Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
SOUTH SUDAN defeated NIGERIA 82-79 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. SOUTH SUDAN won by a 3-point margin. Marial Shayok led all scorers with 19 points. SOUTH SUDAN shot 43.1% from the field while NIGERIA managed 36.4%. SOUTH SUDAN collected 35 rebounds and NIGERIA grabbed 44. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
SOUTH SUDAN
82 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | * Carlik Jones | 32:39 | 11 | 3/14 | 2/10 | 1/4 | 4/4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 1 | * Nuni Omot | 26:24 | 13 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 0/2 | 7/8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 | * Marial Shayok | 26:17 | 19 | 7/16 | 3/5 | 4/11 | 1/2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 32 | * Wenyen Gabriel | 19:53 | 10 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | * Both Gach | 18:41 | 8 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 3/7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Majok Deng | 19:37 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Peter Jok | 19:25 | 8 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 21 | J.t. Thor | 18:17 | 4 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Lok Wur | 09:32 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | Kurt Kuath | 09:14 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | Jackson Makoi | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Mangok Mathiang | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 82 | 28/65 | 19/36 | 9/29 | 17/27 | 29 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 97 | |
NIGERIA
79 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | * Ike Nwamu | 31:50 | 6 | 2/12 | 0/2 | 2/10 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 95 | * Chima Moneke | 30:28 | 11 | 2/7 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 7/9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | * Caleb Apochi Agada | 29:55 | 10 | 3/11 | 1/3 | 2/8 | 2/2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | * Josh Okogie | 29:21 | 14 | 4/10 | 3/6 | 1/4 | 5/6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 15 | * Ebuka Izundu | 16:52 | 12 | 6/10 | 6/10 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Chimezie Metu | 23:08 | 17 | 7/17 | 7/14 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 35 | Manny Obaseki | 20:03 | 6 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Efe Abogidi | 09:32 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 |
| 5 | Stan Okoye | 08:51 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Paul Solomon Dibal | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Jordan Ogundiran | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Udoka Azubuike | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 79 | 28/77 | 22/47 | 6/30 | 17/25 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 77 | |