Paris 2024 Olympics: Ezinne Kalu named one of game three top performers
FIBA has named Nigeria’s Ezinne Kalu as one of the top performers in the final group game of the women’s basketball at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The 32 year old was hugely influential and did her usual thing by pulling the strings in the backcourt for Nigeria as they made history as the first African nation to qualify for the quarterfinals of the basketball event at the Olympics.
The 2019 Women’s Afrobasket Most Valuable Player also helped D’Tigers to win two games at the competition for the first time in history.
According to FIBA, the world governing body for the sport, via its website, ‘Kalu was the main architect of yet more history for Nigeria as they took down Canada to become the first African team in Olympic history, men or women, to make the Quarter-Finals.
‘The guard was a constant thorn in the side of her opponents and leg D’Tigress with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals on the most memorable day they’ve ever had at the Games.’
