D’tigers Win first Basketball game:See the Athlete that scored the highest points in the Nigeria-Tunisia Basket Ball Game

Good news this morning as Nigeria’s D’Tigers have started on a good note by beating Tunisia 60-56 in the opening game of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament, Group A preliminary rounds.

Nigeria led the Tunisians all through with gaps as wide as 15 points, but the Tunisians fought back, narrowing the lead to 2 points in the fourth quarter.

Alade Aminu scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds making him the highest scorer for Nigeria, while Ike Diogu added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

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Nigeria meets Lithuania on tuesday 31st July by 2:30pm, after which they will face the third and most dreaded team in Group A, the USA on 4th of August 2012 at 10:15pm.

Here is a short profile of Alade Aminu below.