Former APR guard Obadiah Noel joins Tanzania's Dar City for genocide memorial tournament
Former APR’s American point guard Obadiah Noel has signed for Tanzanian powerhouse Dar City basketball club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Genocide Memorial Tournament, which runs from Wednesday, April 23, through April 27 in Kigali.
Apr 23, 2025
The 25-year-old was part of APR’s squad that participated in the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL)'s final game in the Sahara Conference, despite them not qualifying for the playoffs. They were eliminated at the conference stage before the playoffs. Their failure to reach the playoffs was partly due to Noel’s hamstring injury, which forced him out of the last game after just four minutes of action.
Ballerzone has learned that Noel is traveling to Kigali today, Wednesday, with the Tanzanian club and could be included in the squad set to face Rwanda’s United Generation Basketball (UGB) on Thursday, April 24.
Noel made his debut for APR in the semi-final of the 2024 Genocide Memorial Tournament and scored 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists against REG.
Now, he returns to the same tournament held in memory of basketball community members who lost their lives during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Dar City is grouped alongside UGB and Patriots.
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