Nigeria’s senior female basketball team, D’Tigress have overcome arch rivals Mali 78-64 to win the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Championship for the fifth straight time.
After trailing 21-26 in the first quarter, the Rena Wakama girls roared back with commanding performances in the remaining three quarters: 20-15, 20-15, and 17-8 for the emphatic triumph in the tension soaked final played yesterday at the Palais des sports de Treichville in Abidjan
Immediately after the contest, the president of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Engineer Musa Kida, dedicated the stunning victory to President Bola Ahmed TinubuHe hailed the President’s leadership and the Renewed Hope strategy for rejuvenating Nigerian sportsIn their quest to set a new record, D’Tigress continued their stranglehold on African women’s basketball as they breezed through Group D, starting their campaign with a 92-45 rout of Rwanda before edging a tough 60-55 battle against Mozambique to finish top andearndirect passagetothe quarterfinalsInthequarterstheyrecordedadominant8347victoryover Cameroon to set up the semi-final clash with another powerhouse Senegal whom they defeated 75-68 to reach the final against Mali.
The stunning victories in Cote d’Ivoire have extended D’Tigress’ unbeaten run in the AfroBasket to 28 games, a streak that spans back to 2015
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