James Samuel Vincent is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as the D'Tigress, represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the most successful women's national teams on the African Continent, being the current African champions. They have won the Women's Afrobasket Championship consecutively for four times in a row and six times in total. They won in 2017 at Bamako, Mali, 2019 at Dakar, Senegal, 2021 at Yaounde, Cameroun, and 2023 at Kigali, Rwanda.
Ifunanya Debbie "Ify" Ibekwe is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for the Virtus Eirene Ragusa and the Nigeria women's national team.
Aisha Mohammed is a Nigerian basketball player for Bursas BSB and the Nigerian national team.
Adaora Nnenna Elonu is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player and a member of the Nigeria women's national team. Elonu played college basketball for Texas A&M, with whom she won the 2011 NCAA Championship.
Evelyn Akhator is a Nigerian professional women's basketball forward/center for Flammes Carolo. She was drafted by the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as the 3rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.
Ndidi Madu is an American-born Nigerian basketball player who last played basketball for Broni and the Nigerian national team.
Ezinne Kalu is a Nigerian-American basketball player for Landerneau Bretagne Basket and the Nigerian national team. In the 2017, 2019 and 2021 Afrobasket events, she represented D'Tigress, Africa's highest-ranked side and won three straight championship for them. She was named 2019 Women's Afrobasket Most Valuable Player (MVP).
Jordan Ifeanyi Nwora is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. He plays internationally for the Nigeria men's national basketball team. Nwora won a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021 before being traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2023 and again to the Toronto Raptors in 2024.
Bridget Carleton is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for SERCO UNI Győr in the EuroLeague. She played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones and competed internationally with the Canada national team.
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou is a Greek basketball player for Panathinaikos and the Greek national team.
Yacine Diop is a Senegalese basketball player for Louisville and the Senegalese national team.
Baiba Eglīte is a Latvian basketball player for TTT Rīga and the Latvian national team.
Digna Strautmane is a Latvian professional basketball player. She played college basketball for Syracuse and Georgia Tech and has played for the Latvian national team.
Tayra Meléndez is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Gigantes de Carolina and the Puerto Rican national team.
Allison "Ali" Gibson is an American basketball player for the Puerto Rican national team.
Michelle González is a Puerto Rican Professional basketball player for Cangrejeras de Santurce and for the Puerto Rican national team. She participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
Yolanda Jones is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Gigantes de Carolina and the Puerto Rican national team.
Nicole Ehizele Enabosi in Gaithersburg (Maryland) is a Nigerian-American basketball player. She plays for the Slovak side MBK Ružomberok and the Nigerian national team.
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Sydney, Australia, between 22 September and 1 October 2022.
