1st July, 2013
Barely three months before the commencement of the 2013 women’s Afrobasket in Mozambique, the Nigerian team, D’Tigeress, have begun camping for home based players at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos
The six days camping that started on Sunday will end on 6 July 6, 2013, and is at the instance of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, to select home-based players for the Afrobasket team.
A total of 15 players from the Zenith Bank sponsored league have been invited to compete for slots to join the foreign-based players in a closed camp in Abuja in July.
The invited players are:-Nkechi Akashili, Magdalene Ukato, Amaka Nwakamma, Atosu Upe,Grace Okonkwo, Evelyn Akhator, Nkem Akarawe, Nkoyo George,Theresa Samuel, Lillian Okwadi, Nana Sule, Regina Lornumbe, Lina Ubol Dong, Funmi Ojelabi and Cioma Udeaja.
The shortlisted players are from seven league teams namely, First Deepwater, Dolphins, First Bank, Sunshine Angels, FCT Angels, Plateau Rocks and Nigeria Customs.
According to the Media Officer of the NBBF, Patrick Omorodion, the camping exercise would be led by the team’s head coach Scott Nnaji, assisted by coaches Lateef Erinfolami, Aderemi Adewunmi and Emmanue Odah.