, are through to the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia. They did this courtesy of their 73-63 victory over Senegal on Friday night at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports in Yaounde, which qualified them for the final of the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket Women’s tournament.
In the end, this was a hard-fought encounter that showed the depth of the team managed by Otis Hughley. Just like the game against Cote d’Ivoire, the Nigerian team won all quarters except the fourth set which they lost 19-13 to a very physical Senegalese side. Amy Okonkwo, off the bench, led the scoring with 16 points in 17 minutes of action. Ify Ibekwe added 14 points while Adaora Elonu made 12 points. Victoria Macaulay and Okonkwo led the team on rebounds with seven. Mame-Marie Sy-Diop was the highest points maker in the match with 18 points.
At the post-match conference, Otis Hughley said that the FIBA AfroBasket tournament gets tougher with every year. “The next time is even tougher because you are the target. You are the one why everyone goes and recruits players, ‘we got to be better than them’.
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