Junior D’Tigress Suffer Group-Stage Exit at U18 Afrobasket

Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigress have suffered a disappointing group-stage exit at the FIBA U18 Women’s Afrobasket after losing all three of their matches.

Nigeria started their campaign with a heavy 95–68 defeat to Egypt before losing 59–50 to Chad in their second game.

They ended the group stage with another defeat, falling 77–68 to Côte d’Ivoire.

The results mean Nigeria failed to win a single group match at the competition, a feat that has only happened once before, in 2010.

Nigeria’s group-stage results:
– Egypt 95–68 Nigeria
– Chad 59–50 Nigeria
– Nigeria 68–77 Côte d’Ivoire

With three defeats from three games, the Junior D’Tigress will not advance to the quarter-finals.

Nigeria will instead play in the 9th–12th classification games on Wednesday as they look to end their campaign on a positive note.