D’Tigress captain, Adaora Elonu has revealed that the current African champions are not under pressure ahead of their opening FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup clash against Australia at the San Cristobal de La Laguna, Santiago Martin Arena in Tenerife, Spain on Saturday reports Completesportsnigeria.com.
D’Tigress are drawn in Group B along with Australia, Argentina and Turkey at the FIBAWWC tournament which tips offfrom September 22nd to the 30th.
The Atlanta Dream forward says she and teammates have the right synergy to carry through the first round matches as so much is expected of them as reigning African Champions despite the country’s poor run at the tournament.
Nigeria is yet to win a game at the FIBA Women’s World Cup. Nine African countries have featured in the tournament since 1971, but their wins – seven of them have come in the classification stages.
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