FIBA Africa U16: Nigeria Beats Mozambique To Seal World Championship Ticket

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The Fantastic 9 Nigerian girls at the FIBA Africa U16 championship brought their World Championship Fantasy to reality as they cruised to an hard fought 54-51 points victory over Mozambique in the Semi finals of the African U16 Women Championship in Madagascar.



Nigeria started out slowly trailing 5-16 in the 1st quarter, but shook off the tension and powered back with 20-8 points run in the 2nd quarter to take a 25-24 lead to the half time break. The 3rd quarter had both teams neck to neck, but Nigeria still managed a 1 point lead (36-35) going into the final quarter after both sides scored 11 points apiece.



Despite the superior rebounding from Mozambique 52-38 over Nigeria in the game. Nigeria pulled through out scoring Mozambique 12-4 from inside the paint and shooting 54% from free throw line compared to Mozambique who managed just 46%.



Chinelo Lucy Ibeh  and Isioma Vannessa Oduah lead the floor with 16 points apiece, while Ene Adams did massive job of picking 14 rebounds despite scoring just 2 points, and Rita James adding 9 points to the spoils.



With the win Nigeria has booked a place in the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship and a final show down against triple defending Champions Mali on Sunday.

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