Nigeria Women Basketball team, D’Tigress will leave for Dakar, Senegal today for the FIBA Africa Women Afrobasket, which will hold from the 10th to 18th of August.
The Nigerians, who are the defending champions, will hope for a successful title defence in one of the hostile grounds in African basketball. The Nigerians defeated Senegal to win the title two years ago in Mali and will have to be at their best to retain the title.Group A has the host and 2019 finalist, Senegal, Egypt and Cote d’Ivoire. Nigeria is drawn alongside Cameroun and Tunisia in Group B, Mali squares up with Angola and RD Congo in Group C, while Group D consists of Mozambique, Cape Verde and Kenya.
Nigeria’s preliminary squad of 14 players has Captain Adaora Elonu, Jasmine Nwajei, Elo Edeferioka, Promise Amukamara, Theresa Onwuka, Aisha Balarabe, Sarah Imovhioh, Ezinne Kalu and Victoria Macaulay. Others are Ifunaya Ibekwe, Kunaiyi Pallas Akpannah, Atonye Nyingifa, Sarah Ogoke and Evelyn Akhator who were all part of the D’Tigress 2018 World Cup expedition. It was gathered that the 14 players would travel to Dakar where the final 12-man roster would be announced.
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