Luc Mbah a Moute selected the top Cameroonian playing abroad in last week's games - Apr 11, 2017
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We bring you last week's top performances from Cameroonians who are playing abroad and who all have had prior experience of national team duties at youth or senior level.
#1. This week's number one is former international swingman Luc Mbah a Moute (200-86, college: UCLA, currently plays in NBA). He led Los Angeles Clippers to an easy victory against the Houston Rockets (54-27) crushing them 125-96 in the NBA in Monday night's game.
Mbah a Moute scored 15 points and added 3 assists in 24 minutes on the court.
The Los Angeles Clippers have a solid 50-31 record this season.
It was his team's sixth consecutive victory in a row.
They will play only one more game in the NBA Regular Season. And that game will be critical.
This year Mbah a Moute averages: 5.9ppg, 2.2rpg, 2FGP: 54.8%, 3FGP: 38.3% and FT: 70.2% in 79 games he played so far.
He played for the Cameroonian senior national team two years ago.
#2. Second place goes to former international shooting guard Jeremy Nzeulie (188-91, currently plays in France). Nzeulie led Chalon/Saor to an easy victory against the 13th-ranked Chalons-Reims (9-17) 104-86 in the French ProA on Saturday night.
He scored 11 points and added 4 passes in 36 minutes.
ES Chalon-Sur-Saone (19-7) is placed second in the ProA.
It's Nzeulie's first season with the team.
This year Nzeulie's overall stats are: 8.0ppg, 2.5rpg, 2.1apg, 2FGP: 48.8%, 3FGP: 27.4% and FT: 75.4% in 26 games.
He has a dual citizenship: Cameroonian and French.
Nzeulie played for the Cameroonian national team in 2015.
#3. The Cameroonian player who performed third best last week abroad was former international center Landry Nnoko (208-94, college: Clemson, currently plays in Italy). Nnoko contributed to a VL Pesaro's surprising victory against the ninth-ranked Enel Brindisi (12-14) 94-93 in the Italian Serie A last Sunday.
He scored 10 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 38 minutes.
Consultinvest VL Pesaro (8-18) is placed second from the bottom (#15) in the Serie A.
They ended the series of five consecutive loses.
There are only four games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game is very crucial.
This year Nnoko's total stats are: 6.0ppg, 6.9rpg, 2FGP: 51.6% in 26 games.
He played for the Cameroonian national team two years ago.
#4. An experienced forward Harding NaNa (203-81, college: Delaware, currently plays in Denmark) could not help Svendborg (13-15) in their last game on Monday. Despite NaNa's very good performance Svendborg was defeated 85-70 at home by the leading Bakken.
He was the top scorer with 23 points. NaNa also added 4 passes.
NaNa has relatively good stats this season: 13.9ppg, 7.9rpg and 2.0apg.
He used to play for the Cameroonian national team
back in 2015.
#5. Former international guard Gedeon Pitard (188-89, currently plays in FIBA Europe Cup) is a teammate of previously mentioned Jeremy Nzeulie. But that was another game of his team in FIBA Europe Cup which we would like to mention.
Pitard managed to help ES Chalon-Sur-Saone in a victory against the sixth-ranked Oostende 83-65.
He scored 5 points in 6 minutes.
ES Chalon-Sur-Saone (5-1) is placed first in group K.
It was his team's sixth consecutive victory in a row.
Pitard has averaged so far 2.7ppg, 2.3rpg and 2.2apg in 18 games.
He is another player who holds two passports: Cameroonian and French.
Pitard used to play for the Cameroonian national team
two years ago.
#6. Center Junior MBida (204-90, currently plays in France) was not able to help Lille Metropole (16-11) in their last game. Despite MBida's good performance Lille Metropole lost 66-75 on the road to the much lower-ranked (#10) Nantes.
He scored 10 points in 23 minutes.
MBida has averaged so far 8.2ppg, 5.4rpg and 1.1bpg in 14 games.
He is a former international player as he played for the Cameroonian senior team two years ago.
The list of other players, who all have Cameroonian passport but never been selected to any of Cameroonian national teams:
#1. Experienced Danny Gibson (177-PG-84, college: S.Indiana, currently plays in Bulgaria) led Lukoil Academic Sofia to a victory over the closely-ranked Beroe (14-8) 94-79 in the Bulgarian NBL last Friday.
Gibson was MVP of the game. He recorded 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
It was the game of the round between two top 4 ranked teams. Lukoil Academic Sofia (19-4) is placed first in the NBL.
Gibson's team will play only one more game in the Regular Season. And that game will be critical.
Gibson has relatively good stats this season: 14.5ppg, 3.7rpg, 5.1apg and 1.3spg.
He has a dual citizenship: Cameroonian and American.
#2.Paul Biligha (200-C-90, agency: Players Group, currently plays in Italy) could not help Vanoli Cremona (7-19) in their last game on Sunday. Despite his good performance the bottom-ranked Vanoli Cremona was defeated 86-80 on the road by the higher-ranked Brescia (#10).
Biligha scored 11 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and dished 4 assists.
There are only four games left until the end of the Regular Season. So now every game is very crucial.
Biligha has relatively good stats this season: 11.1ppg, 5.3rpg, 1.3apg and 1.2bpg.
He is another player who holds two passports: Cameroonian and Italian.
Despite Biligha's Cameroonian nationality, he previously played for the Italian U20 national team and is probably not eligible to play for the Cameroonian team.
#3.Franck Kouagnia (201-F-89, currently plays in Sweden) was not able to help Eskilstuna in their game against Helsingborg (12-7) in the Swedish Basketettan (second division). Despite his very good performance last Saturday He recorded a double-double by scoring 23 points and getting 20 rebounds. Kouagnia also added 2 blocks.
The Second Stage already ended.
Kouagnia has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages: 20.7ppg, 13.7rpg, 3.3apg and 1.3spg.
#4.Brylle Kamen (201-F-88, agency: Promotex, college: San Jose St., currently plays in Belgium) was not able to secure a victory for Liege Basket (12-10) in their game against Limburg United (14-15) in the Belgian Euromillions League. Kamen cannot count Wednesday's game as one of the best ones.
He recorded only 3 points.
Liege Basket was defeated 88-81 in Limburg by the lower-ranked United (#6).
Kamen has averaged so far 2.4ppg and 3.1rpg.
He has both French and Cameroonian nationalities.
#5.Ralph Temgoua (194-G-87, college: St.Lawrence, currently plays in France) couldn't help Quimper UJAP (22-10) in their game against SAP Vaucluse (14-18) in the French NM1 (third division).
Temgoua scored 7 points (was perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line) in only 14 minutes.
Quimper UJAP lost 78-83 in Sorgues to the much lower-ranked (#13) SAP Vaucluse.
There are only two games left until the end of the Regular Season.
Temgoua has averaged so far 8.7ppg, 3.3rpg and 2.2apg in 31 games he played so far.
He also holds two passports: Cameroonian and French.
#6.Johan Bitjaa (207-C-93, agency: Interperformances, currently plays in Spain) contributed to Zamorano's victory against the closely-ranked CB Tarragona 2017 84-79 in the Spanish LEB Silver (third division) on Saturday night.
Bitjaa recorded 6 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
Bitjaa has averaged so far 7.8ppg and 6.2rpg.
2017 AfroBasket: Nigeria fire past Cameroon, reach semifinals - 6 days ago
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Nigeria - Cameroon 106:91 Nigeria gained an early lead and never looked back en route to the victory over Cameroon in today's quarterfinal clash in Tunis. Ike Nwamu (196-G-93, college: UNLV) delivered 25 points and handed out 7 assists to lead the Tigers. Nigeria picked up the offensive tempo right from the start. They dropped 25 points in the first period to take a 7-point lead. Nigeria accumulated a 52:43 halftime lead. Cameroon reduced the deficit at 5 points at the final intermissio... [read more]
Nigeria - Cameroon 106:91
Nigeria gained an early lead and never looked back en route to the victory over Cameroon in today's quarterfinal clash in Tunis. Ike Nwamu (196-G-93, college: UNLV) delivered 25 points and handed out 7 assists to lead the Tigers. Nigeria picked up the offensive tempo right from the start. They dropped 25 points in the first period to take a 7-point lead. Nigeria accumulated a 52:43 halftime lead. Cameroon reduced the deficit at 5 points at the final intermission. Nigeria unloaded though 31 points in the fourth term and iced the win. Ikechukwu Diogu (204-C/F-83, college: Arizona St.) tallied 28 points and 9 rebounds for Nigeria. Bryant Mbamalu (191-SG-91, college: La-Lafayette) added 22 points in the victory. Boris Mbala (185-G-96) answered with 32 points for Cameroon. Felix Bogmis (192-G-92) chipped in 25 points in the loss.
Afrobasket: Cameroon ends Rwanda's dream - 9 days ago
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Rwanda suffered a 77-81 defeat at hands of Cameroon Sunday afternoon to miss out on a place in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 29th African Basketball Championships (Afrobasket) in Senegal and Tunisia. Rwanda started the game with a clear intent to win and dominated the first quarter 22-18. However, things changed very quickly as Cameroon bounced back to take the second quarter 23-14 to go into half-time break with a 41-36 lead. Moise Mutokambali 's team upped their game after the break... [read more]
Rwanda suffered a 77-81 defeat at hands of Cameroon Sunday afternoon to miss out on a place in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 29th African Basketball Championships (Afrobasket) in Senegal and Tunisia. Rwanda started the game with a clear intent to win and dominated the first quarter 22-18. However, things changed very quickly as Cameroon bounced back to take the second quarter 23-14 to go into half-time break with a 41-36 lead. Moise Mutokambali 's team upped their game after the break and claimed the third quarter narrowly 17-16 before both teams tied 24-all in the last quarter. Led by Kenneth Gasana (195-G-84, college: Boise St.), Rwanda was leading 72-69 going into the final 90 seconds but Hamza Ruhezamihigo (193-F/G-85)'s foul on a Cameroonian player, with just 80 seconds remaining, was the beginning of the collapse for Rwanda as players failed to manage the pressure. Gasana scored the game high 18 points while Adala Moto dropped 17 points for Cameroon. Rwanda had set an ambitious target of at least reaching knock-out stages for the first time in five attempts since their debut in 2007 in Angola. Ranked 64th in FIBA men's global rankings, Rwanda are competing at the 2017 Afrobasket finals on wild card after failing to qualify from Zone V Championship in Egypt early this year. Courtesy of: newtimes.co.rw
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