FIBA World Cup Qualifiers; D’Tigers Trash Uganda, Advance To Final Round
D’Tigers captain, Ike Diogu, has yet again led his team to game dominance, this time against an outclassed Ugandan side.
Nigeria 109 – 66 Uganda
The Nigerian men’s senior basketball team defeated Uganda 109-66 at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos on Friday to book a spot in the final round of FIBA World Cup African qualifiers.
D’Tigers are in first place in Group B at four points with two games left against Mali and Rwanda.
In the first quarter of the game, D’Tigers led the Ugandans 30-21, and in the second quarter, the Nigerian team extended their lead to 51-35 points.
In the third quarter, D’Tigers added another 30 points to their tally, dominating the court into the end of the fourth quarter to win on 109-66 points.
Ike Diogu was Nigeria’s top scorer in the game with 24 points, Obi Emegona scored 15 points, while Tosin Mehinti and Jordan Nwora both scored 12 points.
The win against Uganda has increased D’Tigers winning streak to four in all FIBA competitions.
Following the win, Coach Alex Nwora, said the team will give room to the young players to prove themselves going on.
“We have secured our win and we are so excited about this. We have a mixture of experienced and young but new players in this team. We will give the younger players more time on the court to see what they can do.
I am really excited about the endless possibilities of the team going by their potentials. From our next game, we will start preparing for September. If we are going to face countries like Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique and Central Africa Republic who are also big names in African basketball, then we need to step up our game.”
— Nwora
The first leg of the second round has been scheduled to run 10th to 18th September, after which the return leg will hold from November 26th to December 4th.
Super Eagles To Resume 2019 AFCON Qualifiers In September
The
Super Eagles will resume the qualification rounds of the
2019 Africa Cup of Nations on September 7 with a game against Seychelles in Victoria.
Following an early exit from the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, Nigeria will be looking forward to making an impression at the AFCON games in Cameroon come June 2019 beginning with a qualifying ticket.
The Super Eagles will take on Libya on October 10 in Nigeria before traveling to Tripoli three days later for a return leg.
On November 16, the Super Eagles will get to reply their 2-0 home defeat to South Africa in a second-leg fixture.
Their final qualifiers game will be a home against Seychelles on March 22, 2019.
Venues and time for the games are subject to approval by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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This article was first published on 2nd July 2018
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