All is set for D’Tigress, as head coach Otis Hughley names 12 players that will compete at the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup. Here are the 12 players players selected to represent Nigeria’s women basketball team D’Tigress at the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.D’Tigress will hope to become the first African country to win the World Cup and are drawn in Group B Group B along with Australia, Turkey and ArgentinaThe coaching team led by Otis Hughley released the final 12 players for the tournament on Wednesday, September 19.D’Tigress 12 players for World CupThe team selected by Hughley has majority of foreign based stars who were part of the team that lifted the 2017 Afrobasket. Small forwardsAdaora ElonuCecilia OkoyeAtonye NyingifaCenterAisha MohammedElo EdemaNkechi Akashili – who plays for First BankPoint GuardPromise AmukamaraEzinne KaluJasmine NwajeiShooting GuardSarah OgokePower forwardEvelyn AkhatorSarah ImovbiohD’Tigress preparationThe Nigerian contingent have been in preparation before the announcement of the squad lead with preparatory games even against group rivals Turkey which ended in a defeat.D’Tigress have been urged to go for glory by President Muhammadu Buhari and have been supported by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).The competition is scheduled to take place in Tenerife, Spain beginning from Saturday, September 22 till Sunday, September 30.