Cape Town Tigers

Cape Town Tigers is a South African basketball club based in Cape Town. The team is located in the Gugulethu township.[1] Established in 2019, the team is coached by Raphael Edwards. In 2021, the club won the South African national championship in its debut season.

Cape Town Tigers
LeagueSouth African National Championship
Founded2019
HistoryCape Town Tigers
2019–present
LocationGugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa
PresidentRaphael Edwards
Head coachRelton Jantjies
Team captainPieter Prinsloo
OwnershipSeverus LLC (Raphael Edwards)
Championships1 (2021)
Websitewww.capetowntigers.com

History

The team was founded in 2019 by the organisation Severus LLC, founded by American business man and former player Raphael Edwards.[2] He moved from New York to Cape Town after he was offered the opportunity to own the team.[3] The Severus company was established in order to develop a professional basketball team that could play in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) within 5 years.[4]

Founder Raphael Edwards also became the head coach of the team. Its first roster featured two former NBA players in Billy Preston and Ben Uzoh. Several players for the South African national team were also on the team, such as Pieter Prinsloo, Christopher Gabriel, Thabo Sithole and Lehlogonolo Tholo.

In September 2021, the Tigers won their first national championship. The team beat Jozi Nuggets after overtime in the final, behind Ben Uzoh who scored 22 points in the championship game.[5]

Honours
South African National Championship
  • Champions (1): 2021

Players

Current roster

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

Cape Town Tigers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F 1 Ganapamo, Evans (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1994-08-19)19 August 1994
G 2 Selepe, Lebesa 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1991-03-13)13 March 1991
G 3 Kabongo, Myck (I) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1992-01-12)12 January 1992
PF 7 Mthembu, Somusa 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1992-03-26)26 March 1992
G 10 Harrington, Jared (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997
F 12 Ferrão, Miguel 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996
SG 13 Myburgh, Benjamin 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1997-10-26)26 October 1997
G 11 Mofokeng, Lebohang 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1992-07-24)24 July 1992
PG 17 Tholo, Lehlogonolo 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1992-11-12)12 November 1992
C 20 Preston, Billy (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1997-10-26)26 October 1997
C 25 Prinsloo, Pieter (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
C 42 Gabriel, Christopher 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 32 – (1988-12-19)19 December 1988
PG – Sithole, Thabo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1995-06-10)10 June 1995
PG – Uzoh, Ben (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1988-03-18)18 March 1988
Head coach
  • Relton Booysen
Assistant coach(es)
  • Vincent Ntunja
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: December 8, 2021

References
  1. "Gugulethu-based club on track for Basketball African League 2022". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. "Introducing Cape Town's Professional Basketball Team: The Cape Town Tigers". PRWeb. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. "Cape Town's Tigers crowned SA's champs in basketball". www.capetownetc.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. "Cape Town Tigers: The Mother City's basketball team aims to dominate". Ανθρώπινα Νέα | West Africa News. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. "D'Tigers Ben Uzoh leads Cape Town Tigers to South Africa club championship". Premium Times. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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