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Nigeria’s D’Tigress Are FIBA AfroBasket Champions
Nigeria’s female Basketball team, the D’Tigress have been crowned champions of the 2019 FIBA AfroBasket Women Championship after a 60-55 win over host nation, Senegal on Sunday night.
The D’Tigress playing in a parked 15,000 capacity Dakar Arena made sure of defending their crown in a tense final.
Evelyn Aakhator, Ezinne Kalu and Promise Amukamara scored in double digits to bring it home for Nigeria.
D’Tigress have now won back to back titles in Africa’s Women’s Basketball, the fourth in the country’s history.