{"id":89482,"date":"2023-08-06T05:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/06\/nga-84-74-sen-rena-wakama-becomes-1st-female-coach-to-win-afrobasket-womens-title\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T05:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:25:07","slug":"nga-84-74-sen-rena-wakama-becomes-1st-female-coach-to-win-afrobasket-womens-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/06\/nga-84-74-sen-rena-wakama-becomes-1st-female-coach-to-win-afrobasket-womens-title\/","title":{"rendered":"NGA 84-74 SEN: Rena Wakama Becomes 1st Female Coach To Win AfroBasket Women&#8217;s Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team won its fourth consecutive AFROBASKET title after the win against a very strong Senegal side. After four quarters, the game ended 84-74 in favor of the Nigerian team.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Nigeria\u2019s Women\u2019s Team VS Senegal\u2019s Women\u2019s Team || Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Well, many fans have been praising the ladies as they were able to win every single game at the tournament. Nigeria\u2019s women\u2019s team beat DR Congo, Egypt, Mozambique, and Rwanda before thrashing Senegal in the final. However, note that the team\u2019s coach Rena Wakama has been getting accolades as she became the first female coach ever to win this tournament.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/49d2ab5bd42d4a658589a9d74ac3c67c\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\">Photo: Nigeria\u2019s Women\u2019s Team VS Senegal\u2019s Women\u2019s Team || Twitter <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rena Wakama, a 31-year-old former basketball player who was only appointed as Nigeria\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team head coach only a few weeks ago, did the unimaginable. Despite all challenges, Rena Wakama was able to assemble her team and motivate them to a fourth consecutive AFRO Basketball women\u2019s title.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/8f19c29084894cc4b415baaf3cc34aa1\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/83cd50d7118841b8812c05428f889203\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/82526f0109c1485b9f3e943ac6cd1a88\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Rena Wakama || Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: KUNOYnews (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nNigeria<br \/>Rena Wakama<br \/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team won its fourth consecutive AFROBASKET title after the win against a very strong Senegal side. After four quarters, the game ended 84-74 in favor of the Nigerian team. Photo: Nigeria\u2019s Women\u2019s Team VS Senegal\u2019s Women\u2019s Team || Twitter Well, many fans have been praising the ladies as they were able to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NGA 84-74 SEN: Rena Wakama Becomes 1st Female Coach To Win AfroBasket Women&#039;s Title - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/06\/nga-84-74-sen-rena-wakama-becomes-1st-female-coach-to-win-afrobasket-womens-title\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NGA 84-74 SEN: Rena Wakama Becomes 1st Female Coach To Win AfroBasket Women&#039;s Title - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigeria\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team won its fourth consecutive AFROBASKET title after the win against a very strong Senegal side. 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