Basketball: US female team beats Nigeria’s D’Tigress 93-62

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The Nigerian national female basketball team on Sunday failed to beat their US counterparts as they lost 62-93 in a friendly at Las Vegas.

In the match, one of the few arranged to prepare both sides for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, the American girls put up an impressive perfomance against a lacklustre D’Tigress.

The Nigerian side was restricted to just 30.6 per cent shooting during the game, while their foes shot 53.8 per cent overall.

The American side also outscored Nigeria in all four quarters of the game, though only by one point in the third quarter.

Atonye Nyingifa led the scoring charts for Nigeria with nine points, while centre Elizabeth Williams scored four points.

Both teams will meet again very soon, in the group stage of the Olympics in Tokyo on July 27.(NAN)

 

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