Wakama tips D’Tigress to thrill against favourite USA

The Senior National Women’s Basketball Team, D’Tigress Head Coach Rena Wakama has expressed confidence when her girls take on the U.S.in the quarterfinals of the women’s basketball at the ongoing Paris Olympics.

The News Agency of Nigeria ((NAN) reports that Nigeria will be playing the nine time gold medalist, U.S today in a quarter-final clash.

Wakama who spoke virtually from Paris, France said: “we are really excited because we want to play the best of the best.

“We believe that everything happened for a reason. We met them already in Belgium but we did not play our best, so we are looking forward to meeting them again on Wednesday.

“I think the first game that we played with them was an eye opener. We were able to watch the game and break down what we did wrong,

“We were able to see what we did good and I think now that our girls has the experience of playing against them, it would help a lot.

“We’ve also played about five games now, we have three friendly and three matches here so we are going into the game confidently.

“Playing well and we have a great addition to the team (Ezinne), that brings another level of intensity and experience to us.

“So we are looking forward to doing what we do and do it well,” Wakama said.