Defending Afrobasket champions, the D’Tigers of Nigeria yesterday hit a century, 106- against Cameroon’s 91 to pick the second semi-final ticket of the 2017 Afrobasket holding in Tunisia.
D’Tigers captain, Ikechukwu Diogu led the scorers on the Nigeria side with 28 points, followed by Ikechukwu Nwamu who scored 25 points, Bryant Mbamalu hitting 22 points while Akin Akindele followed with 13 points to outscore the much more physical Cameroonians
Cameroon’s Benoit Mbala was a thorn in the flesh of the D’Tigers and led the scorers on both sides with 32 points but his job was however, not enough to stop the Nigerians from running away with victory.
Nigeria led the first and second quarters at 25-18 and 27-25 but the Cameroonians fought back to win the third quarter at 27-23. However, the D’Tigers took the game to their opponents in the fourth quarter, running them down with 10 points to win with 31-21 points.
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