Matt Neufeld starts his pro career in Tunisia

Matt Neufeld (211 cm, C) has signed with Etoile du Sahel from Tunisia, a team that has won four Tunisian titles. Canadian Matt Neufeld graduated a few months ago from the University of Cal Davis, where he averaged 7.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg. He has also played for the Canadian U18 and U19 National Teams.

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Nigeria and Tunisia Qualify for FIBA World Cup

 Nigeria and Tunisia rode on their perfect 9-0 records in the African Qualifiers to the FIBA World Cup to secure their invites in 2019. They were assured qualification a few days ago when both teams notched their eighth straight wins, but that did not stop them from asserting their dominance in the event to top…

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Michael Roll extends with Maccabi Tel Aviv

 Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv (Israel-Winner League) has opted to re-sign Michael Roll (198 cm, UCLA’10) for the 2018-19 season. Roll joined the club in 2017-18 and had a productive season with them. He played 29 games for them in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and was able to post averages of 9.1 ppg and 2.9 apg.…

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FIBA Afrobasket 2017 Draw Results

The official draw for Afrobasket 2017 took place in Balaclava, Mauritius over the weekend. During the event, a new Afrobasket trophy was unveiled. The new trophy will be given to the tournament champions this September. FIBA Afrobasket 2017 will be held in two locations: Dakar, Senegal, and Tunis, Tunisia. Tunis will host groups A and…

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Michael Roll signs with Laboral Kutxa

Michael Roll (197 cm, UCLA’10) has agreed to terms with Baskonian organization Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (Spain-Liga Endesa) and will join them for the 2016-17 season. Michael is a 28-year-old American player who also holds a Tunisian passport. He was a recent addition to the Tunisian national team in 2015. His 2015-16 season was spent on…

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Marcus Haislip signs with Club Africain

Marcus Haislip (208 cm, Tennessee’02) is headed to Tunisia to play for Club Africain Tunis (Division I) this 2014/15 season. The 33-year-old former NBA forward spent the last few seasons playing in China. In 2013/14 he was with the Jiangsu Nangang Dragons Nanjing (CBA). He appeared in 33 games for the Dragons and was excellent…

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Cheyne Gadson inks with ES Rades

Cheyne Gadson (192 cm, Oklahoma State’03) will continue his professional career this 2014/15 season with Etoile Sportive Rades (Tunisia-Division I). Gadson began his 2013/14 season with the Halifax Rainmen (Canada-NBL). He logged a dozen games in the Canadian league and averaged 12.0 ppg and 3.5 apg. He was released by the team in January 2014.…

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AfroBasket 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…

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AfroBasket 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…

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AfroBasket 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…

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