The young Nigerians had taken the lead, winning the first quarter 17-14.
Egypt took the second quarter and, therefore, led the match with scores 37-32 in their favour at halftime.
Nigeria’s Junior Tigers pushed hard to reduce the gap to 52-48 at the end of the third quarter and the toll of their lack of rest took hold of them in the last quarter.
The young Tigers arrived in South Africa for the Afrobasketball competition Wednesday morning after the long delay in Abuja as they were denied visas by the South African High Commission.
With the intervention of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the International Basketball Federation, the boys were later granted visas.
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