Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, will play in the final of the women’s basketball event of the All Africa Games, after they defeated Angola 61-59.
Having qualified by beating Gabon 73-65, the Nigerian ladies put up an impressive performance against the Angolans, who many saw as favourites.
Angola beat Cameroon 58-51 in the quarter-finals.
D’Tigress won the first quarter 22-20, but the Angolans took the second quarter 16-12. The South Africans continued their streak in the third quarter, before Nigeria rallied back to win 17-10 in the last quarter.
Scott Nnaji’s team will now contest the gold medal match.
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