AfroBasket: D'Tigress To Meet Mali In Final

Nigeria's senior national women's basketball team, D'Tigress, have qualified for the final of the ongoing 2019 AfroBasket Women's championship in Dakar, Senegal.D'Tigress, defending champions of the competition, defeated their Malian counterpart 79-58 on Friday to advance to the final as they strive to retain the trophy they won in 2017.According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the team won the semis against Mali.Nigeria's Ezinne Kalu was the star player with 19 points, while Mali's Meiya Riders had 14 points.D'Tigress had earlier thrashed DR Congo 79-46 in the quarter-finals, demolished Cameroon 106-39 and crushed Tunisia 75-26 in the group stage.The championship, which began on August 10 will end on Sunday.Nigeria will now face winner of the Senegal versus Mozambique match in the final on Sunday.SportsNewsAddThis:Original Author:SaharaReporters, New YorkDisable advertisements:
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