The D’Tigress have now beaten the best Europe has offered so far, with their victory over Turkey giving them their biggest scalp yet. Nigeria led 15 to 7 points early in the game, but the first quarter ended 15 points apiece. As has been the case in this competition, D’Tigress had a new leader yesterday with Evelyn Akhator topping in the performance charts. He said the qualification for the quarterfinals of the World Cup marks a new dawn in the history of basketball in Nigeria. “Now, the whole world will start taking us seriously as we have registered our name on the global basketball map.

Source: The Guardian September 27, 2018 04:07 UTC