Nigeria’s basketball team, D’Tigress have won the 2023 Women’s Afrobasket championship, making it a record fourth title consecutively.
D’Tigress defeated the 11-time African champions 84-74 to claim their sixth championship at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday.
The victory means that D’Tigress will now compete for a spot at the women’s basketball event of the 2024 Olympics.
Nigeria’s Amy Okonkwo who finished the final with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 assists, was named the Most Valuable Player of the final for her impressive show.
It was also a huge win for newly appointed D’Tigress Head Coach, Rena Wakama as she became the first woman to lead a team to the Afrobasket title.
Rena Wakama went into the 2023 Afrobasket Women tournament as the only female head coach. Following the victorious outing of @DtigressNG, @Coach_Rena takes her place in history as the 1st female coach to have accomplished this feat in the history of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket. pic.twitter.com/zxxQrn0RYy
— DTigress (@DtigressNG) August 5, 2023
