Nigeria senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers have been knocked out of the 2021 AfroBasket Championships,
The former champions were sent packing following a shock 68-80 defeat.
The Nigerian basketball national team who failed to clinch the quarter-finals ticket after losing to Cote d’Ivoire finished the first quarter trailing Uganda by 12 points which later increased to 15 points.
D’Tigers in their group games failed to win a single match at the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics
Nigeria finished the third quarter trailing Uganda by 18 points and eventually lost the game 68-80 (12-24, 19-20, 18-23, 19-13).
With the loss, the Nigerian side will now focus on the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers after the Afrobasket classification games.