Paris 2024: Nigeria’s D’Tigress Beat Canada to Qualify for First Ever Olympic QF

• D'Tigress have qualified for their first-ever quarterfinal at the Olympic Games following their win over Canada on Sunday
• The Nigerian Women's basketball team knew only a win would guarantee them a place in the knockout phase, and they fought for it
• The girls had defeated Australia in their opening group game before losing to host France in their second match

D'Tigress have qualified for their first-ever quarterfinal at the Olympic Games following their win over world No.5 ranked team Canada on Sunday.

The Nigerian Women's basketball team pulled off a thrilling performance, coming from behind to win the intense encounter 75-54.

Sun reports that D'Tigress arrived for the Summer Games as the lowest-ranked team(12th), but they have beaten world number 3 and world number 5 to make it into the last eight of the tournament.

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Both teams matched each other in the first quarter, sharing the spoils at 18-18, but Canada impressed in the second quarter, claiming 23 points over Nigeria's 19.

DTigress started the third quarter like a house on fire, going on an 11-0 run to lead Canada by 9 points. Ezinne Kalu, Promise Amukamara, Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah were all in on the act.

Nigeria wrapped things up in the final quarter, winning it 24-19, thereby making history as they reached their first-ever quarterfinal of the Summer Games.

Ezinne Kalu was Nigeria’s top performer in the encounter, with 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.

Promise Amukamara also registered- 12pts, 9 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals as the players battled hard for the victory.

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Briefly News earlier reported that D'Tigress made history after winning their first-ever game in the group stages at the Olympics by beating Australia on Monday morning.

Before today, the six-time African champions had never won a group-stage game at the Olympics in their previous two appearances. Their only win came in the 11/12th place playoff in Athens 2004.

Source: Legit.ng