Nigeria’s senior female basketball team, D’Tigress staged an impressive comeback to beat France 67-65 in a World Cup qualifier on Friday.
Having lost their first game 90-76 to China and finding themselves at the bottom of the qualifying group, they took the game to the French side winning the last three quarters 16-10, 21-14 and 19-13, after losing the first quarter 11-28.
STUNNING WIN BY NIGERIA
The @afrobasketwomen Champions played their hearts out and beat France in a classic #FIBAWWC pic.twitter.com/1cjRjdk87M
Galatasaray’s Victoria Macaulay led the scoring for Nigeria with 19 points.
Otis Hughley’s side will next play Mali on Sunday. Three teams will qualify from the group to the World Cup that holds later this year in Australia.