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Basketball of Monday, 19 July 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

D'Tigress suffer embarrassing defeat against team USA

The Nigerian female basketball team, D'Tigress suffered a heavy 93-62 defeat in the hands of the United States in the pre-Olympics friendly game on Sunday, July 18, 2021.

The United States had already lost two of their previous friendlies before the game.

In its bid to destabilize D'Tigers and gather more confidence, Team USA attacked their opponents from start to finish.

They held D’Tigress to just 30.6 percent shooting while they shot 53.8 percent overall. They also outscored Nigeria in all four quarters of the game, though only by one point in the third quarter, Legit.ng said.

The top performers for the US were A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart who led with 16 points and 10 rebounds and 14 points and six assists, respectively.

According to the report on Us Today and Premium Times, the Nigerian team did not make a good run in the second half as they allowed the Americans to overcome them.