Nigeria's D'Tigress made history on Sunday night Inside Palais Polyvalent des Sports in Yaounde, Cameroon, after beating hard-fighting Mali 70-59 points, to clinch their third consecutive FIBA Women Afro-basket title
Host Cameroon had earlier defeated Senegal 53-49points in the third placed game
D'Tigress captain, Adaora Elonu emerged as the competition's Most Valuable Player MVP
The Spain based Elonu who also earned a place in the tournament's team for the 26th edition, stscooped 12points, four rebounds, two assists and one block to lead Nigeria to her historic win against Mali
She joined team mate and 2019 MVP, point guard,Ezinne Kalu, Senegal's Yacine Diop, Cameroon youthful forward, Marine Paule Ewodo amongst others
Edu-Biznews recalled that D'Tigress won the tournament in 2017, 2019 and latest 2021 edition
Nigeria senior women team are currently rated number one in Africa in the FIBA rankings.
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