Rivers Hoopers sign on American basketball player for BAL campaign

Player
By Omuboye Sukubo
Port Harcourt, Feb. 25, 2020 (NAN) Rivers Hoopers male basketball club of Port Harcourt on Tuesday said they have signed on an American, Kaylon Tappin, to boost their chances in the inaugural Basketball Africa League (BAL).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Rivers Hoopers are Nigeria’s representatives in the maiden edition of BAL, billed to get underway in March.

Queen Moseph, the club’s Media Officer, in a statement disclosed that Tappin was a junior college standout at Arkansas State-Mid South in West Memphis, Arkadelphia in the 2014/2015 season.

She said the player also had an outstanding year with Henderson State, a NCAA Division 2 school.

“In his senior season, Tappin was named First Team All-Great American Conference after averaging 18.5 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 2.4 APG and 1.5 SPG and had a career high 34 points against Arkansas Tech.

“Since turning pro in 2018, Tappin has played for Nift Al-Janoub in the Iraqi IBL League where he averaged 24.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG, and 4.7 APG.

“The 6’11” point guard also played for Piratas de Quebradillas in Peurto Rico and most recently Svendborg Rabbits in the Danish Basketball League,” the statement said.

The club said the 23-year-old was one of the four foreign professionals the team was hopeful of adding to its roster for the BAL.(NAN)
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)