Roma signs Ezinne Kalu

Oxygen Roma Basket (Serie A1) signed 31-year old Nigerian-American ex-international guard Ezinne Kalu (173cm-1992, college: SSU) for upcoming 2023-24 season. Kalu played last season at Dynamo Kursk in Russian PBL league. In 30 games she had 10.4ppg, 2.4rpg, 2.6apg and 2.3spg (in top 2). She helped them to make it to the Russian PBL final after they ended regular season as second best team. 2022-23 was a great year as she was named to Eurobasket.com All-Russian PBL Honorable Mention and League Player of the Week. Kalu also played for Bellona Kayseri Basketbol in Turkish KBSL where in four games she recorded very impressive stats: 21.8ppg, 2.8rpg, 3.8apg and 4.5spg.
She was also a member of Nigerian international program for some years. Kalu played for Nigerian Senior National Team between 2016 and 2021 and previously for U19 National Team back in 2011.
She represented Nigeria at the Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan) two years ago. Her stats at that event were 3 games: 12.3ppg, 4.0rpg, 3.7apg, Steals-3 (2.3spg), FGP: 46.2%, 3PT: 20.0%, FT: 76.9%.
Kalu is quite experienced player. She has played also professionally in France (Bretagne), Germany (Keltern), Hungary (Vasas Akademia) and Portugal (Olivais and Clube Desportivo Torres Novas).
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others her team won Portuguese League Regular Season in 2017. Kalu was also voted Eurobasket.com All-French LFB Guard of the Year back in 2020.
She graduated from Savannah State University in 2015 and it will be her ninth season as a professional player.

Oxygen Roma Basket roster for 2023-24:

Guards:
Rosa Cupido
Ezinne Kalu
Dalma Czukor
Giulia Bongiorno

Forwards:
Leia Dongue
Marta Scarsi
Sofia Dell'Olio

Center:
Egle Sventoraite


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