Highlights: as Nigeria’s D’Tigress beats host Senegal to win the 2019 women Afrobasket
D’TIGRESS of Nigeria survived a late rally to beat host Senegal 60-55 and retain the Women Afrobasket title In Dakar on Sunday. The D’Tigress looked to be coasting home after the third quarter but the Senegalese came back strong in the last quarter to take a brief lead before the Nigerian rallied back to win the game despite losing the final quarter to the host. It was the D’Tigress who seized the initiative early in the game racing to a 10-4 lead. Though the Senegalese fought back gallantly, the first quarter ended 14-10 in favour of Nigeria. At the resumption of the second quarter, the Nigerians took off from where they left in the first quater and increased the lead as the second quarter ended 32-24. The Nigerian ladies won the third quarter 16-13 to bring the cumulative score to […]