Nigeria stunned the United States men’s basketball team 90-87 in a pre-Olympic exhibition game at Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday. The match-up serves as one of the tune-up games arranged by the Nigeria Basketball Federation for the team as they prepare for the 2020 Olympics where they’ll face Australia, Germany, and Italy in Group B. Reacting to the win, Vincent hailed the the impact of the team’s head coach Mike Brown on the squad. They made their debut at the London 2012 Games before making it to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016. The basketball tournament at Tokyo 2020 starts on July 25 with Nigeria taking on Australia in their opening game at the Saitama Super Arena.

Source: Punch July 11, 2021 02:12 UTC