FIBA AfroBasket: D’Tigress eye historic third consecutive title against Mali

Nigeria’s senior women national basketball team, D’Tigress, will seek to complete a hat trick of consecutive titles on Sunday night when they face Mali in the final of theBoth sides faced off in the third-placed playoff of the Women’s AfroBasket 2011 in Bamako with Mali overpowering Nigeria 71-62.

That nonetheless, Nigeria have beaten Mali in their last two Women’s AfroBasket meetings, in 2017 and 2019.had more than a decade of drought before conquering the continent again in 2017 and 2019. Now Coach Otis Hughley’s Ladies are on the cusp of becoming only the second team since Senegal in the 70s to win three consecutive African titles.

D’Tigress captain Adaora Elonu who made her debut at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2015 in Yaounde, Cameroon, will lead out the Nigerian ladies against Mali on Sunday. This time though, she will not be chasing a debut outing but she and her teammates are locked in for a third consecutive win of the African cup.

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