D’Tigress coach, Rena Wakama has showers encomium I. senior women basketball team, D’Tigress, after defeated Senegal 84-74 to win the 2023 Afrobasket Championship in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday.
Wakama praised the team for the doggedness, hard work and passion to achieve such feat in the short time they were put together, which saw them win the title for a fourth consecutive time.
“I’m very proud of my players. They deserve the accolades. Indeed this is a great achievement that should be rewarded.
“We did not have enough time to train together, yet they brought in their professionalism and were marvelous in winning the trophy,” Wakama said
They had much in abundance in Amy Okonkwo, Murjanatu Musa, Sarah Ogoke and Ifunaya Okoro whomwere crucial for the Nigerian side
Okonkwo, as usual, unleashed the necessary qualities that kept Senegal on the back foot and she was so fantastic throughout the competition.
Her efforts were acknowledged, leading to her winning the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
D’Tigress dominated the game and never gave Senegal any chance to dream, recording scorecards of 19-10, 24-21, 26-19 and 22-17 in the four quarters of the game.
History was also made as the Head Coach of D’ Tigress, Rena Wakama, was the first indigenous female coach to lead a national team to win the Afrobasket championship trophy.
At the post-match conference,
