{"id":685041,"date":"2019-08-19T04:22:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T04:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">The Nigeria women national basketball team, D\u2019Tigress on Sunday defeated hosts Senegal in the final of the FIBA Women\u2019s AfroBasket to win their fourth continental title.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_854137\" ar"},"modified":"2019-08-19T04:22:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T04:22:25","slug":"nigerias-dtigress-beat-senegal-to-win-fourth-afrobasket-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/19\/nigerias-dtigress-beat-senegal-to-win-fourth-afrobasket-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s D\u2019Tigress beat Senegal to win fourth AfroBasket title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Nigeria women national basketball team, D\u2019Tigress on Sunday defeated hosts Senegal in the final of the FIBA Women\u2019s AfroBasket to win their fourth continental title.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_854137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-854137\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-854137 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"D\u2019Tigress\" width=\"412\" height=\"245\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1566188545_468_DTigress28.png\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-854137\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1566188545_657_DTigress28.png\" alt=\"D\u2019Tigress\" width=\"412\" height=\"245\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-854137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D\u2019Tigress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that victory for D\u2019tigress meant that they also successfully defend the title they won two years ago after defeating Senegal 65-48 in Bamako in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a keenly-contested final match played on Sunday at the magnificent Dakar Arena which had as much as 15, 000 fans watching, the Nigeria women beat host Senegal 60-55 to win back-to-back continental titles.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As in previous Senegal games over the past few days, there was a deafening atmosphere at Dakar Arena but D\u2019Tigress held their own.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">NAN also reports that with Sunday\u2019s feat, D\u2019Tigress became the first team to win back-to-back FIBA Women\u2019s AfroBasket titles since Angola followed up their 2011 triumph with another in 2013.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To make it to the final, Nigeria eased past Mali, 79-58, in Friday\u2019s first semifinal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Okowa condemns attack on Ekweremadu in Germany<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hosts Senegal needed to work extra hard to overcome a fearless and determined Mozambique team, 60-57, to return to the championship title game for the third time in a row.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Both Nigeria and Senegal have emerged as the best teams from the 12-team tournament and it came as no surprise that each reached the final after four wins in as many games.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After losing to Nigeria two years ago \u2013 not once but twice in Bamako \u2013 12-time African champions Senegal were hoping to become the first team to win the tournament at home since the D\u2019Tigress claimed the 2005 continental in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With D\u2019Tigress successfully completing their mission, attention will now shift to the male team, D\u2019Tigers who are expected to compete at the FIBA World Cup in China later this month.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The FIBA World is scheduled to hold from Aug. 31 to Sept. 15. 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