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Nigeria recorded her fourth straight win at the on-going AfroBasket Women 2017 with another commanding performance mauling Guinea 106-33points.

After a good outing against Egypt, Dallas Wing player, Akhator Evelyn again recorded a double-double as she shot the team to victory and replicated the same 24 points scored in the game against Egypt. With 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals against the Guineans, Akhator ensured that her team retained their lead all through the game as they coasted to another comfortable win.

Ogoke Sarah who was at the heart of the team’s offensive transition scored 13 points and had 2 assists with home girl, Akashili Nkechi having 2 assists and scoring 12points against the rattled Guineans. On her part, Elonu Adaora recorded 11 points, 2 steals and 2 rebounds.

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For the third time in the competition, all the registered 12 players recorded their names on the score sheet with Atletico Lanus (Argentinia) player Nwaigwe Ugochi, the lowest, weighing in with 4 points.

Speaking after the game, Elephant Girls basketball club of Lagos player, Akashili described the game against Guinea as a test run ahead of the all-important encounter against defending champions Senegal on today.

“Guinea is not really a strong team. We just played them to boost our game against Senegal tomorrow.

“Now, we know how to play Senegal with our big men. For Senegal, they have size on their side. So we put it into practice against Guinea as we used more of the big men and it worked.”