Morocco
Temi Soyebo joins Al Hoceima
Temi Soyebo (183 cm, North Carolina Wilmington´07) has been signed by Chabab Rif Al Hoceima of the Moroccan Division 1 for the remainder of the season. The point guard was in good form at the end of the 2012/2013 season while playing for Al Wakrah (Qatar, D1) where he played eight games and averaged 15.3…
Read MoreRobert Mitchell heads to As de Sale
Robert Mitchell (198 cm) has been picked up by Moroccan club As de Sale for the 2013-14 season. The 27-year-old Mitchell began this season with Antranik Beirut from Lebanon’s Division A. He also played for a couple of ABL teams in 2013. Started off as a member of the starting five for the Palm Beach…
Read MoreImad Qawash moves to As de Sale
Imad Qawash (188 cm, Central Arkansas’11) is moving to As de Sale from Morocco’s D1 league after a disappointing start to the season with Czech Republic team BK Lions Jindrichuv Hradec. The Jordanian-born Canadian player and former member of the Jordanian National Team from 2007 to 2011, managed to play in only five games for…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Nigeria falls to Senegal
In the biggest upset of the AfroBasket 2013 competition, Senegal put together a solid middle game and outlasted a fourth-quarter comeback by 2012 London Olympics participants Nigeria, 64:63. Also advancing to the semifinals are Cote d’Ivoire with a 71:56 win over Cameroon, Angola after a 95:73 victory over Morocco, and Egypt, who beat Cape Verde…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Day 1 of Quarterfinals compete
The top half of the AfroBasket 2013 quarterfinals are now set with Day 1 of 2 in the Round of 16 completed. There were no surprises at the end of Day one, with only one contest finishing inside a 30-point victory as Morocco pulled away from Algeria in the fourth quarter to earn a seat…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Groups A and C conclude prelims
AfroBasket 2013 Groups A and C concluded their preliminary round on Saturday, setting up half of the brackets for the Eight Final Round that will tip off on Monday after Groups B and D finalize their standings with Sunday’s match-ups. In Group A host club Cote d’Ivoire finished the prelim round with a 3-0 record…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Four teams remain unbeaten
The story on Day 4 of AfroBasket 2013 was blowouts as the average margin of victory for the four games played was just over 39 points. The closest game of the day was between an injury-ridden Nigeria and the Republic of Congo, 93:78. The rest of the match-ups were as one-sided as they come with…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013: Tunisia survives Moroccan scare
Day 2 of the AfroBasket 2013 saw the defending champions, Tunisia, in one of the most hotly contested battles of the tournament so far when Morocco took them to the wire only to pull off the win in the final seconds. In the other matches of the day Rwanda stopped Burkina Faso, the Republic of…
Read MoreAfroBasket 2013 tips off in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
AfroBasket 2013 tipped off on Tuesday with four games to start the African qualifier for the FIBA World Cup 2014. The top three teams will advance to Spain 2014 from Abidjan. The competition will run through Saturday, 31 August, with the Championship and Bronze medal games being held. The first day contests were attended by…
Read MoreCorey Allmond signs with AS de Sale
Corey Allmond (188 cm, Sam Houston St.’08) has signed to play for AS de Sale (Morocco-D1). Allmond was most recently a member of the West Virginia Monarchs, where he was averaging 37.0 points per game, of the APBL and is the first Monarch to be signed overseas. Allmond played 12 games in the NBA D-League…
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