FIBA WCQ: Nigeria narrowly escape Malians' Threat - Basketball

By Emmanuel Oladele - D'Tigers of Nigeria on Saturday narrowly escaped another defeat in the hand of Mali Men National  Basketball Team, the Nigerian side had to put up an extraordinary performance to record a narrow win over Mali with 72-70 points. Recall that the team lost their first game in the FIBA World Cup qualifier to Cape Verde on Friday, 79-71 points.

In Saturday's game, D'Tigers won the first, third, and the fourth quarters to escape the Malians threat. See details of each quater below;

Veteran Basketball player Ike Diogu, Jordan Ogundiran and Chris Obekpa were instrumental to Nigeria's victory over Mali.

With the group Standings below, Nigeria need to work extra hard in their next game against Uganda to keep their world cup dreams alive. See Group A standings below;