Nigeria’s girls’s nationwide basketball group misplaced 77–60 to South Korea girls’s nationwide basketball group of their newest sport on the FIBA Ladies’s Basketball World Cup Qualifiers in France.
The defeat ended D’Tigress’ six-game successful run and was their first loss within the qualifying event.
Nigeria went into the match with confidence after a powerful victory over Colombia girls’s nationwide basketball group earlier within the week. Nevertheless, the African champions struggled to take care of the quick and correct capturing of the Korean group, who’re ranked beneath them on this planet rankings.
The Nigerian aspect, coached by Rena Wakama, did not win any of the 4 quarters of the match. They misplaced three quarters whereas the second quarter ended degree.
Victoria Macaulay was Nigeria’s prime scorer with 22 factors and 6 rebounds. Ezinne Kalu additionally performed an necessary function with six assists, whereas Murjanatu Musa added 10 factors.
D’Tigress began the sport properly and managed a lot of the primary quarter. However South Korea completed strongly, scoring eight fast factors whereas Nigeria managed only one, permitting the Asian aspect to take the quarter 20–16.
The second quarter was intently contested as each groups confirmed robust defence and vitality. Nevertheless, South Korea slowly gained management of the match, making good use of long-range capturing and ending the sport with 14 profitable three-point pictures.
The Korean group sealed the victory within the fourth quarter with a powerful 14–2 run, whereas Nigeria struggled to attain and managed solely 9 factors within the last interval.
The loss is Nigeria’s first defeat to South Korea in three conferences and brings an finish to D’Tigress’ six-game successful streak.
Nigeria will now intention to bounce again once they face the Philippines girls’s nationwide basketball group of their subsequent group match on Saturday.
