Basketball in Ghana: 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Basketball Coaching Clinic held in Takoradi

During the weekend, a two day coaching/basketball clinic was held at the Air Force Base in Takoradi. Coaches Brad and Bill from Los Angeles in the United States conducted the clinics with 10 coaches from the Western and Central Region. There were also males and female players from both regions in attendance. Cape Coast Hoops Coach and Hoops Care International had three of their kids and directors also in attendance. The clinic focused on defensive and offensive drills. At the end, both coaches were highly impress with the level of maturity the players and coached showed proving that basketball is far ahead fundamentally in these two regions.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Runhouse-Hoops Project lands two big prospects

Excitement was in the air this weekend at our camp in Cape Coast, Ghana when our latest two prospects arrived for play. Both are 15 years old and are 6′ 7′ and 6′ 10″. Both players are very excited to play against top level competition which can only be achieved in the USA or in Europe.
The staff at Runhouse is currently looking for the best possible situation for them. For more details contact Jack Whitehead, Director of International Recruiting, at jwhitehead@runhouse.net
(Pictured also is Coach Claude Thompson.)

Sunday, November 15, 2009

ORU basketball signs Ghana native

Ghana native Chris Angsomwine has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Oral Roberts next season, coach Scott Sutton announced Wednesday.A 6-9, 215-pound forward at Kilgore (Texas) College, Angsomwine is ORU’s first 2010 signee. He will have two years of eligibility when he enrolls next fall.“Chris fills a significant need for us for the future,” Sutton said in a statement. “With (current senior) Kevin Ford graduating at the end of the year, we wanted to try and get the best athletic big man we could find and Chris certainly fits the bill.”Angsomwine is in his first year with the Rangers after spending last season at Harcum College in suburban Philadelphia. Kilgore is 2-0 with Angsomwine averaging 6.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.“He’s a shot blocker who can rebound,” Sutton said. “Chris is not a great scorer yet, but his offensive game is improving. He’ll get better this year while playing at a top quality program and be ready to contribute next year.”As a freshman at Harcum, Angsomwine averaged 1.2 points and 1.9 rebounds in 15 games.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

GET IT IN THERE!

Kilgore College’s Chris Angsomwine, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward from Ghana (played for Cape Coast Hooops), leaps for the ball in the Rangers’ season opener against Cedar Valley.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Chris Angsomwine commits to Oral Roberts

Chris Angsomwine, 6′ 9″ Forward, verbally commits to Oral Roberts University.Kilgore, Texas - 6 October 2009 - Angsomwine has made the verbal commitment to become a student athlete at Oral Roberts University next season after completion of his Associates Degree at Kilgore Junior College. Angsomwine was one of the first players to come through our Runhouse-Hoops Project that we run in conjuction with Claudius Thompson of Cape Coast Hoops.Sources close to the ORU staff think Chris Angsomwine has a chance to be a outstanding player in their system. He’s an athletic big guy that can run, has a good skill level and a strong body to defend and block shots. Chris has a tremendous upside. He is a great student and will be a great fit for the ORU campus & the Tulsa community

6′ 8″ Atsu Atakpa signs with Paul Quinn

6′ 8″ Atsu Atakpa has decided to leave Casper College and play for Coach Marco Borne at Paul Quinn. Atakpa is the second Runhouse-Hoops player to transfer from Casper College joining Daniel Armah out.Coach Borne is counting on “Big Jake” to bring some inside scoring punch to his revamped team. Paul Quinn plays in the very tough Red River Conference of NAIA Div 1

Armah dazzles at Juco Showcase

Daniel Armah, aka “The Accra Assassin”, got a chance to show Lakeland’s coach Cedric Brown his skills recently at Rick Ball’s Juco Showcase in Chicago.
Armah not only was the leading rebounder but also finished as the 3rd leading scorer. Coach Brown was very pleased with his newest recruit and has alot of confidence in his ability.
Speaking with Coach Brown last week also revealed that Armah has had a growth spurt and is now a legitimate 6′ 7″. When asked about the growth Armah simply replied “I hope I grow to 6′ 8″. We hope you grow as well Dan and feel confident you will have a breakout season with Lakeland