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The Nigeria national men's basketball team, D'Tigers [PHOTO CREDIT: @AfroBasket]

The Nigeria national men's basketball team, D'Tigers [PHOTO CREDIT: @AfroBasket]

2021 AfroBasket Qualifiers: D’Tigers set new record after Mali win

The Nigerian men made it six victories out of six all during the qualifiers

byOladayo Jonathan
February 19, 2021
2 min read
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The Nigeria national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, now have a new record to their name after they rounded off their campaign at the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket championship qualifiers with a big 74-54 points win over Mali.

D’Tigers, with that win, officially became the first team to qualify and remain unbeaten in the AfroBasket Qualifiers.

With their sixth win, @NigeriaBasket is the only one team to be officially qualified and unbeaten in the #AfroBasket #Qualifiers. They finished 1⃣st in their group, booking therefore their 🎫 to Kigali.@BasketMalien 🇲🇱 54 – 74 🇳🇬 @nbbfonline pic.twitter.com/ZiajsbpCnM

— FIBA AfroBasket (@AfroBasket) February 19, 2021

The win, which saw the team finishing strong atop group B on a 6-0 run, was spearheaded by Nigerian basketball legend, Ike Diogu, who posted a double-double performance with 20pts and 11 assists.

With a 42.9 field goal percentage and three made baskets from seven attempted shots, Diogu ensured a smooth victory for the team whose immediate focus will be the 2021 Olympics and Afrobasket preparations.

After back-to-back struggles against South Sudan and Rwanda, basketball fans across the continent saw a different team who extended its unbeaten run in competitive games to nine.

The team, mindful of the task ahead, came out smoking with Ike Iroegbu and Mike Gbinije leading the offensive in the opening minutes as they raced to a 24-7 lead.

Michael Gbinije ended with 10 points, five rebounds and two steals as Keith Omoerah continued his rich form in the national colors with 10 points, four rebounds and three steals on a day all 10 players who stepped on court scored at least a point.

ALSO READ: 2021 FIBA AfroBasket Qualifiers: D’Tigers extend winning streak

The number one team in Africa were way better as they out-rebounded their opponents 48-39, scoring 15 points from turnovers as against 14 by the Malians.

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The team scored 16 fast break points; Mali managed only seven while the Tokyo 2020 Olympics bound team sank 18 second-chance points to cap off an impressive win.

Nigeria topped group B with 12 maximum points. New entrant, South Sudan, finished second, Mali third and the host of the 2021 Afrobasket- Rwanda- finished bottom of the group.

The players are expected to return to their various clubs on Saturday.

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