Brave D’Tigress Bow Out Of 2024 Olympics.
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By Sedara Philip
Nigeria women’s basketball team D’Tigress lost to USA in the Quarter-final of 2024 Olympic games.
The Quarter-final game at Accor Arena, Paris saw USA beating D’Tigress 74-88
The Americans won three of four quarters 17-27, 16-26, and 15-24.
Rena Wakama’s side won the fourth quarter 26-12 but it wasn’t enough to prevent a second loss of the tournament.
D’Tigress had earlier in the group stage defeated Australia 75-62 and Canada 79-70.
They lost to host, France 75-62 and became the first African basketball team (men or women) to qualify for the quarter final at the Olympics