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Nigeria's national U-16 women's basketball team is looking to seal a place in the African qualifiers and started on a good note alongside their men's counterparts.
It was a good day at the office for the Nigerian National U16 women's basketball team in Ghana at the FIBA Africa Zone 3 qualifiers.
The Nigerian girls proved to be too good for their counterparts from Ghana following a dominant 73-24 win on Friday.
Nigeria dominated the game from start to finish and never looked in danger from the first to the fourth quarter at Eden Heights in Accra, Ghana.
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Nigeria breezes past Ghana
The Nigerian girls started superbly and wasted no time in taking the first quarter 18-2 in a clear mismatch.
In the second quarter, the girls extended their lead to 41-9 as the Ghana girls tried to fight back with an improved second quarter performance.
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The third quarter also ended in favour of Nigeria with a 52-11 point difference before the girls wrapped it up in the fourth.
With the victory, the Nigerian girls are just a step closer to the African qualifiers as they look to secure a place in the World Cup.
Meanwhile, in the men’s category, it was a closer and keenly contested battle between Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire.
However, it ended in victory for the Nigeria boys who defeated their Ivorian counterparts 67-38 also at Eden Heights.
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