At the present FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifiers in France, the Nigerian women’s national basketball team lost to the South Korean women’s national basketball team 77–60. The outcome was D’Tigress’ first defeat of the qualification round and stopped their six-game winning streak. Intelligent Video 00:31 03:11 10 seconds Nigeria struggled to contain the Koreans, who are placed seven spots lower than the African champions in the world rankings, despite coming into the match fresh off a commanding victory against the Colombian women’s national basketball team earlier in the week.The Nigerian team, led by Rena Wakama, lost three of the four quarters and shared the second with their rivals. overlay-clevercloseLogo With 22 points and six rebounds, Victoria Macaulay led Nigeria in scoring, while Ezinne Kalu contributed six assists. Murjanatu Musa added ten points as well. D’Tigress got out to a great start and dominated the opening quarter. But in the last moments, South Korea recovered to win the quarter 20–16, scoring eight baskets while holding Nigeria to only one. Both sides matched one other’s intensity throughout the second quarter, which was still fiercely contested. However, South Korea steadily gained the upper hand in the game, finishing with 14 successful three-pointers and mainly depending on perimeter shooting.
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