
Nigeria's women's basketball team, D'Tigress, ended their campaign with a heavy defeat to France, according to PM News. Head coach Rena Wakama acknowledged the scale of the rebuilding task facing the team, but said the broader growth of women's basketball remains encouraging, pointing to the presence of Nigerian players in the WNBA and other elite leagues as a positive sign for the sport's future.
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