Afrobasket: Nigeria beat Angola, qualify for Rio Olympics

Nigeria beat eternal rivals Angola 74 – 65 on Sunday to win the African Basketball Nations Cup for the first time in history.

The historic win for D’Tigers also gave Nigeria a ticket to the Rio 2016 Olympics.

It will be the second Olympic appearance for Nigeria’s Men’s team after the first showing at the London 2012 Olympics.

Before the Sunday game Angola had beaten Nigeria in all nine times that they had met since 1987. In those meets, Angola beat the Tigers in the final matches of 1999 in Luanda and 2003 in Alexandria, Egypt, being the last they battled like this.

Oguchi who rained three pointers throughout the competition in Tunisia was voted the Most Valuable Player.