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VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Ezinne Kalu made her first four 3-pointers and scored 17 of her 19 points in the first half Monday as Nigeria earned its first win in women's basketball at the ...
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the Nigerian women’s basketball team defeated Australia 75-62 in their first game. This was the team’s first Olympic game victory in 20 years. [10] The team lost its second game in the tournament 75-54 against the host nation, France. [11]
The women's 5x5 basketball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 21st edition of the event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 28 July to 11 August 2024. It was held from 28 July to 11 August 2024.
The United States women's team won the bronze medal after losing to the CIS in the semifinal, suffering their third and last defeat to date in the Olympic basketball history. The men's top scorer was Oscar Schmidt with 198 points in 8 games, with an average of 24.7 points, and Drazen Petrovic was second with 187 points in 7 games, with an ...
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Ezinne Kalu scored 21 points and Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team, male or female, to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in ...
Aug 1, 2024; Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France; Nigeria head coach Rena Wakama looks on in the first half against France in a women’s group stage game during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at ...
For the first time since 2016, Nigeria entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament. Dolapo Omole (men's featherweight), Olaitan Olaore (men's heavyweight) and Cynthia Ogunsemilore (women's lightweight) secured one spots in their respective division by advancing to the final match and win the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in ...
Kalu played for the Nigerian national team at the 2016 FIBA women's Olympic qualifying tournament. [8] She participated in the 2017 Women's Afrobasket, where she averaged 12 pts and 3 assists per game. The team won the tournament. [9] [10] Kalu participated in the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain for the Nigerian national ...