Nigeria’s males’s basketball crew, D’Tigers, suffered a good additional time defeat to Tunisia within the 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifying sequence, regardless of placing up a powerful combat.
Crew captain, Ike Nwamu, stated after the match that the loss got here primarily from a scarcity of organisation and restricted time spent collectively earlier than the qualifiers. He defined that the gamers have been nonetheless making an attempt to construct understanding on the courtroom and that this affected their efficiency at essential moments.
In keeping with Nwamu, turnovers additionally performed an enormous half within the end result. He famous that comparable errors have been seen in the course of the AfroBasket qualifiers and admitted that they have to enhance in that space in the event that they wish to progress.
He remained hopeful, nevertheless, saying the squad remains to be new and rising collectively. He added that with extra time to bond, the outcomes will get higher.
D’Tigers will now flip their consideration to their subsequent sport in opposition to Guinea, the place they hope to reply positively and revive their qualification probabilities.
