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2022–23 Cape Town Tigers season

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Cape Town Tigers
2022–23 season
BNL champions
PresidentRaphael Edwards
Head coachFlorsheim Ngwenya (BNL)
Rasheed Hazzard (BAL)
BNL1st in Group A
0Playoffs0Champions
BAL3rd in Nile Conference
0Playoffs0Quarter-finalist

The 2022–23 season of the Cape Town Tigers was the 3rd season of the South African basketball team. The Tigers played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) for a second straight season, following their win in the Road to BAL's East Division.

In the 2023 BAL season, the Tigers were coached by former New York Knicks assistant coach Rasheed Hazzard. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Stade Malien, their second consecutive year in which they were eliminated in this round.[1]

Domestically, the Tigers were coached by Florsheim Ngwenya and made their debut in the Basketball National League (BNL), South Africa's sole professional league. They went undefeated and won the semifinal and final by wide margins to be crowned South African champions for the third time.[2]

Players

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BAL roster (April – May)

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The following Tigers roster played during the 2023 BAL season. Josh Hall played for the Tigers in the Nile Conference.[3]

Cape Town Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 00 United States Wade, Zaire (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2002-02-04)4 February 2002
G/F 1 Central African Republic Ganapamo, Evans (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1994-08-19)19 August 1994
G 2 Nigeria Gbinije, Michael (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1992-06-05)5 June 1992
F 5 South Africa Hall, Josh 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2000-10-08)8 October 2000
C 7 South Africa Mthembu, Somusa 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1992-03-26)26 March 1992
CG 10 South Africa Selepe, Lebesa 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1991-03-13)13 March 1991
G/F 11 South Africa Mofokeng, Lebo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-04-24)24 April 1992
G 12 South Africa Whitbread, Dylan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994
PF 14 South Africa Sibanyoni, Nkosinathi 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-05-24)24 May 1998
G 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo Musongela, Parby (E) 18 – (2005-12-15)15 December 2005
G 23 South Africa Cele, Samkelo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-12-28)28 December 1997
C 34 South Africa Reid, Liam 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-03-10)10 March 1998
C 41 South Africa Prinsloo, Pieter (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
F 45 United States Smith Jr., Marvin (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-07-11)11 July 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: September 25, 2023

BNL roster (June – July)

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The following Tigers roster played in the 2023 BNL season between June and July 2023.

No Player
0 Dumisani Gebashe
3 Dylan Whitbread
10 Lebesa Selepe
11 Lebohang Mofokeng
14 Nkosinathi Sibanyoni
23 Akeem Springs
24 Sita Conteh
25 Pieter Prinsloo
34 Somusa Mthembu
41 Braydon Wooley
44 Gloire Kabange
45 Rabbi Belolo
HC Florsheim Ngwenya

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L PF PA PD Win %
BNL 4 June 2023 30 July 2023 Group phase Winners 5 5 0 0 643 373 +270 100.00
Road to BAL 22 November 2022 27 November 2022 Elite 16 Winners 5 4 0 1 386 331 +55 080.00
BAL 27 April 2023 21 May 2023 Nile Conference Quarter-finalist 6 2 0 4 423 476 −53 033.33
Total 16 11 0 5 1,452 1,180 +272 068.75

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

Basketball National League

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All games were played at the Mandeville Indoor Hall in Johannesburg.

Group phase

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Gameday Date Opponents Result Record
1 4 June 2023 Mpumalanga Rhinos W 65–83 1–0
2 11 June 2023 Egoli Magic W 76–47 2–0
3 25 June 2023 Western Cape Mountaineers W 106–46 3–0
4 9 July 2023 Limpopo Pride W 97–51 4–0
5 8 December Free State Warriors W 36–107 5–0

Final round

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July 23, 2023
Semi-final
Kwa-Zulu Marlins 68–89 Cape Town Tigers Mandeville Indoor Hall, Johannesburg
4:00 pm Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 22–23, 15–22, 16–22
Pts: Bena Kabuya 18
Rebs: Sifiso Gininda, Storm Gilchrist 9
Asts: Storm Gilchrist 3
Boxscore Pts: Sita Conteh 27
Rebs: Nkosinathi Sibanyoni, Pieter Prinsloo 10
Asts: Lebesa Selepe 4
July 30, 2023
Final
Tshwane Suns 60–85 Cape Town Tigers Mandeville Indoor Hall, Johannesburg
1:00 pm Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 4–22, 17–26, 24–17
Pts: Gleen Akoulou 18
Rebs: Marcus Mokwena 10
Asts: Kagiso Ngoetjana, Briarley Klaassen 2
Boxscore Pts: Akeem Springs 24
Rebs: Nkosinathi Sibanyoni 19
Asts: Sita Conteh 8

Road to BAL

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Elite 16

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22 November Cape Town Tigers South Africa 85–60 NBA Academy Africa Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 28–19, 29–17, 14–14
Pts: Gbinije 22
Rebs: Gbinije 7
Asts: Deing 7
Report Pts: Darlan 20
Rebs: Chinyelu 12
Asts: Darlan 5
23 November KPA Kenya 72–96 South Africa Cape Town Tigers Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 19–22, 23–34, 11–21
Pts: Williams 24
Rebs: Williams 8
Asts: Ogol, Khaemba 3
Report Pts: Ganapamo 20
Rebs: Putney 9
Asts: Ganapamo, Deing 5
24 November Cape Town Tigers South Africa 49–59 Burundi Urunani Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 13–8, 9–19, 15–7
Pts: Ganapamo 14
Rebs: Sibanyoni 10
Asts: Three players 2
Report Pts: Filer 28
Rebs: Parker-Rivera 11
Asts: Nijimbere, Baru 3

Final round

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26 November City Oilers Uganda 69–75 South Africa Cape Town Tigers Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
19:00 (GMT+2) Scoring by quarter: 7–14, 19–16, 26–21, 17–24
Pts: Jones 40 Report
27 November Ferroviário da Beira Mozambique 71–81 South Africa Cape Town Tigers Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
19:00 (GMT+2) Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 20–17, 25–19, 15–18
Pts: Ubisse 18
Rebs: Ubisse, Murray 8
Asts: Malale 4
Report Pts: Ganapamo 34
Rebs: Putney 9
Asts: Putney 7

Basketball Africa League

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Nile Conference

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27 April 2023 SLAC Guinea 68–75 South Africa Cape Town Tigers Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 17–18, 8–13, 21–23
Pts: Miller Jr. 20
Rebs: Conde, Miller Jr. 12
Asts: Barefield, Nwabuzor 3
RealGM Report Pts: Ganapamo, Hall 15
Rebs: Hall 8
Asts: Wade 5
Attendance: 270
30 April 2023 Petro de Luanda Angola 87–48 South Africa Cape Town Tigers Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 20–12, 26–9, 13–15
Pts: Gonçalves 15
Rebs: Gonçalves 9
Asts: Four players 4
Livestats Pts: Hall 14
Rebs: Gbinije 8
Asts: Hall, Wade 3
Attendance: 883
Referees: Tyler Ricks, Mbaye Seye, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza
2 May 2023 Cape Town Tigers South Africa 75–91 Egypt Al Ahly Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 22–16, 14–18, 19–17
Pts: Ganapamo 26
Rebs: Cele 6
Asts: Ganapamo, Gbinije 5
BAL Report Pts: Omot 28
Rebs: Omot 5
Asts: Amin 8
Attendance: 2,050
Referees: Ian McClenny, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Hassan Kamate
3 May 2023 Ferroviário da Beira Mozambique 82–76 South Africa Cape Town Tigers Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 16–17, 17–26, 26–11
Pts: Young 26
Rebs: Sidibe 17
Asts: Perry 9
BAL Report Pts: Gbinije 20
Rebs: Gbinije 7
Asts: Gbinije 6
Attendance: 672
Referees: Julian Scott, Mahamadou Diallo, Aya Ahmed
6 May 2023 Cape Town Tigers South Africa 80–70 Uganda City Oilers Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 17–20, 26–19, 17–14
Pts: Cele 28
Rebs: Gbinije, Cele 8
Asts: Prinsloo 6
Livestats Pts: Jones 27
Rebs: Jones, Justice Jr. 8
Asts: Dribela, Justice Jr. 4
Attendance: 696
Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Hassan Kamate

Playoffs

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21 May 2023
Quarterfinal
Stade Malien Mali 78–69 South Africa Cape Town Tigers BK Arena, Kigali
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 31–15, 17–15, 16–22, 14–17
Pts: Diarra, Wilkins 18
Rebs: Diarra 13
Asts: Foster 7
Report Pts: Prinsloo 19
Rebs: Gbinije 13
Asts: Gbinije 5
Attendance: 3,632
Referees: Hortencia Sanchez-Carrizales, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza, Leslie Cherubin

Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

After all games.[4]

Cape Town Tigers statistics
Player GP MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Marvin Smith 1 37.9 .300 .375 1.000 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 17.0
Evans Ganapamo 4 34.6 .400 .083 .750 4.5 1.8 1.8 0.0 15.8
Michael Gbinije 6 34.8 .356 .300 .783 7.8 3.7 1.3 0.5 13.7
Samkelo Cele 6 30.6 .478 .235 .524 5.3 2.3 2.0 0.2 13.5
Josh Hall~ 3 29.0 .389 .222 .444 6.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 12.7
Pieter Prinsloo 6 30.1 .357 .294 .810 4.5 2.2 0.3 1.0 11.2
Zaire Wade 4 29.7 .429 .250 .909 3.8 4.3 0.8 0.5 9.3
Parby Musongela 2 18.1 .400 .333 1.000 4.5 0.5 1.5 0.0 5.5
Nkosinathi Sibanyoni 6 9.4 .294 .000 .750 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.2
Lebesa Selepe 5 16.2 .200 .167 .167 2.4 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.8
Lebohang Mofokeng 3 10.4 .200 .000 .500 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.3
Skumbuzo Mthembu 2 6.4 .000 .000 .500 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
Dylan Whitbread 4 6.8 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0

Acquired during the season
~Waived during the season

References

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  1. ^ "DIARRA'S SIXTH DOUBLE-DOUBLE STEERS STADE MALIEN INTO SEMI-FINALS". The BAL. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  2. ^ "BNL SA". hosted.dcd.shared.geniussports.com. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  3. ^ Dia, Jules (February 23, 2023). "BAL 2023: Cape Town signe un ancien de la NBA". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Cape Town Tigers Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2024-05-10.