Victorious D’Tigress
Female basketball team of Nigeria, D’Tigress on Sunday beat Senegal 60-55 to cart home the 2019 women’s Afrobasket trophy they won two years ago.
The final match played at the at the Dakar Arena, Senegal witnesed about 15,000 fans watch the Nigerian ladies overrun the tournament host Senegal to win back-to-back titles.
The result means D’Tigress became the first team to win back-to-back FIBA Women’s AfroBasket titles since Angola followed up their 2011 triumph with another in 2013.
On the way to the final, Nigeria eased past Mali, 79-58, in Friday’s first sem-ifinal, while Senegal defeated Mozambique 60-57.
Nigeria had in the early stages defeated Tunisia (75-26), Cameroon (106-39), DR Congo (79-46) and Mali (79-58) by an average of 42.5 points, while Senegal beat Cote d’Ivoire (77-36), Egypt (85-47), Angola (88-54) and Mozambique 60-57 by an average of 29 points.
Senegal were hoping to become the next team to win the tournament at home after D’Tigress claimed the 2005 continental in Abuja.
