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Basketball Africa League Unveils Sahara Conference Rosters Ahead of Expanded 2022 Season

Each of the Sahara Conference’s six teams, which come from six African countries, will have up to 13 players, at least eight of whom are citizens of their respective team’s home country

Six Sahara Conference Teams Feature 78 Players from 17 Countries Across Africa, Europe and the U.S.; 2022 BAL Season Opener Featured Senegal’s Dakar Université Club (DUC) Taking on Guinea’s Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club (S.L.A.C) at the Dakar Arena on March 5th at 12:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. GMT on Canal+, ESPNews and TSN; All 38 BAL Games Will Livestream on the NBA App, NBA.com and NBA.com/BAL; Tickets for Sahara Conference Games and Fan Zone Experience in Dakar from March 5-15 On Sale Now at NBA.com/BAL .

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) has unveiled the rosters of the six teams that will compete in the league’s Sahara Conference group phase at the Dakar Arena in Senegal, which tipped off yesterday and runs through Tuesday, March 15. The six teams collectively feature 78 players from 17 countries across Africa, Europe and the U.S.

In the season opener, Senegal’s Dakar Université Club (DUC) took on Guinea’s Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club (S.L.A.C) at 12:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. GMT on Canal+, ESPNews and TSN in the first of 38 games taking place across three cities over the next three months.

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Each of the Sahara Conference’s six teams, which come from six African countries, will have up to 13 players, at least eight of whom are citizens of their respective team’s home country and up to four of whom are from other countries, with no more than two players per team from outside of Africa. As part of the “BAL Elevate” program, each team’s 13th roster spot is reserved for one of 12 prospects from NBA Academy Africa, an elite basketball training center in Saly, Senegal for the top high-school age prospects from across Africa.

Basketball Africa League Unveils Sahara Conference Rosters Ahead of Expanded 2022 Season

Eight players competing in the Sahara Conference group phase previously played in the NBA G League. Majok was drafted 58th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2011 NBA Draft.

Team
 
Player
 
Country
 
Last G League Team
 
CFV (Mozambique)
 
Randy Ozoemena Onwuasur
 
Nigeria/USA
 
Salt Lake City Stars
 
DUC (Senegal)
 
Chadrack Lufile
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 
Sioux Falls Skyforce
 
REG (Rwanda)
 
Anthony Rashad Walker
 
USA
 
Stockton Kings
 
S.L.A.C (Guinea)
 
Marcus Christopher Crawford
 
USA
 
Iowa Energy
 
S.L.A.C (Guinea)
 
Dane Anthony Miller Jr.
 
USA
 
Oklahoma City Blue
 
S.L.A.C (Guinea)
 
Jawachi Josh Nzeakor
 
Nigeria
 
Memphis Hustle
 
S.L.A.C (Guinea)
 
Christopher Ewaoche Obekpa
 
Nigeria
 
Santa Cruz Warriors
 
US Monastir (Tunisia)
 
Ater James Majok
 
Sudan
 
Los Angeles D-Fenders
 

The six teams feature nine former NCAA Division I players:

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Team
 
Player
 
Country
 
Last College/University
 
AS Salé (Morocco)
 
Abdoulaye Harouna Amadou
 
Niger
 
Miami
 
AS Salé (Morocco)
 
Terrell De Von Stoglin
 
USA
 
Maryland
 
REG (Rwanda)
 
Javon Filer Adonis
 
Rwanda/USA
 
Florida Atlantic
 
REG (Rwanda)
 
Alex Olenga Mpoyo
 
Rwanda
 
Grambling State
 
REG (Rwanda)
 
Cleveland Thomas
 
USA
 
Western Kentucky
 
REG (Rwanda)
 
Anthony Rashad Walker
 
USA
 
Texas at Arlington
 
US Monastir (Tunisia)
 
Michael Andre Dixon
 
USA
 
Memphis
 
US Monastir (Tunisia)
 
Ater James Majok
 
Sudan
 
Connecticut
 
US Monastir (Tunisia)
 
Wassef Methnani
 
Tunisia
 
Fairfield
 

The Sahara Conference also features 11 players who previously participated in Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa, the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program for top prospects from across the continent that has seen 10 former campers drafted into the NBA, including Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2012) and Pascal Siakam (Toronto Raptors; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2011):

Team
 
Player
 
Country
 
BWB Experience
 
AS Salé (Morocco)
 
Badreddine Azouga
 
Morocco
 
BWB Africa 2012
 
AS Salé (Morocco)
 
Abdelmajid El Madini
 
Morocco
 
BWB Africa 2015
 
CFV (Mozambique)
 
Ermelino Orlando Novela
 
Mozambique
 
BWB Africa 2009
 
CFV (Mozambique)
 
Helton Sergio Jacinto Ubisse
 
Mozambique
 
BWB Africa 2012
 
DUC (Senegal)
 
Cheikh Bamba Diallo
 
Senegal
 
BWB Africa 2013
 
DUC (Senegal)
 
Thierno Niang
 
Senegal
 
BWB Africa 2008
 
S.L.A.C (Guinea)
 
Christopher Obekpa
 
Nigeria
 
BWB Africa 2009
 
US Monastir (Tunisia)
 
Firas Lahyani
 
Tunisia
 
BWB Africa 2009
 
US Monastir (Tunisia)
 
Oussama Marnaoui
 
Tunisia
 
BWB Africa 2016
 
US Monastir (Tunisia)
 
Wassef Methnani
 
Tunisia
 
BWB Africa 2015
 
US Monastir (Tunisia)
 
Mohamed Adam Rassil
 
Tunisia
 
BWB Africa 2016
 

AS Salé head coach Liz Mills (Australia) will make history when she leads the Moroccan champions at the BAL, becoming the first woman to coach a BAL team and first woman to coach a Moroccan men’s team. REG is led by head coach and former NBA player Robert Pack. During his 13-year NBA career,

Pack played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Washington Bullets, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Hornets.

The 12 BAL teams, which include defending BAL Champion Zamalek (Egypt), have been divided into two conferences – the Sahara Conference and the Nile Conference. Each conference will play a 15- game group phase during which each team will face the five other teams in its conference once. The Sahara Conference group phase will take place at the Dakar Arena from March 5-15, while the Nile Conference group phase will take place at Hassan Mostafa Indoor Sports Complex in Cairo, Egypt from April 9-19. The top four teams from each conference will qualify for the BAL Playoffs, which will feature a single-elimination tournament and Finals at Kigali Arena in Rwanda from May 21-28.

Rosters for Nile Conference teams will be announced at a later date.

Read: Basketball Africa League Announces Roster of Broadcast Partners for Expanded 2022 Season Tipping off Tomorrow

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