Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- Nigeria men's basketball team on Wednesday continued their fine run in the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket qualifiers as they secured a 75-70 victory over South Sudan in the ongoing series in Monastir, Tunisia.

This result means the team became the first team to qualify for AfroBasket 2021 according to a press release from the Nigeria BasketBall Federation.

D'Tigers have been ruthless in their quest to book a ticket to the championship to be hosted in Rwanda later in the year and in Wednesday's outing they did enough to overpower their resilient South Sudan opponents

South Sudan, on a mission to avenge the defeat inflicted on them by D'Tigers in the first series in Kigali, came off the block smoking with Kuany Ngor Kuany getti...