At the women’s AfroBasket in Senegal, reigning champions Nigeria are through to the quarter finals after a huge win over Cameroon – a 67 point margin of victory for D’Tigress, 106 to 39.
🇳🇬 Nigeria showed NO MERCY to Cameroon! The Reigning African Champions secure a spot in the Quarter-Finals 👏 @DtigressNG @nbbfonline
— FIBA (@FIBA) August 13, 2019
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The world basketball federation tweeted that they had shown “no mercy”:
Also through to the last eight are the other three group winners – hosts Senegal, Mali and Mozambique.
🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇳🇬 Nigeria & 🇸🇳 Senegal top their respective groups and qualify for the Quarter-Finals!
— FIBA (@FIBA) August 13, 2019
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The games on Wednesday are playoffs amongst the remaining eight teams to decide who goes through to meet the group winners in the quarters on Thursday.
