Nigeria’s D’Tigers have reached the quarter-finals of the 2025 FIBA Afrobasket after a dominant 87-66 win over defending champions Tunisia in Luanda.
NBA star Josh Okogie was the star of the sport, scoring 31 factors as Nigeria claimed their second straight victory in Group B. The D’Tigers led 48-33 at half-time, prolonged the result in 68-47 by the third quarter, and stayed in management to win by 21 factors.
The win means Nigeria are by means of to the final eight with one recreation left, having crushed Madagascar 77-59 of their opening match. Tunisia, who earlier misplaced 86-65 to Cameroon, at the moment are near being knocked out.
Okogie, 26, who lately joined NBA aspect Houston Rockets coached by former D’Tigers star Ime Udoka, was born in Lagos however moved to the US on the age of three. He grew up in Snellville, Georgia, and started taking part in basketball at Shiloh Excessive Faculty earlier than starring at Georgia Tech.
Nigeria will end their group video games in opposition to Cameroon, whereas Tunisia should beat Madagascar closely to have any probability of staying within the competitors.
D’Tigers, AfroBasket champions in 2015, have additionally received silver 4 occasions (1997, 1999, 2003, 2017) and bronze 3 times (1995, 2005, 2011), confirming their standing as considered one of Africa’s basketball giants.
