By David Meshioye
Head Coach of D’tigers, Ogoh Odauda has owned up to his team’s defeat to Mali, blaming his tactics, citing the loss as a fourth quarter curse due to innabilty of his team to hold on to their lead.
Recall Mali’s National Men Basketball Team on Tuesday shocked basketball enthusiasts in Nigeria and beyond as they beat D’Tigers, 77-68 to pick their first win at the ongoing FIBA Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Lagos.
Nigeria, who lost to Senegal in their opening game, looked set to bounce back from the defeat but unfortunately could not deliver when it mattered most.
“It’s a sad loss, and we let everyone down, we are deeply sorry for the eventual result but this could largely be blamed on poor preparations.
“We want to win for Nigeria but unfortunately we could not have a better result; these things happen in basketball, but I don’t blame anyone but myself.
“It is a sad loss, we could have done better but we regret the outcome of the scoreline which did not put us in good position.
“We just have to come together and see what went wrong and see how we can improve for a better outing next time,” Iroegbu said.
