57-49 at the end of the third quarter, trailing 57-49 heading into the last 10 minutes. Looking low on energy, Nigeria dug deep.
They started the last quarter with a 11-0 run to swing the contest back firmly in their favour.
