Nigeria beat Rwanda to FIBA Afrobasket Championship, face Senegal in finals

Defending champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria yesterday defeated hosts, Rwanda, to qualify for the final of the ongoing FIBA Afrobasket Championship holding in Kigali.

D’Tigress won the largely one-sided game by 79 to 48 points to extend their unbeaten run to 23 games.

And later, there were tears of joy as Senegal clinched the last ticket to the 2023 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Finals after a hard-fought 75-65 win over Mali on Thursday.

Sunday’s final would be Nigeria’s fourth consecutive final following victories in the 2017, 2019 and 2021 editions of the tournament.

Senegal will take on Nigeria in a remake of the 2017 and 2019 Finals.

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