Japan's women's basketball team defeated Nigeria 102-83 in their last group play game on Monday, progressing to the playoffs for the second consecutive Olympics.
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Top, the Japanese women basketball team celebrate their wining against Nigeria.
While Nigeria #23 Ezinne Kalu being calm by their coach after the match is over.
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Japan #27 Saki Hayashi, Japan #52 Yuki Miyazawa, and Japan #15 Nako Motohashi all had multiple threes and a total of 19 3-pointers in the game for the world's 10th-ranked Japanese team, which finished the group stage with a 2-1 record at Saitama Super Arena.
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Japan #27 Saki Hayashi scored 23 points to lead her squad, with seven 3-pointers, two rebound, two assist and one steals.
"I don't remember how many three-pointers I made," Hayashi said.
"I want to help the team with more three-pointers (in the quarterfinal) and definitely want to win," she said.
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While Japan #52 Yuki Miyazawa added 19 points with five 3-pointers, two rebounds, one assist and one steals.
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And Japan #8 Maki Takada added 15 points with one 3-pointers and two free throws, five rebounds, three assist and two steals.
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Japan #13 Rui Machida of Japan tied an Olympic women's single-game assist record with 15 in just 20 minutes of play, with two rebound and one steals.
Nigeria (NGR) 83 - 102 (JPN) Japan
22 [Quarter1] 30
16 [Quarter2] 21
19 [Quarter3] 33
26 [Quarter4] 18
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Current Tournament summary
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Nevermind, just looked at the table, oops... They out.
Does that mean Nigerian Women are out of the tournament?
yeah, thats the end of the Olympics Game for them.
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