Nigeria D’Tigress, Saturday in Kigali won their sixth Women’s Afrobasket and their fourth in rom following their 84-74 points defeat of Senegal Lioness.
The country first won the title in 2003 and successfully defended it on home soil in 2005. They returned to their winning ways in 2017, defended it in 2019, 2021 and 2023.
Elizabeth Balogun was the standout player in D’Tigress roaster.She shot 15 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and added two assists, two block shots.
Ifunaya Okoro led D’Tigress scoring with 26 and dished out 4 assists in the game that Amy Okoro scored 14 points, crashing the boards 8 times.
Captain Sarah Ogoke produced 13 points and four assists in the game.
