Olaleye Idowu
D’Tigress head coach Rena Wakama is looking forward to her side’s semi-final clash against Senegal at the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket.
The defending champions breezed past Cameroon 83-47 in their quarter-final contest at the Palais Des Sports de Treichville, Abidjan on Thursday night.
D’Tigress are now unbeaten in their last 27 outings at the Women’s AfroBasket finals.
Saturday’s last-four contest will see D’Tigress come up against their former handler, Otis Hughley, who is now in charge of Senegal.
Wakama said they are determined to win a fifth consecutive title in Cote d’Ivoire.
“On Saturday, it’s going to be a great game, and it will be emotional for some, and that is basketball. But we know our mission here and we will not allow anything to change that, but as I sai,d it is going to be an emotional game and very physical as well,” Wakama said after her side’s victory over Cameroon.
Senegal defeated hosts Cote d’Ivoire 66-60 to book a place in the semi-finals.
The winner will face either Mali or South Sudan in the final.
