By Victor Kanayo
The Nigerian women’s basketball team, mostly known as D’Tigress on Monday defied all odds to defeat Australia 75-62 in the opening group match of the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
This victory marks the team’s first Olympic win since Athens 2004.
In Athens 2004, Nigeria defeated South Korea in an inconsequential classification game after crashing out.
They had lost all five games and conceded over 400 points in their group.
The team ended up finishing 11th out of 12 teams in the competition.
At the Tokyo Olympics, they were defeated 87-62 by France in their first game and lost 81-72 to the US in their second game before a 102-83 loss to Japan in the last fixture.
The back-to-back African champions will now take on France on August 1.
Thereafter, they will keep a date with Canada on August.
