AfroBasket: D’Tigress reach quarters

D’Tigress on Tuesday night beat Algeria 79-49 in their fifth and
last Group B game at the 2015 AfroBasket Women holding in
Yaounde, Cameroon, to reach the quarterfinals.
The Nigerian team started the tournament with a 57-51 defeat to
Angola but went on to win the rest of their group matches,
beating Egypt 97-68, Guinea 100-47 and Senegal 75-64.
Nigeria dominated the encounter taking the lead from the first
quarter, which ended 15-13.
D’Tigress also outscored Algeria in the second quarter 15-8.
They won the third quarter 24-8. Although the opponents fought
back in the fourth quarter, Nigeria won 25-20.
D’Tigress’ top performer in the game was Adaora Elonu, who
scored 15 points, had three rebounds, seven steals and +16
efficiency, while Algeria’s top performer was Lylia Tlemsani,
who scored seven points, had four rebounds two assists, two
steals and +12 efficiency.
Nigeria scored 25 two-point field goals from 58 attempts; four
three-point field goals out of 11 attempts and 17 free throws
from 25 attempts.
On the other hand, the North Africans scored 16 two-point field
goals from 46 attempts; five three-point field goals out of 19
attempts and two free throws from six attempts.
The International Basketball Federation’s statistics show that
Nigeria had 57 rebounds to Algeria’s 32; 19 assists to Algeria’s
12; steals were 17-12 in Nigeria’s favour and Algeria had two
blocks while Nigeria had one.
Algeria had 26 turnovers to Nigeria’s 25; committed 18 fouls
while Nigeria committed 11, and their biggest lead in the game
was two points, while Nigeria’s biggest lead was 32 points.
D’Tigress are the highest scoring side so far, having scored 402
points and conceded 285.
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