The woeful performance of Nigeria’s female basketball team D’Tigress at the ongoing FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Berlin, ended with another heavy defeat as France trounced the African champions 111-56 in their final group game on Monday.
D’Tigress were totally dominated, outplayed from beginning to ending, losing all but the fourth quarter as France powered ed to a 31-13 lead after the opening period and increased their advantage to 65-26 at half-time.
The French ladies maintained their dominance in the third quarter, outshining D’Tigress 30-13 before the African finally matched their foes 17-17 in the fourth period.
Grace Efosa-Aguebor was Nigeria’s top scorer, with 15 points, while Gabby Williams, was the top hitter for France, with 25 points.
In a dreadful campaign that the Nigerians would want to hurriedly forget,
D’Tigress came to the World Cup as the reigning FIBA Women’s AfroBasket champions, having earned back to back continental titles.
The loss to France came after losing 99-81 to South Korea and falling 71-67 to Hungary, meaning D’Tigress finished their World Cup journey without a win, a new low for the African champions.
