Nigeria: Basketball Team Beats Liberia in Afrobasket Qualifier

Nigeria moved to the second spot of the four-nation FIBA Africa Zone-3 qualifiers for the 2012 Afrobasket for U-18 men billed for Maputo Mozambique in August this year with a 59-34 points win over Liberia in a reschedule Day-1 pairing at the Palais des Sport Treichville, Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

NBBF Spokesman, Segun Ikuesan told Trustsports that the young Nigerian side began the quest for a comfortable finish in the race for the sole spot for the zone with a 14-04 points win in the first quarter and followed it up with another good run in the second quarter with a 19-07 points for a half-time score-line of 33-21 points.

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