Like the Nigeria women football team achieved their Mission X, winning 10th Women Africa Cup of Nations recently, the country’s national women basketball team, D’Tigress on Sunday secured their fifth back-to-back AfroBasket title in Cote D’ Ivoire.
They become the first team to achieve such feat after beating Mali 78-64 points in the final of the 2025 edition of the competition.
Like the semifinal against Senegal on Saturday, Nigeria had to dig deep to secure the win after losing the 1st quarter 26-21points to their opponents but rallied back to win the 2nd quarter 20-15 points to end the first half at par, 41-41points.
The defending champions continued from where they stopped in the 2nd set, getting the 3rd set with the same 20-15 points win, with all eyes on the final set to see who will emerge the winner.
Despite missing so many chances in the final quarter, Nigeria still dominated the quarter winning it 17-8 points to retain their title and secured the record 5th straight title.
Earlier in the day, South Sudan defeated Senegal in the 3rd Place match to secure the bronze medal.
