Nigeria’s Senior Women’s Basketball Team, D’Tigress on Thursday pummeled host country Rwanda, 79-48 to reach another final of the ongoing Afrobasket Women’s Championship.
The team, who has been dominant in the competition since 2015, are yet to lose any match and are now gunning for their fourth successive title.
They have now extended their unbeaten run to 23 games and will next face the winner between Senegal and Mali in the final on Saturday.
Amy Okonkwo as usual, unleashed the necessary qualities as she recorded 23 points, 10 rebounds, two steals, and one block to help the team get past Rwanda who had a huge home support.
D’Tigress were dominant all through the four quarters of the match recording, 22-6, 22-12, 17-14, and 13-21 to coast home a 79-48 victory.
The last time Nigeria lost a game in the Women’s Afrobasket was in 2015 against Cameroon in the semi-finals.
In a post-match news conference monitored, the Head Coach of Rwanda, Sheik Caar, admitted that Nigeria is a powerhouse in basketball and that they made three points look easy and they had a 45 percent average.
“If you have a team making three points look easy and you only have just one player making points, how are you going to win a team like Nigeria?
“We tried but Nigeria is better physically and mentally, indeed they deserve to win and we just have to prepare harder next time,” Caar said.
Also speaking, Nigeria’s Head Coach, Rena Wakama, who had just two weeks to prepare the team, expressed happiness over the victory.
“It’s a very good feeling I give kudos to the players who gave their best and have done very well to reach another final.
“Indeed it’s a great achievement and we look forward to playing in the final and winning the championship trophy,” Wakama said.
The D’Tigress’ scorecard in the competition is, 69-35 against Congo, 83-65 against Egypt, 59-52 against Mozambique, and now 79-48 against Rwanda.
