Africa's two highest ranked teams set to face off in Lagos

Posted by kuailai99 on September 18th, 2018

LAGOS (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers) - In one of Africa's highly-anticipated games of the year, high-flying Nigeria host Senegal on Sunday in Lagos.To get more basketball news articles, you can visit shine news official website.

Nigeria - the No. 1 team on the continent of Africa - won all their FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers eight so far, to become the first country to qualify for the China 2019 showdown. Senegal - Africa's No. 2 team are currently on a seven-game winning streak - and aim to end Nigeria's dominance.

Each team brings hugely-talented players with the likes of Senegal's Maurice Ndour, Gorgui Dieng and Hamady Ndiaye just to mention a few, while the Nigerians have assembled their most talented roster since the start of the World Cup Qualifiers in November 2017. The question now is, can Senegal become the real test to Nigeria and do what other five teams were unable to do? "I respect everybody," Nigeria head coach Alex Nwora said. "There is no scare in this game, If you get overconfident you are going to get shot. At this point, I am happy where we are.

We try to win every game."The last time these two faced off, Nigeria prevailed, advancing to the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Final. "They have a very good team, but we believe we are a very good team too. We'll come up ready, and, hopefully, we can come with a victory" said Senegal center Youssoupha Ndoye.