Nigeria beat Tunisia 60-56 in their Olympic men’s basketball Group A match at the 2012 London Games on Sunday.
Alade Aminu scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Ike
Diogu added 13 points and 10 rebounds as Nigeria just beat Tunisia 60-56
in the opening game of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament.
Al-Farouq Aminu, who played for the NBA New Orleans Hornets last
season, added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Nigerians, who have
not lost to reigning African champion Tunisia in international
competition since 1987.
The two African sides in the London line-up were both making their
Olympic debuts in the Group A round-robin contest. The top four teams in
each of two groups advance to the medal playoffs.
Nigeria were the last team to qualify for the Olympics, having beaten
the Dominican Republic in the qualifying tournament decider to advance
after upsetting Greece earlier in that event.
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