The fifth-best female basketball team in the world, France handed Nigeria’s D’Tigress a second loss of the Tokyo Olympics basketball.
Nigeria lost the first three quarters; 18-12, 26-15, 23-15, and drew the fourth 20-20. Despite fighting hard the team came short to the superior shooting power of France.
After a barren first three minutes of the opening quarter, France went up by 8 points and dominated to win by 18-12, despite Nigeria rallying back to draw 11-11 at some point.
Too many missed shots by D’Tigresses coupled with France maximizing its three-pointers were factors that played against Nigeria.
