Basketball: D'Tigress On The Brink Of Olympic Qualification, Beat Senegal
Taiwo Ayandeyi
The Nigeria senior women's basketball team, D'Tigress inched one step closer to Paris 2024 Olympics after a comfortable victory against Senegal.
16 teams across 4 different cities are participating. Hosts, France and Defending Champions (USA) are already guaranteed qualifications, leaving 14 others to squeeze in to grab the 10 remaining slots.
The African Champions, D'Tigress, on Oct 5th 2023 were drawn in Group A alongside Senegal, the USA and Belgium.
The qualifiers is holding in 4 different cities of Xian in China PR, Antwerp in Belgium, Belem in Brazil and Sopron in Hungary.
D'Tigress kicked off today in Antwerp with a 72-65 win against West African rivals, Senegal.
Amy Okonkwo was named MVP.
Efficiency per game 27.0, most
- Points per game 21.0, 2nd most
- Rebounds per game 10.0, most
Nigeria plays the USA on Friday and Belgium on Sunday.
