Egypt’s
women national basketball team have lost 106-72 to Nigeria in their third game
of the 2017 Women’s Afrobasket on Sunday.
Egypt have
lost their first game in the tournament after winning their first two games
against DR Congo and Guinea on Friday and Saturday respectively.
Egypt were
drawn in group B alongside holders Senegal, Nigeria, Guinea, DR Congo and
Mozambique, with the top four teams qualify for the quarterfinals.
The Pharaohs
were trailing by 21 points at half-time after losing the first and
second-quarters 20-15 and 30-14, before the Super Eagles managed to win the
last two quarters 29-20 and 27-23, becoming the first team to book a place in
the quarterfinals.
This result
means that Egypt sit second with five points, one behind leaders Nigeria and
one above Mozambique and Senegal, but the latter still have a game in hand
against DR Congo.
Egypt’s
remaining two games will be against eleven-time winners Senegal and Mozambique
on the 22nd and 23rd of August respectively.
The 2017
Women’s Afrobasket is being held in Mali from 18 to 27 August. The winners and
runners-up will be qualified for the 2018 Women’s Basketball World Cup, which
will be held in Spain in September 2018.
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