Gallant D'Tigress crash out after losing 40-71 to USA in quarter-finals face France in playoffs

D'Tigress came up against the reigning world champions for a place in the semifinal of the world cup.

Otis Hugley's team came into the encounter with three consecutive victories so did the USA after three straight wins in the group encounters.

D'Tigress vs USA

Against all odds Ngeria's D'Tigress took the first quarter 17-9 as they come out of the blocks as fast as possible.

The USA who struggled against African opposition Senegal in their opener lost their first quarter of the competition.

Like a wounded lion, the USA came back in the second quarter as they regained the lead 18-6 to lead 27-23 going into the half time break.

The USA started the second half of the game with intensity, straight two points back to back.

D'Tigress put up a better fight in the third quarter but fell seven points behind as it ended 19-12 and the USA took a massive eleven points into the final quarter.

D'Tigress could not withstand the USA in the fourth quarter as they were outplayed 25-5, to finish at 71-40.

WNBA stars such as Breanna Stewart, A'Ja Wilson, Nneka Ogwumike and Elena Delle Donne were unstoppable for D’Tigress.

D'Tigress vs France

DTigress put up a very good fight against the reigning world champions but came up short as they fell to their second defeat of the competition after a 86-68 loss to Australia in their opening game.

The defeat means the end of the road for D'Tigress who put in an unbelievable showing at the world stage and will take on France who lost to Belgium in the qualification game to determine the fifth to eight best teams, 11:30 PM Nigerian time

While the USA advance to the semifinals of the competition where they will take on Belgium who beat France in the other quarterfinal.