Nigeria senior national team, DTigers Saturday continue its superb form with a 76-47 defeat of Benin Republic in the reverse fixtures of the FIBA Africa Zone-3 qualifier going on in Lome, Togo.
Nigeria began the quest for the big win over Benin with a 22-09 points win in the first quarter, the Stanley Gumut captain side went on to win the second and third quarter by 15-06 and 28-16 points to move into the last quarter with a 34 points advantage of 65-31 points leaving the Benin side to pick the last quarter by 16-11 points for a final score-line of 76-47 points.
Matthew Omonye led the floor with a double double effort of 19 points and 10 rebounds, Abubakar Usman added 11 while Mohammed Bukar contributed 10 points with Onyeka Ekpete grabbing 13 rebounds for Nigeria victory.
With the victory over Benin , Nigeria remain on top of the four nation elimination series and confirm its place at the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Men (Cup of Nations) t be hosted by Cote dIvoire.
The Coach Sani Ahmed tutored Nigerian side will engage Togo on Sunday at 7.00pm local time 8.00 PM Nigeria time and play her last qualifying game against Cote dIvoire on Monday.
26-year old point guard Nate Wolters put on an amazing game in the last round for Chalon and receives a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 22.
He had the game-high 33 points adding four rebounds and seven assists for Chalon in his team's victory, helping them to beat Gravelines (#12, 10-12) 86-81. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings.
Chalon maintains the 16th position in French league. Chalon is ra... [read more]
26-year old point guard Nate Wolters put on an amazing game in the last round for Chalon and receives a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 22.
He had the game-high 33 points adding four rebounds and seven assists for Chalon in his team's victory, helping them to beat Gravelines (#12, 10-12) 86-81. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings.
Chalon maintains the 16th position in French league. Chalon is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 8-14 record.
In the team's last game Wolters had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Chalon, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Nate Wolters averages this season 19.3ppg and 6.8apg.
Sharks Antibes (ProA) tabbed 27-year old Beninese power forward Mouphtaou Yarou (204-116kg-90, college: Villanova). He has played for the last three years at Le Mans Sarthe Basket in the ProA. In 30 games he averaged 6.0ppg and 5.6rpg last season. Yarou helped them to make it to the cup final. He also played 16 games in Basketball Champions League where he had 8.3ppg and 5.6rpg. Yarou has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016. Among other achievements... [read more]
Sharks Antibes (ProA) tabbed 27-year old Beninese power forward Mouphtaou Yarou (204-116kg-90, college: Villanova). He has played for the last three years at Le Mans Sarthe Basket in the ProA. In 30 games he averaged 6.0ppg and 5.6rpg last season. Yarou helped them to make it to the cup final. He also played 16 games in Basketball Champions League where he had 8.3ppg and 5.6rpg. Yarou has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016. Among other achievements his team won French Cup in 2016. Yarou received also Eurobasket.com All-French ProA 2nd Team award in 2016. He has played also professionally in Serbia (Radnicki 1950 Kragujevac). Yarou attended Villanova University until 2013 and it will be his fifth season in pro basketball. Let's have closer look into His outlook:
A gifted forward with a throwback approach to the game ... Is an effective post-up performer and relentless rebounder ... Possesses an uncanny feel for the sport. Good hands and shooting touch.
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