By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Maurice Ndour joined Galatasaray Nef, the team announced Thursday.
Ndour, 29, concluded his second stint at Rytas to move to the Turkish giant. He averaged 12.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.3 blocks per Basketball Champions League contest, and 11.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.1 blocks, and 0.6 steals per Betsafe LKL game until being forced to the sidelined due to injury in recent weeks.
Switching sides in the BCL Round of 16, he joins the Lions in Group I. His new team dealing with a spike of positive COVID-19 cases has yet to start the Round of 16 schedule featuring home and away affairs opposite JDA Dijon, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, and Hapoel U-NET Holon. The top two teams will progress to the Quarterfinals and from there look to advance to the Final Four.
At the domestic level, the team coached by Ekrem Memnun is currently tied with fellow Champions League outlet Tofas at 12-7. They trail Fenerbahce Beko (15-4), Anadolu Efes (14-4), Gaziantep (13-6), and Darussafaka (13-6) in the BSL standings.
The Ohio alumnus had made his way to 32 NBA games as a member of the New York Knicks and 32 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games between Real Madrid and Valencia. In addition, the Senegalese international logged 30 games played in the 7DAYS EuroCup through his run with UNICS Kazan before becoming a fan favorite at Rytas. A stint in China with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls split the two stretches at the Lithuania capital.
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