Senegal will wait for its 12th continental star. This Saturday, August 2, the basketball lionesses bowed against Tigress on the score of 68-75. While they hoped to console themselves with a bronze medal, the South Sudanese came with the same ambition. Again, the Senegalese bowed on the wire on a score of 66 to 65. At the end of this meeting, the leader Cierra Dillard made a big announcement on her future in this team. “Last time I wear the national jersey!” It was an honor, ”she wrote in an ephemeral message on her Instagram account. Naturalized by presidential decree in 2023, the 29 -year -old basketball player puts an end to an adventure that will only have lasted 2 years. A short adventure, certainly but intense. Fourth in this Afrobasket with Senegal, she was a finalist in the 2023 edition lost against… Nigeria. Easy, she was part of the standard competition team.
Auteur: Moustapha Toumbou
