Tawagar manyan ‘yan wasan kwallon kwando ta mata na Najeriya, D’Tigress, sun tsallake zuwa matakin daf da na kusa da ba jarshe na gasar kwallon kwandon mata ta FIBA ta shekarar 2023 da ke gudana a Kigali, kasar Rwanda.
A ranar Lahadin da ta gabata a filin wasa na BK Arena, DTigress sun himmatu wajen neman kambun gasar cin kofin nahiyar na hudu mai ban mamaki a jere; doke Masar da ci 83-65 don tabbatar da matakin farko zuwa takwas na karshe.
Bayan lashe zagaye na biyu na farko, 18-10 da 24-13, D’Tigress ba zai iya ci gaba da ci gaba da tafiya a cikin kwata na uku ba yayin da Masar ta zama ta daya da 19-14 don rage tazarar da ke shiga kwata na karshe.
An fafata da juna a kwata na hudu yayin da ‘yan Arewacin Afirka suka yi kokarin dawowa cikin wasan. Duk da haka, D’Tigress ya tsaya tsayin daka don ganin an tashi wasan; lashe kwata na karshe 27-23 da wasan gaba daya 83-65.
Amy Okonkwo ne ya jagoranci zura kwallo a raga da maki 29 da maki 13 wanda hakan ya sa D’Tigress ta samu nasara da ci 83-65 sannan ta samu gurbin zuwa matakin kwata fainal.
Ita ma Murjanatu Musa ta yi hazaka da gudunmawar da ta bayar mai maki 18, yayin da Nicole Enabosi ta kuma yi mata rijista da maki 10.
Wannan dai shi ne karo na uku a jere da Najeriya ta samu nasara a kan kasar Masar, inda ta kuma doke ‘yan wasan Arewacin Afirka a 2015 da 2017.
Yayin da Najeriya ke cikin kwanciyar hankali a matakin daf da na kusa da karshe, Masar da DR Congo za su bukaci buga wasan neman tikitin shiga gasar don ganin ko za su iya tsallakewa zuwa Najeriya ko kuma su dawo gida.