DTigress stun Turkey in FIBA Womens World Cup
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an elated ogoke told reporters after the match it was great. i have played for a while with the national team and i felt as though i personally had a point to prove1 dtigress nigerias female basketball team made history at the ongoing fiba womens world cup in spain as they stunned turkey 74-68 in the group b game decided on sunday in tenerife1 with the victory the nigerian side nicknamed dtigress put themselves in a strong position to finish second in group b1 sarah ogoke shot the highest point for nigeria as her with 22 points helped propel dtigress against their formidable counterparts1 evelyn akhator also impressed with a 13-point 10-rebound double-double1 turkey struggled for much of the game as isil alben contributed 15 points while esra ural topuz suffered a knee injury1 it was nigerias first-ever fiba womens world cup victory and the first time the female team would defeat any european opponent1 we finally got an opportunity to show what we can do with this historic win against turkey she said1 coach of dtigress otis hughley praised the teams courage against a respected turkish side turkey have been through a lot to build that programme and for us to sneak a little shortcut like that1 i was praying almost on my knees as were so inexperienced and young. we came through a lot of adversity and mistakes and were still able to fight off a couple of runs1 we even held on with some poise the coach said1 senegal another country representing africa at the tournament also recorded their first-ever victory against latvia to make it a memorable night for africa1 nigerias final group game will be against argentina on tuesday who are yet to record a victory1