Nigeria’s Underneath-18 Males’s Basketball staff, the J’Tigers are out of the 2024 Afrobasket U-18 Championship, following their 81-70 loss to Mali within the quarterfinals on Thursday night time.
The Malians, who took the combat to their Nigerian counterparts from the onset of the sport, received the primary quarter 23-19 and led via the break at 40-38.
All efforts by the J’Tigers to take management failed as Mali ultimately received the sport, which was performed in Pretoria, South Africa.
To succeed in this stage, the Junior D’Tigers outclassed Uganda 72-61 on Tuesday, whereas Mali defeated Ivory Coast 73-69.
The winners and runners-up of the championship will qualify for the FIBA World Championship billed for Switzerland.
In the meantime, the J’Tigress obtained via to the semi-finals on Wednesday after beating Egypt 61-56 of their quarterfinals.
The Information Company of Nigeria stories that the end result meant that the Nigerian girls would now face Uganda within the semi-final stage on Friday night time.
Additionally, the Rwanda Underneath 18 males’s nationwide staff bowed out of the FIBA AfroBasket 2024.
This was after their shock 53-67 quarterfinal loss by the hands of Cameroon on the College of Pretoria Gymnasium additionally on Thursday.
Rwanda began brightly, claiming the primary quarter 16-14, earlier than Cameroon upped their recreation and fought again to win the second quarter 22-16 to enter halftime with a 36-32 lead.
Within the second half, Rwanda bounced again to win the third quarter 17-15, however Cameroon dominated the final quarter 16-4 to ship them packing.
The end result meant the Cameroonians progressed to the semifinals.
Regardless of struggling to shoot from the ground, Cameroon’s Amadou Seini scored a team-high 15 factors and 23 rebounds, whereas Hermann Bel Daryl Bay contributed 15 factors.
Rwanda’s Dylan Kayijuka poured in 19 factors, whereas Sean Mwesigwa added 12 factors.
Rwanda nonetheless must play a classification recreation for the fifth to eighth positions.
(NAN)