| 2024 season | |
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| Head coach | Ogoh Odaudu |
| NPL | TBD |
| BAL | TBD |
The 2024 Rivers Hoopers season is the 19th season in club history and the 2nd season of the team in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The Hoopers will play in the Nigerian Premier League (NPL) once again as defending champions.
The Hoopers enforced their team with American guard Will Perry. [1]
The final roster was revealed by the BAL on 4 May 2024. [2]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Rivers Hoopers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 441 | 413 | +28 | .667 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 |  AS Douanes | 6 | 3 | 3 | 409 | 385 | +24 | .500 [lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 |  US Monastir | 6 | 3 | 3 | 437 | 450 | −13 | .500 [lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 |  APR | 6 | 2 | 4 | 432 | 471 | −39 | .333 |
| May 4, 2024 | AS Douanes | 68–77 | Rivers Hoopers | Dakar Arena, Dakar |
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| 5:30 PM | Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 16–19, 9–19, 20–21 | |||
| Pts: Akec 19 Rebs: Obekpa 14 Asts: Boissy 4 | Livestats | Pts: Eke 31 Rebs: Eke 12 Asts: Amayo 8 | Attendance: 8,543 Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Aboolo Amr, Hassan Kamate | |
| May 5, 2024 | APR | 82–86 | Rivers Hoopers | Dakar Arena, Dakar |
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| 2:30 PM | Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 22–21, 22–23, 20–23 | |||
| Pts: Noel 32 Rebs: Noel 7 Asts: Filer, Robeyns 4 | Livestats | Pts: Perry 31 Rebs: Eke, Ike 8 Asts: Amayo 7 | Attendance: 734 Referees: Kaitlynn Versoza, Kalume Tonton Banza, Adlen Larouci | |
| May 7, 2024 | US Monastir | 63–84 | Rivers Hoopers | Dakar Arena, Dakar |
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| 4:00 PM | Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 16–25, 22–18, 12–17 | |||
| Pts: Doucouré 21 Rebs: Crawford 7 Asts: Crawford 14 | Livestats | Pts: Amayo 30 Rebs: Eke 12 Asts: Amayo, Perry 9 | Attendance: 973 Referees: Tyler Mirkovich, Kalume Tonton Banza, Hassan Kamate | |
| May 9, 2024 | Rivers Hoopers | 54–56 | AS Douanes | Dakar Arena, Dakar |
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| 7:00 PM | Scoring by quarter: 5–14, 21–19, 15–7, 13–16 | |||
| Pts: Perry 17 Rebs: Olisemeka 18 Asts: Perry 5 | Livestats | Pts: Akec 17 Rebs: Thomas 9 Asts: Boissy 4 | Attendance: 6,876 Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Yann Vezo Davidson, Natascha Onono | |
| May 11, 2024 | Rivers Hoopers | 78–712OT | APR | Dakar Arena, Dakar |
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| 2:30 PM | Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–11, 10–20, 17–8, Overtime: 17–8, 20–3 | |||
| Pts: Eke 18 Rebs: Eke 20 Asts: Perry 6 | Livestats | Pts: Nshobozwabyosenumukiza 16 Rebs: Hunt 14 Asts: Hunt 7 | Attendance: 750 Referees: Cameron Gelinas, Aboolo Amr, Kalume Tonton Banza | |
| May 12, 2024 | Rivers Hoopers | 62–73 | US Monastir | Dakar Arena, Dakar |
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| 2:30 PM | Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 20–19, 9–18, 20–17 | |||
| Pts: Eke 13 Rebs: Olisemeka 10 Asts: Amayo 7 | Livestats | Pts: Crawford 21 Rebs: Majok 16 Asts: Crawford 9 | Attendance: 2,604 Referees: Kenny Jones, Kalume Tonton Banza, Walelign Fikadu Gebeto | |
| 25 May 2024 | Rivers Hoopers | 57–63 | AS Douanes | BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda |
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| 5:30 PM | Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 14–15, 5–13, 29–13 | |||
| Pts: Ike 11 Rebs: Olisemeka 13 Asts: Amayo 7 | Livestats | Pts: Harouna 16 Rebs: Akec, Fofana 7 Asts: Akec 4 | Attendance: 5,992 Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Amir Taboubi | |
| 29 May 2024 | Rivers Hoopers | 83–89OT |  Al Ahly Ly | BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda |
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| 5:00 PM | Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 16–21, 23–8, 13–70, Overtime: 10–16 | |||
| Pts: Amayo 26 Rebs: Amayo 15 Asts: Amayo 6 | Livestats | Pts: Lual-Acuil 27 Rebs: Deng 13 Asts: Golden 5 | Attendance: 4,037 Referees: Chelisa Painter, Yann Vezo Davidson, Mbaye Seye | |
| 31 May 2024 | Rivers Hoopers | 80–57 |  Cape Town Tigers | BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda |
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| 8:00 PM | Scoring by quarter: 25–8, 18–21, 20–9, 17–19 | |||
| Pts: Amayo 25 Rebs: Koko 11 Asts: Perry 8 | Livestats | Pts: Deing 17 Rebs: Sibanyoni 15 Asts: Manyang, Whitbread 2 | Attendance: 4,379 Referees: Julian Scott, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Kalume Tonton Banza | |
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