2025 Afrobasket Semi Final Spot: D’Tigress, Lionesses to Rekindle Old Rivalry
Abidjan (Core Reporters) It will be a familiar rivalry on Thursday, July 31, under the light at the Palais de Sports Treichville in Abidjan when Defending Champions Nigeria’s D’Tigress take on the Lionesses of Cameroon in the Quarter finals of the 2025 Women Afrobasket.
The D’Tigress waited late on Wednesday night to know it’s opponent in the last eight after the Cameroonians defeated Angola convincing 85 – 64 points to further confirm the struggling state of Angolan women’s basketball.
The Nigerian girls are heading into today’s (Thursday) game well rested and refreshed after two days without a game, enjoying the advantage of finishing first in its group.
Coach Rene Wakama’s team has been boosted with the availability of experienced Shooting Guard, Sarah Ogoke, who missed the team’s previous two games in the tournament.
The veteran player will be hoping to bring her wealth of experience to bare for the team, having being a key member of the last four Afrobasket title winning teams.
Coach Rene Wakama has charged her team to raise their game and expressed confidence that the team is beginning to get its rhythm back.
” This is the business end of the tournament and as a team we know what is at stake and we are following through our set goals with each game”.
” Afrobasket is getting tougher and it shows the improving standard of the women’s game on the continent and today’s game against Cameroon will be no difference”, Wakama said.
Core Reporters report that Today (Thursday) will be action packed at the Palais de sports Treichville as all four Quarter finals matches will be decided. Uganda will take on Surprised debutants South Sudan who dumped Egypt in the playoff round in the first game before Mali plays Mozambique and host Ivory coast squares up against Senegal in another eye-catching clash and Nigeria plays Cameroon in the last game by 10 pm Nigerian time.
