(07-07-2021 04:50 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: It's kind of hard to find where the official 12 person team will be announced (and the current 15-player list). Hopefully Mike will be on the (sleuthing) job shortly to hunt down the list. But they should release the final 12-person roster any day now (their first game in Tokyo is July 27th against Team USA).
The USA Today story said the announcement came as tweets from the Nigerian Basketball Federation. I found a series of July 6 tweets from #NBBF @nbbfonline -- starting (or ending, as the links start with the newest/last in the series) with this one:
https://twitter.com/nbbfonline/status/14...1581156355 -- that gave the following names:
1) Nneka Ogwumike
2) Chinenye Ogwumike
3) Erica Ogwumike
4) Adaora Elonu (Assistant Captain of Team Nigeria)
5) Amukamara (Charnay BB of France),
6) Atonye Nyingifa (Porta XI Ensino, Spain)
7) Ezinne Kalu (Landerneau, France)
8) Pallas Kunayi-Akpannah (Italian Serie A for Pallacanestro Vigarano)
9) Ifunanya Ibekwe
10) Elizabeth Balogun (Louisville point guard)
11) Amy Okonkwo’s
12) Oderah Chidom
13) Elizabeth Williams (Atlanta Dream)
14) Victoria Macaulay
15) Aisha Balarabe
"The final 12 man list will be announced before the team head out to Japan from their camp in the USA where the team will face USA, Japan and France in group B."
“Also on the rooster (sic) are Sarah Imovbioh, Sarah Ogoke, Atosu Upe and Nicole Enabosi”
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https://twitter.com/nbbfonline/status/14...9032980483)
I
did not see the same sort of graphic that the federation had for their men's 15-man roster:
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https://twitter.com/NigeriaBasket/status...13/photo/1)
The other interesting additional thing I found are these three tweets that report that the Nigerian Customs Service says that it will not release the Nigerian women's and men's basketball "kits" (uniforms and equipment, I think these are; they were
donated three months ago by the Chinese company, Peak Milk) until they're paid 35 million Nigerian Niara (84,797.13USD)!!
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https://twitter.com/titansbasket/status/...65/photo/2 ...
https://twitter.com/titansbasket/status/...65/photo/3 ...
https://twitter.com/titansbasket/status/...65/photo/4)