30th September, 2011
Nigeriaâ€
The Ayo Bakare led-Dâ€
Nigeria had relied on their defensive playing style to get to this stage having won four and lost two matches so far at the tourney.
On Wednesday , the Rashidat Sadiq captained Dâ€
Nigeria’s guard, Joyce Ekworomadu led the Nigeria side with 10 points and 6 rebounds, home girl and reigning Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF)’s Most Valuable Player, First Deepwater Basketball Club’s guard, Nkechi Akashili, recorded 10 points and 4 rebounds, while Rosalyn Onwude completed the Nigeria charge to a quarter finals ticket with 10 points.
Mozambique on their part set the highest points scored at the tourney as they out-dunked another West African nation,Ghana, by 106-37 points to book their place in the quarters.
Commenting ahead of their match against Mozambique today, coach of Dâ€
“The match against Mozambique at the All Africa Games was tough and I can tell you todayâ€
The other quarter final pairings are DR Congo who take on the defending champions, Senegal, Cameroun will slug it out with another high flying team at the tourney, Mali, while Cote Dâ€
The eventual winners of the championship will represent Africa at the 2012 London Olympics.
—Bamidele Olowosagba