The Nigerian senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, is through to the Semifinal stage of the ongoing 2023 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament ongoing in Kigali, Rwanda.

Playing at the BK Arena on Wednesday in one of the quarter-final games, DTigress stepped up their quest for an astonishing fourth consecutive continental title; beating Mozambique 59 – 52.

Result breakdown
1st Quarter – Nigeria 16 -Mozambique 18

2nd Quarter – Nigeria 29 -Mozambique 33

3rd Quarter – Nigeria 47 – Mozambique 43

4th Quarter – Nigeria 12 – Mozambique 9


Nigeria will now face host country Rwanda in the semi-final in what promises to be an explosive encounter