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.
MOUPHTAOU YAROU Levallois Metropolitans (ProA) signed 27-year old Beninese power forward Mouphtaou Yarou (204-116kg-90, college: Villanova). He will still stay in France where he played last season at played at Sharks Antibes. In 34 ProA games in France he had 12.9ppg and 9.1rpg. Good season as he was named League Player of the Week. The previous (16-17) season Yarou played at Le Mans. In 30 ProA games he recorded 6.0ppg and 5.6rpg. He helped them to make it to the cup final. Yarou also... [read more]
MOUPHTAOU YAROU
Levallois Metropolitans (ProA) signed 27-year old Beninese power forward Mouphtaou Yarou (204-116kg-90, college: Villanova). He will still stay in France where he played last season at played at Sharks Antibes. In 34 ProA games in France he had 12.9ppg and 9.1rpg. Good season as he was named League Player of the Week. The previous (16-17) season Yarou played at Le Mans. In 30 ProA games he recorded 6.0ppg and 5.6rpg. He helped them to make it to the cup final. Yarou also played 16 games in Basketball Champions League where he averaged 8.3ppg and 5.6rpg. Yarou has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016. The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others his team won French Cup in 2016. Yarou was also voted Eurobasket.com All-French ProA 2nd Team in 2016. He has played also professionally in Serbia (Radnicki 1950 Kragujevac). Yarou attended Villanova University until 2013 and it will be his sixth season as a professional player. He could be described:
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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MOUPHTAOU YAROU Levallois Metropolitans (ProA) is close to ink 27-year old Beninese power forward Mouphtaou Yarou (204-116kg-90, college: Villanova) who currently played atSharks Antibes.In 34 ProA games in France he recorded 12.9ppg and 9.1rpg this season. Good year as he was selected League Player of the Week. The last season Yarou played at Le Mans where in 30 ProA games he averaged 6.0ppg and 5.6rpg. He helped them to make it to the cup final. Yarou also played 16 games in Basketball... [read more]
MOUPHTAOU YAROU
Levallois Metropolitans (ProA) is close to ink 27-year old Beninese power forward Mouphtaou Yarou (204-116kg-90, college: Villanova) who currently played at Sharks Antibes. In 34 ProA games in France he recorded 12.9ppg and 9.1rpg this season. Good year as he was selected League Player of the Week. The last season Yarou played at Le Mans where in 30 ProA games he averaged 6.0ppg and 5.6rpg. He helped them to make it to the cup final. Yarou 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 is his fifth season in pro basketball. His game is described as:
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.
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.
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