Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress will face defending champion, USA in the quarter-final stage at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The pairings for the quarter-finals were made after the group stage matches were completed on Sunday.
D’Tigress, who earned a place in the history books as the first African basketball team (male or female) to reach the Olympic quarterfinals delivered stunning performances in the group stage.
Rena Wakama’s led-team recorded stunning victories against Australia and Canada.
They outclassed Australia by a 13-point margin, 75-62, in their Group B opener on Monday, July 29.
The victory against Australia was their first win at the games in 20 years.
However, Nigeria lost to France 75-54 in the second group game, but rallied to beat Canada 79-70 on Sunday.
USA won all their group matches, finishing top of the log.
They defeated Japan, Belgium and Germany.
