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1st Quarter

Hungary 21
Nigeria 13

Atrocious display this first half. We won't win if we continue to play like this.

Spending 2 months in camp.. still can't shoot accurately

TheSuperNerd:
Wow... Mali beat Spain?? PDPGuy, same Spain that is meant to worry USA?

I still can’t believe it! The Malians have created the first shock of this WC!

Redman44:
We are not intentional against Hungary at all. We should be leading in this first quarter 😬😬.

It's no news that we can't shoot. The data shows it. So it's puzzling why they keep forcing it.

Either bully your way to the basket, and hope you get foul calls or start getting set to come home.

user32:
Spending 2 months in camp.. still can't shoot accurately

That next Afrobasket for Women eh 🙄🙄🙄, Nigeria will surrender the title to Mali . Mali just defeated Spain and we are playing Hungary like this 😬😬.

Amy with 3 fouls already… crazzy stuff

Redman44:
That next Afrobasket for Women eh 🙄🙄🙄, Nigeria will surrender the title to Mali . Mali just defeated Spain and we are playing Hungary like this 😬😬.

they are still good for afro

Amukamara should stop shooting, she is awful

I'm calling it.

It will take a miracle to win this game.

I just can't see it.

The crqcks are beginning to show.

We have no offense and everyone knows that now. Just get Amy in foul trouble and Nigeria's entire offense is non existent.

Move your feet and stop gambling on defense and for goodness sakes, make your free throws 😩

Can't score, yet missing 7/8 free throws?

Na wa o.

user32:
they are still good for afro

Good for where 🙄😬? The likes of Senegal, Mali, Cameroun and Mozambique know our weaknesses now. They won't be fazed with our big names again.

Alarm bells are ringing,it is time to press serious scouting button....

This is the Rena's team now. She relied majorly on players scouted by other Coaches . Now that she has brought in 4 new players and getting her own Squad, the performance is sub par 🙄.

Redman44:
Good for where 🙄😬? The likes of Senegal, Mali, Cameroun and Mozambique know our weaknesses now. They won't be fazed with our big names again.

afrobasket is different

Half time

Hungary 36
Nigeria 26

Redman44:
This is the Rena's team now. She relied majorly on players scouted by other Coaches . Now that she has brought in 4 new players and getting her own Squad, the performance is sub par 🙄.

...we have not had outstanding rookies in the squad in the past 3 - 4 years...we have relied on the vets,it seems age is catching up with the vets...to be honest,at this point,Hungary deserve the win....

lovewins:
Yesterday's game made glaring something I've known about this team, "they have a ceiling".

What that means is even if everyone on roster gives a 100% (which in practical terms isn't possible), they can't go beyond that ceiling. What's corrects this isn't more training or better game plan but roster reconstruction.

Please realize my criticism about yesterday, and to throughout these qualifiers isn't only about what they do on the floor at the material time but how I believe that will translate at the forthcoming world cup.

If your goal is to medal at the world cup then coach Rena needs to take the bold decision to improve the roster. Since she took over, we've been terrible at shooting from 3s, what that means is every serious team just need to plan their defensive strategies around the box. It means we can't space the floor as everyone knows we aren't a threat beyond the arch. This can't continue.

I had hoped that this qualifiers would have provided an opportunity for her to extend invitations to potential players who can help the team but was disappointed that wasn't the case. The only excuse I made for the NBBF is that most of the prospects are in college and will be participating in the NCAA tournament hence their absence. I hope we get to see new faces at the scheduled preseason game with the Minnesota Lynx.

March this year, I said this and it's playing out exactly as I said.

Irrespective of how this game turns out or how far we go this world cup it won't change the facts outlined in the quoted post.

I thought our offensive limitation was bad in March, didn't realize it was worse than I thought. One thing is certain, this is the last time some of these players should wear the green jersey.

Musa putting up a good shift

Grace Efosa is not D'Tigress material.

Zero on offense, a cone on defense.

They are out already.... taxpayer money wasted

It's well......

You can't even fault the NBBF on this one. This is the best prepared Nigerian team ever.

There is no game plan. Even when things work they go away from it.

This is the worst the dtigress have played in about a decade.....if NBBF likes,they should not do serious scouting,hope what happened to Senegal won't happen to us....we need quality players...not some add ons..

carbonado:
This is the worst the dtigress have played in about a decade.....if NBBF likes,they should not do serious scouting,hope what happened to Senegal won't happen to us....we need quality players...not some add ons..

Who selected the players NBBF or Rena ?

Down 12 but missed 11 free throws. Chai

FT:
Nigeria 67-71 Hungary

Too little too late.

D’Tigress should now strategize on winning their classification game after Monday’s game vs France

We need to tell ourselves the truth,, a lot of players do not belong on that them...we used to be 12 man strong...every player had something to give..now, we rely on 3 to 4 players to carry us through..why,have it been difficult to add quality players like we did for over a decade....at least half of that team does not belong on it...

PDPGuy:
FT:
Nigeria 67-71 Hungary

Too little too late.

D’Tigress should now strategize on winning their classification game after Monday’s game vs France

.. if we win that game in your dream,would you believe it, remember what I told you when you said we would finish 3,I told you it was not certain,the team has not been totally convincing in a while....
Efosa does not belong,
Nicole's last days wearing the jersey,
Promise should be eased to the bench,
Balogun is a streaky shooter,she needs to tell herself,when it is not dropping,I should slash to rim or move closer to shoot the jumper...Jordan Obi is mid...I just tire...