The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has released a 12-man roster for the third window of the FIBA African World Cup qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda between June 27 and July 5, 2022.
The team made up of Ikenna Ndugba (Greensboro Swarm, NBA G League), Uchenna Iroegbu (Free agent), Michael Okiki (Gombe Bulls), Ben Emelogu (Rouen Metropolitan, France), Michael Oriakhi (Rivers Hoopers), Michael Gbinijie (Santa Cruz Warriors, NBA G League) and Ibe Agu (Customs, Abuja) will be coached by Alan Major and assisted by Ogoh Odaudu.
According to the NBBF, Major will deputise for the team’s Head Coach, Mike Brown, who was recently named Coach of the Sacramento Kings.
D’Tigers sit top of Group A with five points from three games and will start their campaign against Cape Verde on Friday, July 1 and take on Mali on Saturday.
Nigeria will battle Uganda in the last game of the window on Sunday, July 3 at the BK Arena in Kigali.
In this window, 16 teams will compete for the second leg of matches earlier decided in November 2021 and March 2022.
The top three teams from each group will advance to the second round where each team will play six games. The two top teams in each group, along with the best third-placed team, will qualify for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. (Punch)
