The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) on Wednesday announced the preliminary roster for the senior women’s national team, D’Tigress, ahead of the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket tournament in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Afrosport reports.
Four-time defending champions D’Tigress will begin preparation for the tournament, with the team set to play in the much-anticipated Homecoming Games as part of their training camp.
Head coach Rena Wakama has stuck with the majority of the players that starred at the Paris 2024 Olympics last August, with the likes of guards Precious Amukamara and Ezinne Kalu, forwards Amy Okonkwo and Murjanatu Musa, and center Lauren Ebo making the preliminary list.
Preliminary Roster 🔥 pic.twitter.com/BtBku1bHvE
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Wakama and her coaching crew will use the exhibition games as part of training camp to select her final squad for this year’s Women’s Afrobasket, which will take place from 25 July to 3 August.
The D’Tigress, who defeated Senegal in the final to win the last edition in 2023, are drawn in Group D along with Mozambique and Rwanda.
Full of D’Tigress Preliminary Squad for 2024 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket
Precious Amukamara; Ezinne Kalu; Ifunaya Okoro; Elizabeth Balogun; Grace Efosa; Solape Amusan; Abiodun Damilola Yusuf; Adenike Olawuyi Olayemi; Amy Okonkwo; Nicole Enabosi; Pallas Kunayi; Murjanatu Musa; Gift Uchenna; Victoria Macaulay; Christabel Ezumah; Izoje Uche; Lauren Ebo; Ugonne Onyiah; Vera Ojenuwa; Blessing Ejiofor
