RIO 2016
Umeh, Akognon and Diogu star as Nigeria beat Croatia 90-76 to keep hopes alive
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Micheal Umeh scored 19 pionts, Josh Akognon dropped 18 points and Ike Diogu hit the double with 10 points, 12 rebounds to help Nigeria’s D’Tigers beat Croatia 90-76 in Rio Mens’ basketball event.
The victory over the European super power who have already defeated Spain and Brazil means Nigeria still have hopes of making it to the quarter-finals.
A victory for Nigeria over Brazil on Monday, and Lithuania beating Croatia will qualify them for the quarter-finals, making them the first Africans to get that far.
This is Nigeria’s second ever win at the Olympic Games, with the first coming against Tunisia four years ago in London.