- Safiu Kehinde
The Nigerian female under-19 basketball team, Junior D’Tigress, has bowed out of the ongoing FIBA U19 tournament after defeag to Hungary basketball team on Wednesday in Czechia.
Hungary crashed the Nigerian girls out of the world cup tournament with 71-55 victory.
While the Junior D’Tigress started on a good note recording a 9-9 scoreline in the first quarter of the game, they fell apart in the second quarter losing, 12-30.
The team fought back in the third quarter but could only make 15-16 points which was not good enough to pressure the European team.
Hungary took the 4th quarter more seriously and recorded a 16-15 points to keep their lead and eventually coasted home to victory.
Hungary’s Kinga Jisepovits led the floor for her team with 19 points, while her teammate Eliza Farbas recorded 13 rebounds.
Nigeria’s Tobenna Nweke led the floor with 12 points as Francis Chukwu recorded 9 rebounds to their credit.
The Nigerian girls crashed out of the competition but became the first African team to win a match in the history of the competition and also play in the round of 16.