Following the successful draws for the 2016 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament for Women to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, at the House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland, D’Tigress and Celta Vigo Basketball club Point Guard, Sarah Ogoke, has expressed confidence that the D’Tigress team have what it takes to represent Africa at the Rio Olympics after Nigeria got seeded alongside Belarus and Korea in Group C.
“I am super confident in our ability and our chances of getting one of the five tickets to Brazil. Belarus and Korea will be tough opponents in the preliminaries, but I know we have enough talents to compete and get out of the group.”
“Our aim in France is to end up in Brazil,” she added
Sarah Ogoke led Nigeria in assists in Cameroun 2015 with 4.4 assists per game, scoring 6.9 points per game, then adding, 4.2 rebounds per game and 1. 4 steals per game.
The 12 team tournament which is billed for the city of Nantes, France, from June 13 -19th will also see runners-up at the 2015 Women’s Afrobasket, Cameroun slug it out with Turkey and Argentina in the preliminaries in group B.
The Full list of the Draws;Group A: Cuba, New Zealand, France. Group B: Cameroun, Turkey, Argentina. Group C: Belarus, Korea, Nigeria. Group D: Venezuela, Spain and China.
