D'Tigers go past Gabon, await quarter-final oppone The Gabonese national team who looks as if they were out to record an upset against a more experience Nigerian led the floor until four minutes, thirty-four seconds to the end of the third quarter before giving up to the Sam Vincent coached D'Tigers who shot to the lead for the first time in the encounter when skipper Tunji Awojobi drop the ball into the basketball for a 38-37 points lead which the Gabon side later cancel for a 42-41 points towards the end of the third quarter. The Nigeria, however, took the game out of the sail of their Central Africa country opponent in the fourth and last quarter with beautiful combination between Olumide Oyedeji, Tunji Awojobi and Ime Udoka and later Julius Nwosu to open up the gap between both teams for a 13 points advantage. The Gabon side fought back but their efforts was not good enough to close up the lead. D'Tigers center, Oyedeji led the floor with 22 points and 7 rebounds, Kingsley Ogwudire who probably played his best game in the championship so far contributed 11 points, one reboud and one assist, Awojobi had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists to his credit, Chamberlain Oguchi scored 6 points and 4 rebounds while versatile small forward Ime Udoka had four points four rebounds and two assists. 1
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