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Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers’s quest for a 2027 World Cup ticket sufferred a dent as they lost their first game of the second rond to group E leaders, Cameroon 62-78 at the Salle Multipurpose Hall in Rades, Tunisia Thursday.
D’Tigers were beaten in three of the four quarters, 14-23 in the first quarter, 16-19 in the third, 14-18 in the fourth and managed a 16-16 draw in the second quarter with Nigeria’s game leader, Efe Abogidi recording 14 percent efficiency to his Cameroonian counterpart, Yves Missi’s 30.
D’Tigers’ Caleb Agada scored 13 points while Missi led in the Cameroonian team with 24 points. Their next game is against South Sudan Fri
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