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The Under-16 Women’s Basketball Team of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) defeated an Abuja selected side U-22 female basketball team in a friendly game on Wednesday.
Abuja selected side dominated the game, before the U16 girls turned around and pulled back from 11-28 to win the last quarter with three points.
The game ended 51-54 in favour of the U16 basketball team.
An excited player of the national U-16 team, Ruth Omotayo Udueyin told NBBF Media after the game that they were able to pull back after discovering their mistakes;
“We did not follow the coach’s instruction on time, so the moment we discovered our mistakes after listening to the coach again, we put it to work and we won” she said
“The spirit is high everybody wants to be in camp and make the team, nobody wants to go home but no matter what, we are going to come out victorious” she added
However, Head coach of the team, Adeka Daudu gave the girl thumbs up after the game and revealed that, some will be dropped after tomorrow’s evening practice session.
The team is preparing for the final round of FIBA Africa U16 Women Championship in Madagascar from July 10 to 19, 2015.
