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Kenya Lioness ready to roar at women’s AfroBasket

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Victoria Reynolds of Kenya Lioness (right) in action against Egypt during the women's Afrobasket Zone V qualifiers in Rwanda. [Courtesy]

Kenya national women’s basketball team, Lioness, is confident of writing its own history when they jet out today to Yaoundé ahead of the 2021 women’s AfroBasket that begins on Saturday in Cameroon.

Despite missing the services of the influential Felmas Koranga, who led Kenya in Africa Zone V Championships in Rwanda, where she was voted the Best Power Forward, Vilma Achieng is unbowed ahead of the games.

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