Head coach and team captain of Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, Rena Wakama, and Amy Okonkwo, have explained how the African champions overcame Canada on Sunday to qualify for their first quarterfinals at the Olympics since their first appearance in Athens in 2004.
D’Tigress are tearing up the script in a big way at the Olympics, shooting down Canada 79-70 to become the first African team (women or men) to make it beyond the group phase in the history of Olympics basketball.
After their defeat to France in their second game on Thursday, head coach Rena Wakama said the African champions needed to get back to their ways against Canada, which was exactly what they did.
