2023 FIBA WCQ: D'Tigers Coach Reveals Reason They Lost To Cape Verde

2023 FIBA WCQ: D'Tigers Coach Reveals Reason They Lost To Cape Verde

Sampson Adedeji

Stand in coach of Nigeria's D'Tigers Alan Major has revealed reasons behind the team's defeat to their counterpart from Cape Verde, BSNsports.com.ng has gathered.

Cape Verde on Friday defeated D'Tigers by 70-79 points in the opening game of the 3rd window of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.

During a post-match reaction, Major said Cape Verde took more points from the turnovers.

"They had 16 points from our turnovers and 11 second-chance points from 16 offensive rebounds. These are some things we can clean up, but I do like the effort. We fought back and had the lead, but we gave up a big put back to Williams Tavares.

"Congratulations to Cape Verde, they played well. They got a cushion on us at halftime. 

"I thought our guys did a great job by fighting back to take the lead towards the end of the match, but you know in a game like this, you do not have much margin for error,” he said.