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Nigeria’s male basketball team, D’Tigers medal hopes at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia have been shattered, as they suffered their fourth defeat on Tuesday, losing 66-61 to Scotland in the men’s basketball event. D’Tigers lost their first two quarters 16-23, 12-17 but bounced back to win the third quarter 18-6
Despite the best efforts of team captain Ike Diogu who recorded 24 points and 15 rebounds, the Scots walked out of the courts victorious.
The trio of Abdul Yahaya, God’sgift Achiuwa, and Uchenna Iroegbu all scored eight points. The 2015 African champions had earlier lost to New Zealand, Australia and Canada.
The very poor performance of D’Tigers in the commonwealth games will come as a huge disappointment, as they were expected to challenge for a medal spot.
