Nigeria’s Junior Tigress punched their ticket for the semifinals of the 2024 AfroBasket U-18 Women’s Championship with a 66-51 win over Egypt, in Pretoria, South Africa, on Wednesday.
Nigeria won the first quarter 24-13 and maintained the lead as the teams went to the interval with scores at 37-23 to the junior D’Tigress’ advantage.
The Nigerian team won the third quarter 17-13, and Egypt’s efforts to get back into the game failed even though they won the fourth quarter 15-13. Abigail Isaac led the Nigerian team in scoring with 15 points, followed by 13 points from Idubamo Beggi, who also added a game-high seven rebounds.
