By Isyaku Ibrahim
Nigeria’s Women basketball team D’Tigress yesterday in Abidjan the Ivorian capital lifted their fifth African women title in a row
The team being coached by Rena Wakama, thrashed their Malian counterparts by 78-64 basket in an energy sapping encounter watched by a large crowd
The team has players including Amy Okonkwo, Ezinne Kalu and Victoria Macaulay to thank over their heroic during the hard fought match
The victorious side ended the continental event on a fine footing having won all their matches against Rwanda, Cameroon Mozambique and West African neighbours Senegal in the semifinal
before crushing another West African sister nation Mali in the last game
Amy Okonkwo was named the most valuable player of the tournament for the second time running
The victory of the Women’s team at the Afrobeat was coming just some days after its sister side in the football circle lifted similar continental event in Rabat the Morrocon Capital
