Nigeria has qualified for the FIBA women’s world cup to hold from September 22 to October 1in Australia.
To qualify, d tigress won two of their three matches at the qualification tournament in Belgrade, Serbia.
After going down in their first match against China, they bounced back against world number 5 nation, France, before sending off Mali in their third match today.
In Their usual style, d tigress were the chasing pack in their encounter against Mali. They trailed by two points at the end of the first quarter 20-22.
However they got the job done in the second and third quarter amassing 64 points as against 44 from their opponents going into the fourth quarter.
Mali took the fourth quarter 25-9 as d tigers took their foot off the pedal.
Amy Okonkwo got the team and game high 14 points, she tied with sika kone of mali.
Host Australia and Olympic champion, the United States of America and eight other nations have booked their Spots
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
