FIBA Afrocan: D'Tigers Suffer Defeat To Guinea

FIBA Afrocan: D'Tigers Suffer Defeat To Guinea

By Sampson Adedeji

The hope of Nigeria's D'Tigers reaching this year FIBA Afrocan competition suffered a huge setback on Friday as they lost their opening game to Guinea BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The Nigerian side under coach Ogoh Odaudu arrived in Abidjan on Thursday ahead of the competition.

They faced Guinea who have earlier arrived, acclamatised and settled down well before the match on Friday.

D'Tigers which is largely dominated by the home-based started the game strongly and won the opening quarter 20-14 but the Guineans took over the game since then clinching the second quarter 11-22.

The French-speaking country continued their dominance with victory in the 3rd quarter 18-13 and later the game up with a win in the last quarter and secure a 65-62 win over Nigeria.

D'Tigers have another opportunity to redeem their image when they face Benin Republic on Saturday in their second game.