2025 Rivers Hoopers season

Rivers Hoopers

2025 season
Head coach	Ogoh Odaudu
NPL	To be played
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The 2025 Rivers Hoopers season is the 20th season in club history and the 3rd season of the team in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The Hoopers will play in the Nigerian Premier League (NPL) as defending champions.

Roster

Will Perry signed with ASC Ville de Dakar, John Wilkins retired.

Meanwhile, Kelvin Amayo, who led the team to the 2024 Nigerian Premier League title, returned to the Hoopers. Madut Akec, who played in the 2024 BAL season with AS Douanes, was also signed.

BAL roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

2025 Rivers Hoopers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 2 Offia, Abel 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2005-02-14)14 February 2005 PG 5 Afuwape, Micheal 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1998-08-17)17 August 1998 PF 7 Nwaiwu, Onyebuchi 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-08-20)20 August 1998 10 Anaiye, Johnson 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 PG 11 Shamba, Maxi Munanga 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1993-12-25)25 December 1993 SG 12 Akec, Madut  (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1999-01-01)1 January 1999 SG 13 Amayo, Kelvin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1992-01-09)9 January 1992 C 14 Olisemeka, Peter 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1991-12-09)9 December 1991 PF 15 Sani, Samuel 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 17 – (2007-07-09)9 July 2007 SF 23 Koko Jr., Ifeanyi 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2004-12-08)8 December 2004 SF 24 Putney, Raphiael  (I) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1990-04-21)21 April 1990 PF 28 Icke, David  (E) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 17 – (2007-07-16)16 July 2007 SG 45 Abah, Ogbodeje 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2006-12-12)12 December 2006	Head coach Ogoh Odaudu Assistant coach(es) Abdulrahman Mohammed Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (E): BAL Elevate player Injured Roster Updated: April 4, 2025

Transactions

Additions

Date	Player	Former team
March 13, 2025	Jackson Makoi [1]	Cairns Taipans
March 13, 2025	Madut Akec	AS Douanes
March 23, 2025	Raphiael Putney [2]	Pioneros de Los Mochis
March 26, 2025	Maxi Munanga Shamba [3]

Subtractions

Date	Player	New team
October 26, 2024	Devine Eke [4]	Santa Cruz Warriors
February 26, 2025	Will Perry [5]	ASC Ville de Dakar
	John Wilkins	Retired

Games

BAL

Main article: 2025 BAL season

Nile Conference

The Hoopers were placed in the Nile Conference, which began on 5 April 2025 and was held in Rabat, Morocco.

See also: 2025 BAL season group phase § Nile Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	FUS Rabat (H)	2	0	2	0	0	0	.000	Advance to playoffs
2	Stade Malien	2	0	2	0	0	0	.000
3	Rivers Hoopers	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	Possibly advance to the playoffs
4	Al Ittihad Alexandria	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.000

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

References

1. @RiversHoopers (14 March 2025). "South Sudanese point guard Jackson Makoi joins #TheKingsMen for @thebal 5" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 March 2024– via Twitter.
2. "Rivers Hoopers sign American Putney for BAL challenge". The Nation Newspaper. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
3. "Congo DR Maxi Munanga Shamba joins Rivers Hoopers". Gongnews. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
4. "Santa Cruz Warriors Select Seth Maxwell, Tommy Rutherford, and Devine Eke in the 2024 NBA G League Draft". NBA.com. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
5. Basketsenegal (26 February 2025). "BAL 2025 - Will Perry, Abdoulaye Harouna et Ater Majok à l'ASC Ville de Dakar | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.