Nigeria’s D’Tigress prepares for quarterfinals face-off with USA
Nigeria’s D’Tigress will face the United States in the quarter-finals of the women’s basketball event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Nigerian ladies made history by securing Nigeria’s first-ever berth in the last eight of the Olympic basketball tournament.
This followed their impressive 79-70 victory over Canada in their final group game on Sunday.
The team accumulated five classification points and initially topped Group B.
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However, their standing shifted when Australia triumphed over France 79-72 in the other group match, pushing Nigeria down to third place in the group rankings.
The team is now set to face the defending champions, USA on August 7 at 9:30 pm.
The encounter is the second Olympic face-off between the two teams.
At the Tokyo Games, D’Tigress suffered a narrow nine-point defeat to the Americans in their opening group game.
They were also beaten in the 2024 Olympics qualifiers.
Elsewhere in other quarter-finals clashes, Serbia will clash with Australia, Spain will go up against Belgium, and France will face Germany.
