BY Remi Sulola
The US team on Friday ended D’Tigress’ impressive run at the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Tenerife, Spain.
The defending champions overcame their slow start to defeat D’Tigress 71-40 and earn their 20th straight win in the competition.
The D’Tigress won the first quarter 17-9, marking the first time the world number one team had scored less than 10 points in any quarter since 2006.
It was a tight second quarter but the US team won 18-6 points.
The Americans continued their dominance to close the third quarter with 46-35 points.
The Nigerian girls had earlier made history by qualifying for the quarter-final for the first time in history after defeating Greece.
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