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2024 BAL Sahara Conference
The 2024 BAL Sahara Conference was the 3rd season of the Sahara Conference, one of the three conferences of the 2024 BAL season, 2024 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The composition of the conference and the schedule were announced on 15 February 2024. The conference games began on 4 May and ended on 12 May 2024. Summary Despite being considered the weakest team, the Rivers Hoopers came out with three straight wins. The Hoopers were the first team to clinch a playoffs spot on the fifth gameday. US Monastir (basketball), US Monastir, the 2022 BAL finals, 2022 BAL champions, lost their first three games. They became the first former BAL champions to lose four games in a row, dating back to the previous season. The game between APR and Rivers Hoopers on May 11 was the first double-overtime game in BAL history. On May 9, Mike Fofana scored a buzzer-beater game winner to give AS Douanes the win over Rivers Hoopers. Coming into the final game day on May 12, the last tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Dakar is situated on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of mainland Africa. Cap-Vert was colonized by the Portuguese people, Portuguese in the early 15th century. The Portuguese established a presence on the island of Gorée off the coast of Cap-Vert and used it as a base for the Atlantic slave trade. Kingdom of France, France took over the island in 1677. Following the abolition of the slave trade and French annexation of the mainland area in the 19th century, Dakar grew into a major regional port and a major city of the French colonial empire. In 1902, Dakar replaced Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saint-Louis as the capital of French West Africa. From 1959 to 1960, Dakar was the capital of the short-lived Mali Federation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ater Majok
Ater James "AJ" Majok (born 4 July 1987) is a professional basketball player. Born in Sudan and raised in Australia, Majok represents Lebanon internationally. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2011 NBA draft with the 58th overall pick. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), Majok mostly stands out with his athletic and defensive abilities. He was the BAL Defensive Player of the Year in 2022. High school and college career Majok was born in Sudan in 1987. He migrated to Sydney through a refugee camp in Egypt. Upon arrival in Sydney, he bonded with a group of young men also from Sudan, called the South Stars basketball team. He attended high school at St Aloysius' College and Parramatta Marist High School in Sydney, and the American International School in Carlingford where he graduated in 2008. After graduating, Majok committed to the University of Connecticut. He sat out during the 2008–09 season because he was not cleared to play by the NCAA. In January 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (basketball, Born 1990)
George Attitebi Williams II (born April 16, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for US Monastir. College career Professional career On September 9, 2023, Williams joined USM Alger and strengthened their roster to participate in the Arab Club Basketball Championship. On October 19, 2023, Williams joined the Lebanese club Sagesse SC and was about to join the Egyptian Club Telecom. ACBC career statistics , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023 , style="text-align:left;", USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a Association football, football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home sta ... , 6 , , 6 , , 36:3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 20.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 6 , , 6 , , 36:3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 20.5 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadou Harouna
Amadou Harouna (born 25 March 1994) is a Nigerien football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ... who plays for Nigelec. References 1994 births Living people Nigerien men's footballers Niger men's international footballers ASN Nigelec players Men's association football defenders {{Niger-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ike (basketball)
David Vaughan Icke ( ; born 29 April 1952) is an English conspiracy theorist, author and a former footballer and sports broadcaster. He has written over 20 books, self-published since the mid-1990s, and spoken in more than 25 countries. In 1990, Icke visited a psychic who told him he was on Earth for a purpose and would receive messages from the spirit world. This led him to claim in 1991 to be a "Son of the Godhead" and that the world would soon be devastated by tidal waves and earthquakes. He repeated this on the BBC show ''Wogan''. His appearance led to public ridicule. Books Icke wrote over the next 11 years developed his world view of a New Age conspiracy. Reactions to his endorsement of an antisemitic fabrication, ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'', in ''The Robots' Rebellion'' (1994) and in ''And the Truth Shall Set You Free'' (1995) led his publisher to decline further books, and he has self-published since then. Icke contends that the universe consists of "vibrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Robeyns
William Robeyns (born 23 February 1996) is a Belgian-Rwandan basketball player who last played for Liège Basket of the BNXT League. He also represents the Rwanda national basketball team. Professional career Robeyns played for Phoenix Brussels from 2018 to 2021. During the 2020–21 season, he averaged 9.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game. On 20 May 2021, Robeyns signed with Liège Basket. In the 2022 Belgian offseason, Robeyns played for APR of the Rwanda Basketball League. On 4 May 2024 Robeyns made his debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) with APR, recording 6 points and 5 rebounds in an overtime win against US Monastir. National team career In August 2021, Robeyn was added to the roster of the Rwanda national basketball team. On 25 August 2021, Robeyn made his debut at the first day of the tournament and contributed 24 points to an 81–68 win over . He won a bronze medal with Rwanda at the 2023 FIBA AfroCan The 2023 FIBA AfroCan was the 2nd edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Perry
William Kiah Perry (born October 11, 1994) is an American professional basketball player. Standing at 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in), Perry plays as point guard. Alumnus of Lenoir–Rhyne University, he has played several years of professional basketball in Europe and Africa. Perry previously held the record for most points in a single BAL game, is a one-time All-BAL First Team selection and a two-time BAL Sportsmanship Award winner. College career Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Perry played four seasons for the Lenoir–Rhyne Bears in the NCAA Division II. In the 2015–16 season, Perry set a school record for most three-pointers made in a season with 101, helping the Bears to a 21–10 record and their first-ever birth in the Southeast Regional Championship. He was an All- SAC Second Team selection in 2016, and was an Honorable Mention in 2015. Perry ended his Bears career with 1,267 career points and with the highest free throw percentage in history at .899. Profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Amayo
Kelvin Nosa JR Amayo (born January 9, 1992) is a Nigerian-Canadian basketball player for the Rivers Hoopers of the Nigerian Premier League (NPL) and Basketball Africa League (BAL). High school and college career Amayo was born in Montreal, Canada, to Nigerian parents Faith and Charles Amayo. Amayo played high school basketball with St. Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey, where he averaged 13 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He transferred to NIA School, where he upped his statistics to 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game, while leading NIA to the nation's number 6 among United States prep schools. He enrolled in Marshall University in 2012, where he played for the Thundering Herd men's basketball team, appearing in three games before electing to transfer. He changed to Iona where he would sit out the 2013–14 season due to transfer rules. He played four games in his junior season before having a season-ending injury, causing him to miss th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Jacques Boissy
Jean Jacques Boissy (born 28 January 2000) is a Senegalese basketball player who plays for REG and the Senegal national team. Playing at point guard, he is a graduate of the NBA Academy Africa and has played professionally since 2021. Boissy won the BAL championship in 2025, and was the MVP in the same year. He is also a two-time All-BAL First Team selection. Early life and career Basketball was introduced to Boissy by his father, Elysee Boissy, who was a former Senegal national team player and played at the 2003 FIBA Africa Championship. At age 15, he switched from football to basketball. Boissy later joined the NBA Academy Africa where he combined his high school education with basketball. After graduating, he aimed to play collegiate in the United States but did not receive an offer. He then enrolled to African Leadership University at their campus in Rwanda in 2019, and played pre-season games for Patriots BBC in the Rwanda Basketball League. After this, Boissy signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Obekpa
Christopher Ewaoche Obekpa (born 14 November 1993) is a Nigerian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... player who last played for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for St. John's University (New York), St. John's University in Jamaica, New York from 2012 to 2015. As a freshman in 2012–13 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team, 2012–13 he List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season blocks leaders, led NCAA Division I in blocks per game with a 4.03 average. After three years at St. John's, Obekpa transferred to UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball, UNLV, Redshirt (college sports), redshirted 2015–16, but then declared for the 2016 NBA draft. Early life Chris Obekpa was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devine Eke
Devine Chukwuemeka Eke (born July 28, 1996) is an American-Nigerian basketball player for the San Diego Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Maine Black Bears, the Rider Broncs and the Radford Highlanders. High school and college career While also competing in track, Eke played for Union Catholic Regional High School, where he led the team to the conference title. After that, he competed for The Robinson School, where he averaged 21 points, 10 rebounds and 7 blocks per game, which earned him Jordan Brand Classic Regional Player honours. He began his college career with Maine, and led the Black Bears in rebounds per game (6.8 per game), as well as in field goal percentage (.612) and blocks (1.6 per game). Eke transferred to Rider, where he sat out the first season due to NCAA transfer rules, before playing two full seasons with them. His last year in college basketball was with Radford, where he led the team in rebounds and blocks. Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madut Akec
Madut John Angok Akec (born 1 January 1999) is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for the Waverley Falcons of the NBL1 South. He played college basketball for the South Florida Bulls and Detroit Mercy Titans. Early life Akec was born in Tonj, South Sudan. He later lived in Uganda for two years before moving to Australia, where he lived for 11 years. Akec played high school basketball in the United States for Victory Rock Prep Prep in Bradenton, Florida, averaging 19.9 points per game as a senior. College career Akec played two seasons of college basketball for the South Florida Bulls between 2019 and 2021. After redshirting the 2018–19 season, he debuted for the Bulls in the 2019–20 season. He played in 18 games as a redshirt freshman, with five starts, and averaged 2.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. He saw action in 15 games in 2020–21 and averaged 1.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. Akec left South Florida following the 2020–21 seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
