• D’Tigress have qualified for a historic quarterfinal after defeating Canada by nine points on Sunday
History was made on Sunday as Nigeria’s national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, defeated Canada 79-70 to qualify for the quarterfinal of the Olympic Games women’s basketball event.
It took a third-quarter blowout of the Canadians by 23-5 by D’Tigress that separated the two countries, who both had a shot at making the quarterfinal at the beginning of the contest.
Once again, Ezinne Kalu led the team in scoring with 21 points, followed by Elizabeth Balogun with 14.
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