{"id":59894,"date":"2025-08-03T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/dtigress-conquers-africa-for-5th-consecutive-time"},"modified":"2025-08-03T22:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:28:30","slug":"dtigress-conquers-africa-for-5th-consecutive-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/dtigress-conquers-africa-for-5th-consecutive-time","title":{"rendered":"D\u2019Tigress Conquers Africa for 5Th Consecutive Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria overcame a resilient Mali on the last day of the 2025 Women\u2019s AfroBasket to become the first team to win the tournament five times in a row.<\/p>\n<p>The 78-64 victory was one of Nigeria\u2019s toughest of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>With this win, Nigeria extended their winning streak to 29-0, dating back to the third-place game of the 2015 tournament in Yaounde\u0301, Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>As was the case for most of their initial games in the tournament, Nigeria got off to a slow start.<\/p>\n<p>However, feeling threatened by Mali\u2019s intensity, Rena Wakama\u2019s team regrouped in the second quarter and headed to the locker room tied at 41\u201341.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Nigeria overcame a resilient Mali on the last day of the 2025 Women\u2019s AfroBasket to become the first team to win the tournament five times in a row. The 78-64 victory was one of Nigeria\u2019s toughest of the tournament. 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