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NIGERIA’S champions, Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) Women Basketball Team lost to FAP of Cameroon 62-60 on Tuesday, at the ongoing Women’s Basketall League Africa (WBLA) in Dakar, Senegal.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that MFM had lost their first two matches against Al Ahly of Egypt and ASC Ville De Dakar of Senegal, 95-49 and 57-54.
MFM needed an outright victory with a large margin to stand a chance of qualifying as third best losers, but could not hold their ground.
The game lived up to its expectations as the Cameroonians took early lead, by winning the first quarter by a margin of 10 points with 22-12.
The Nigerian team fought back in the second quarter but lost narrowly 17-16 with FAP leading with 11 points at half time.
The game became closer in the third quarter as it ended 12-12 at the end of the quarter with the Nigerian team trailing with a 11 points deficit.
MFM fought and won the fourth quarter with nine points margin at 20-11, but could not change the 11 points conceded at half time.
FAP await for the results in Group B and Group C to know their fate of qualifying via the third best losers.
MFM will only play classification games as their bid to win the 2024 Women Basketball League Africa is over after losing all their three group matches.
The WBLA is the elite basketball competition for the best 12 teams on the continent where the winner would be crowned the best Africa Women Basketball team for the year.(NAN)
A.I
Dec. 11, 2024
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