Paris 2024 Olympics: D’ Tigress Beat Australia , 75- 62

Nigeria’s female basketball team, D’Tigress proved superiority over world No. 3 Australia , recording 75-62 in their opening game of the Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 .

The winning made it second-ever victory in 20 years at the Olympic Games for the team .

D’Tigress put up superlative performance and took advantage of Australian turnovers in front of huge crowd in Lille.

Nigeria posted a spectacular 11-0 run to finish the first halandnt that gave them a 13-point cushion heading to the locker rooms.

That proved enough for them to get over the line and when the Opals did make it a one-shot game in the last period with four minutes remaining, Amy Okonkwo settled Nigerian nerves with a huge triple to get them rolling again.

D’Tigress won three-quarters out of four, winning the 1st 18-17, 2nd 23-11, losing the third 10-19 and stealing the show in the 4th with an impressive 24-15 win.