2022–23 Cape Town Tigers season

Cape Town Tigers
2022–23 season
BNL champions
President	Raphael Edwards
Head coach	Florsheim Ngwenya (BNL); Rasheed Hazzard (BAL)
BNL	1st in Group A
0Playoffs	0Champions
BAL	3rd in Nile Conference
0Playoffs	0Quarter-finalist
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

BAL roster (April – May)

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.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	00	Wade, Zaire (I)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	22 – (2002-02-04)4 February 2002
G/F	1	Ganapamo, Evans (I)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	30 – (1994-08-19)19 August 1994
G	2	Gbinije, Michael (I)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	32 – (1992-06-05)5 June 1992
F	5	Hall, Josh	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	24 – (2000-10-08)8 October 2000
C	7	Mthembu, Somusa	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	32 – (1992-03-26)26 March 1992
CG	10	Selepe, Lebesa	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	33 – (1991-03-13)13 March 1991
G/F	11	Mofokeng, Lebo	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	32 – (1992-04-24)24 April 1992
G	12	Whitbread, Dylan	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	30 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994
PF	14	Sibanyoni, Nkosinathi	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	26 – (1998-05-24)24 May 1998
G	15	Musongela, Parby (E)		19 – (2005-12-15)15 December 2005
G	23	Cele, Samkelo	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	27 – (1997-12-28)28 December 1997
C	34	Reid, Liam	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	26 – (1998-03-10)10 March 1998
C	41	Prinsloo, Pieter (C)	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	32 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
F	45	Smith Jr., Marvin (I)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	31 – (1993-07-11)11 July 1993

Head coach

Rasheed Hazzard

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 25, 2023

BNL roster (June – July)

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

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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

Group phase

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

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

Elite 16

22 November	Cape Town Tigers	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	72–96	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	49–59	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

26 November	City Oilers	69–75	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	71–81	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

Nile Conference

27 April 2023	SLAC	68–75	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	87–48	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	75–91	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	82–76	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	80–70	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

21 May 2023 Quarterfinal	Stade Malien	78–69	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

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

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

[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.

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v t e 2023 BAL season
Qualification tournaments Group stage Nile Conference Sahara Conference Playoffs Final Rosters
Nile Conference	Al Ahly Cape Town Tigers City Oilers Ferroviário da Beira Petro de Luanda SLAC
Sahara Conference	ABC Fighters AS Douanes Kwara Falcons REG Stade Malien US Monastir