BY ANDREW EKEJIUBA
Nigeria’s D’Tigers are in Kigali, Rwanda ahead of their first Afrobasket 2021 game against Mali on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.
D’Tigers head coach, Mike Brown, jetted out at the weekend with his final 12-man squad for the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket holding in Kigali, Rwanda.
Daniel Utomi who plies his trade with Vichy Clermont in France made the team and was joined by Ikenna Ndugba, Emmanuel Omogbo of Apoel BC of Cyprus and Benjamin Emegolu (Rouen Basket Metrople, France) after days of training in the United States of America.
TK Edogi made a return to the team after missing out of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo alongside Stephen Domingo (Lake Land Magic – G League, USA), Jordan Ogundiran and Jeremiah Mordi.
Players plying their trades in Nigeria who made the team’s hunt for glory are Rivers Hoopers point guard, Ikechukwu Benjamin as well as Koko Victor Anthony.
The duo of Nwafor Celestine Joseph (Kano Pillars) and Agu Ibe Aguchi (Gombe Bulls) completed the list of invited players from the Nigerian league.
The number one ranked team in Africa will face Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire in group C in a quest to improve on the silver medal won at the 2017 edition in Tunisia.
Coach Ogoh Odaudu who led Rivers Hoopers to the inaugural edition of the Basketball Africa League also joined the team as one of the assistant coaches.
