Cape Town Tigers

Cape Town Tigers
Cape Town Tigers
League	Basketball Africa League; South African National Championship
Founded	2019
History	Cape Town Tigers; 2019–present
Location	Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa
Team colors	Black, White, Gold;
President	Raphael Edwards
Head coach	Relton Booysen
Team captain	Pieter Prinsloo
Ownership	Severus LLC (Raphael Edwards)
Championships	1 (2021)
Website	www.capetowntigers.com
Home	Away

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 Relton Booysen. In 2021, the club won the South African national championship in its debut season.

The Tigers play in the 2022 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

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] Later in the year, the team competed in the qualfication games of the BAL for the first time. The team finished as third without playing its last game which was forfeited by opponent New Star after players tested positive for COVID-19.^[6]

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F	1	(I)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1994-08-19)19 August 1994
G	2		1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	31 – (1991-03-13)13 March 1991
PG	2	Sithole, Thabo	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	26 – (1995-06-10)10 June 1995
G	3	Kabongo, Myck (I)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	30 – (1992-01-12)12 January 1992
PG	4	Uzoh, Ben (I)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	33 – (1988-03-18)18 March 1988
PF	7		2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1992-03-26)26 March 1992
G	10	(I)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	24 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997
F	12	Ferrão, Miguel (DC)	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996
SG	13		1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	24 – (1997-10-26)26 October 1997
G	11		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)	30 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
C	42	Gabriel, Christopher	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	33 – (1988-12-19)19 December 1988