Nigeria’s dominance in female basketball continued on Friday as Junior D’Tigress defeated Uganda 71-67, in their semifinal clash on Friday, to reach the final of the ongoing FIBA U-18 Afrobasket in South Africa.
The win also means an automatic qualification for the 2025 FIBA U-18 Women’s World Cup in Switzerland.
In the thrilling encounter, the Junior Tigress who survived elimination alongside Rwanda, to qualify out of the knockout stages as the best third-placed finishers, started strongly to end the first quarter by a slim victory, 21-20.
The second quarter witnessed Nigeria’s unrelenting spirit as they maintained their lead to end 40-37.
continued with a dominant force, dictating the pace from the mid park to their opponent arc side, dismantling their defense to end the third quarter by 61-54.
The fourth quarter ended on an exciting note for Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigress to redeem themselves against Uganda who defeated them at the group stage by winning 71-67.
Nigeria’s journey to their third final saw them overcome hurdles of five previous matches; three group-stage matches and two knockout matches.
They lost their two group-stage matches to Egypt and Uganda and won Zimbabwe while defeated Egypt and Uganda In both the quarter and semifinals respectively.
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