APR Makes Key Moves Ahead of BAL 2025
Ahead of the Nile Conference games of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), expected from May 17 to 25, Rwanda’s representative club, APR Basketball Club, has added Senegalese center Youssou Ndoye and American point guard Chasson Randle to their roster.
Apr 23, 2025
A 33-year-old center who last played for the Daegu KOGAS Pegasus of the Korean Basketball League, Ndoye has also previously played for European clubs like JB Bourg, Nanterre, and Orléans. He is now ready to contribute to APR’s strong aspirations in the BAL.
The Senegalese center also has NBA experience. After his senior year in college at St. Bonaventure, he went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft but later joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2015 NBA Summer League, where he averaged 3.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in six games.
Also joining the army side club is Chasson Randle, a point guard standing at 1.84m tall. Before joining APR, the 32-year-old guard was playing in the NBA G League for the Stockton Kings.
According to Wikipedia, Randle's career highlights and awards include two NBA G League championships (2021 and 2025), and the 2018 EuroLeague championship.
Randle has not only played in the NBA G League but also spent time with NBA teams like the Orlando Magic (2021), Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards, New York Knicks, and Philadelphia 76ers.
Randle and Ndoye are set to join American shooting guard Jordan McRae and French star Nobel Boungou-Colo, who recently joined APR’s squad ahead of the BAL.
Here is what you need to know about the two other players signed by APR:
McRae, 33, previously played in the NBA. He was selected in the 2014 NBA Draft as the 58th overall pick by the San Antonio Spurs and has since played in the NBA and the NBA G League, where he set a former single-game scoring record of 61 points. The 1.96m star has also competed in other top international leagues, including China with the Beijing Ducks (2020–2021), France with Metropolitans 92 (2021–2022), Israel with Hapoel Tel Aviv (2022–2023), and Greece with AEK Athens (2023–2024).
Colo, 36, is a 2.02m Congolese-French player who can be deployed as a small forward or power forward. A former member of the French national basketball team, he has competed at the highest level in France, representing clubs such as Antibes Sharks and Metropolitans 92.
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