2025 BAL Season Group Phase
The 2025 BAL season group phase begins on 4 April and will end on 25 May 2024. The 12 teams of the group phase are allocated into three conferences. The BAL announced the official schedule on 28 February 2025. It is the first time that the any BAL game is hosted in Morocco, and the first time that Kigali hosted a group phase, as the previous games they were hosted were playoffs and finals games. Summary and records * On May 18, Al Ahli Tripoli set a new team scoring record with 115 points in a win over the Nairobi City Thunder. * On May 24, Al Ahli Tripoli and APR set a record for most points combined by two teams in a BAL game after a 106–102 final score; making for a total of 208 points. * In the Nile Conference, Deon Thompson of Al Ahli Tripoli set a record for the highest efficiency in a BAL game, ending with a score of 43 in the game against the Nairobi City Thunder on May 18. * MBB center Daniel Craig became the tallest player in BAL history, standing at . Tiebreake ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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BAL Kalahari Conference 2025, Stade Malien V Rivers Hoopers (17)
Bal or BAL may refer to: People * Bal (surname), including a list of people with the name * Bal (given name), including a list of people with the name Places * Bal, Iran (other), several places * Bal, Zira, Punjab, India * Bäl, Gotland, Sweden Science Medicine * Bio-artificial liver, a bioartificial liver device * Blood alcohol content * Bronchoalveolar lavage, a diagnostic method of the lower respiratory system * British anti-Lewisite, or Dimercaprol, a medication to treat acute poisoning * Cholate—CoA ligase, or bile acid CoA ligase (BAL), an enzyme Computing * IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors * Business application language Transportation * Balham station, London, England, station code BAL * Ballarat railway station, Australia * Baltimore Penn Station, Baltimore, Maryland, US, AMTRAK code BAL * Batman Airport, Batman, Turkey, IATA airport code BAL * BAL, abbreviation of the now-defunct Russian airline, BAL Bashkirian Airlines * BAL, the previous I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salle Moulay Abdellah
Salle Moulay Abdellah is an indoor sporting arena located in Rabat, Morocco. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 people. The arena is used to host indoor sporting events, such as basketball and volleyball. The arena was inaugurated in 2000 and named after Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco. The exterior of the arena was renovated in 2024 to match the style of the new version of the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, and to integrate it in the Sports Complex. International events * 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations * 2025 Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations * 2025 BAL season The 2025 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 5, will be the 5th season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The season will begin on 5 April and end on 14 June 2025 with the final. The playoffs and finals will be held in Pretoria, South Africa, ... (Nile Conference) References External linksVenue information Indoor arenas in Morocco S Sport in Rabat Basketball venues in Morocco Volleyball venue ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anas Mahmoud
Anas Osama Mahmoud (; born May 9, 1995) is an Egyptian professional basketball player who plays for Al Ittihad Alexandria of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball at the University of Louisville. He represents the Egypt national basketball team. High school career Mahmoud attended West Oaks Academy in Orlando, Florida for his senior year of high school. After garnering interest from college programs such as Cincinnati, Minnesota, Georgia Tech, and Louisville, Mahmoud signed a letter of intent to play and study at the University of Louisville on April 22, 2014. College career Mahmoud enrolled at Louisville on June 30, 2014. In Mahmoud's freshman season, he played in 30 games and averaged 1.2 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks per game in 7.9 minutes per game. Mahmoud's sophomore season was cut short by a foot injury in mid-February 2016. , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Louisville , 30, , 2, , 7.9, , .400, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raphael Putney
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. His father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the ruler of the small but highly cultured city of Urbino. He died when Raphael was eleven, and Raphael seems to have played a role in managing the family workshop from this point. He probably trained in the workshop of Pietro Perugino, and was described as a fully trained "master" by 1500. He worked in or for several cities in north Italy until in 1508 he moved to Rome at the invitation of Pope Julius II, to work on the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. He was given a series of important commissions there a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ahmed Khalaf
Ahmed Aboelela Moursi Khalaf (born 24 February 1999), commonly known as Bebo, is an Egyptian basketball player who plays for Al Ittihad Alexandria of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He also plays for the Egypt national basketball team, with whom he appeared at the AfroBasket 2021 tournament. Early career Khalaf played at the Basketball Without Borders camp in 2016. Professional career After playing in the youth divisions of Gezira, Khalaf was signed by Spanish top-flight club Bàsquet Manresa at age 16. Manresa's sports manager Pere Romero had watched him play at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. On May 14, 2017, he made his professional debut in the Liga ACB against in a loss against Tenerife, scoring 2 points in seven minutes. The following 2017–18 season, Khalaf played on loan for Martorell in the third division LEB Plata. In 2018, Khalaf returned to his native Egypt to play for Al Ittihad Alexandria. National team career Khalaf played for Egypt's under-16, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cartier Diarra
Cartier Ducati Diarra (born February 6, 1998) is an American-Malian basketball player who last played for Stade Malien. He played college basketball for the Kansas State Wildcats and the Virginia Tech Hokies. Early life and high school career Diarra grew up in Harlem, New York, and broke his foot at the age of two. His father is from Mali. He was mainly raised by his mother, Danyelle Lee, alongside siblings Abraham, Cyncere and LadiRoyale, and rarely spoke to his father. Diarra grew up taking dancing lessons at Uptown Dance Academy. As a freshman, Diarra played basketball for Cardinal Hayes High School in The Bronx, New York. After one year, he transferred to West Florence High School in Florence, South Carolina, where he began living with his aunt, Lillian Shabazz. Diarra joined West Florence's varsity basketball team despite not having much organized basketball experience. As a sophomore, he averaged seven points and 3.7 rebounds per game. Former National Basketball Associatio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kyle Vinales
Kyle Vinales (born June 18, 1992) () is an Puerto Rican professional basketball for Zamalek of the Egyptian Basketball Super League (ESL). He previously competed for the Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team. High school career Vinales began playing basketball with The Phelps School in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Under head coach Brian Shanahan, he emerged as a pure scorer with a diverse attacking game. However, the combo guard would later move to North Farmington High School and start playing with coach Tom Negoshian. He spent his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons at Farmington Hills. In his last year with North Farmington, Vinales averaged about 25.7 points per game. Some of his greatest honors in high school include All- Oakland County and Second Team All-State. Collegiate career Before committing to Central Connecticut State University, Vinales was rated as a one-star recruit by ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball with a scout grade of 78. He officially sig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Majok Deng
Majok Machar Deng (born 1 March 1993) is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for Al Ittihad Alexandria of the Egyptian Super League. He is also contracted with the Tasmania JackJumpers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball in the United States for Indian Hills Community College and Louisiana–Monroe. He debuted in the NBL for the Adelaide 36ers in 2016. After three seasons for the 36ers, he joined the Cairns Taipans in 2019 where he spent four seasons. Early life and career Deng was born in Bor, Sudan on 1 March 1993, and spent the first seven to eight years of his life in the country. He moved to Australia in 2006 after spending a number of years living in a Kenyan refugee camp. Deng settled down in Adelaide with his mother and sister, where he attended Windsor Gardens Vocational College. Deng originally dreamed of playing professional soccer, but a significant growth spurt of 11 cm in 12 months changed his life, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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George King (basketball, Born 1994)
George McZavier King Jr. (born January 15, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Al Ittihad Alexandria. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes, earning second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a senior in 2018. He was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 2018 NBA draft. College career King grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina before moving to San Antonio, where he played at William J. Brennan High School. He came to the University of Colorado at Boulder and played sparingly for the Buffaloes as a freshman. King and coach Tad Boyle mutually agreed for him to redshirt the next season for both academic and athletic reasons. The decision proved to be a good one, as King returned for the 2015–16 season and was named the Pac-12's Most Improved Player after averaging 13.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. The next season, King's role adjusted as the team added future NBA guard Derrick White. King averaged 11.1 p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nisre Zouzoua
Nisre Mimi Zouzoua (born July 16, 1996) is an American- Ivorian basketball player who plays for FUS Rabat and the Ivory Coast national team. Standing at , he plays as a shooting guard. High school career Zouzoua grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts and played three seasons at Brockton High School. He transferred to Boston Trinity Academy and played two seasons. Zouzoua was not highly recruited, rated a one-star prospect, and committed to Bryant. College career Zouzoua began his college career for Bryant, scoring 16 points in his debut versus Duke. He averaged 12.8 points per game as a freshman. As a sophomore, he averaged 20.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Following the season, Zouzoua transferred to Nevada. He played sparingly as a junior, averaging 1.4 points and 1.0 rebounds per game. Zouzoua entered the transfer portal following the season, but ultimately returned to Nevada. In his senior year with Nevada, he averaged 9.8 points coming off the ben ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mike Fofana
Seydougou Santis "Mike" Fofana (born 5 October 1997) is an Ivorian-American basketball player for AS Douanes of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He is a tall power forward and also plays for the Ivory Coast national team. High school and college career Fofana played for Whitehaven High School and won the Tennessee State championship twice. He played two years for the UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team in the NCAA Division II. Afterwards, Fofana played one season for the Henderson State Reddies and was an Honorable Mention All-GAC in his first year. Professional career Fofana played his rookie season with Aveira Esgueira of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB), with whom he averaged 14.2 points and 6.5 rebounds. In July 2021, Fofana signed a one-season contract with Sporting CP of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) and the FIBA Europe Cup. Fofana later moved to play for ABC Fighters of the Ivorian Basketball Championship. He was instrumental in ABC's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Jordan (basketball, Born 1992)
Johnathan "John" Devante Jordan (born 7 October 1992) is an American basketball player who plays for FUS Rabat of the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He plays as point guard and played collegiately for Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi before turning professional in 2015. College career Following four seasons under David Green at Hightower High School, Jordan played four seasons with the Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Islanders from 2011 to 2015. In his freshman season, Jordan set a season record for most assists in a season with 138. He averaged 6.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as the Islanders' starting point guard. He broke his record again in his sophomore season, and in his junior season Jordan earned First Team All-Southland honours. Jordan set the team's assists record once again in his senior season, this time with 178 assists, and was named to the NABC All-District as well. He was inducted to the Islanders' Hall of Honor in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |