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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>UNITED States of America-based Saul Phiri is arriving in the country today to join Zimbabwe basketball champions JBC who are leaving for Botswana for their maiden appearance in the Basketball Africa League Qualifiers.<\/b><\/p>\n

Phiri, who was born in Zimbabwe in 1997 and relocated to the USA in 2000, is one of the two USA-trained basketball players alongside Tafadzwa Tela who are in the JBC side that is making its maiden appearance in this five-team southern African basketball gathering.<\/p>\n

The other teams in the Group D competition that is running from this Tuesday to October 22 are the Brave Hearts of Malawi, Dolphins Basketball Club of Botswana, UNAM Wolves of Namibia, and Munali Suns of Zambia.<\/p>\n

Only one of these five teams will qualify for the second round or the Elite 16 tournament to be competed in two groups one in South Africa and the other in the Ivory Coast in November.Phiri who, in 2022 was in the books of Zambia\u2019s 10-time champions Matero Magic, is not promising milk and honey or heaven on earth, but says he will do everything to the best of his ability to help the Zimbabwean champions achieve their goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not promising anything. What I can guarantee is that if picked to play, I will do everything to the best of my ability,\u201d said the 26 year-old.<\/p>\n

Phiri played for La Salle Explorers in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NACC) from 2016 to 2020 as the team\u2019s shooting guard before joining Zambia\u2019s Matero Magic.<\/p>\n

The six-time Zimbabwe champions will also have extra arsenal in the form of Fallon Ndoye and Wesley Alcegaire who have always been vital cogs of the machine.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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