Six games into the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 Qualifiers and a number of players have already put their names on the spotlight.
And although Cote d'Ivoire swept all their three opponents in Group C last week in Yaounde to stay perfect in contention for one of the three tickets for the Final Round in Kigali next year, some individual performances couldn't have gone unnoticed.
They are young, most are under-25, talented, competitors, and they are likely to be heard of for the remainder of the Qualifiers not only because they played a key role to their teams, but, especially because they are part of the portion of Africa stars in the making.
Take Kingsley Obiekwe Sam, Aziz Nkene, Walter Cabral and Mohamed Queta as examples.
J Kingsley Obiekwe Sam is actually Nigerian born but plays for Equatorial Guinea. and just like his teammate Cabral, the 25-year-old Obiekwe Sam is in red hot form.
The 1.96m (6ft 5 in) guard attacks the rim ferociously, defends like there is no tomorrow and contributing double-figure scores.
Against a very aggressive Cote d'Ivoire team, Obiekwe Sam buried four of his six three-pointers to finish with 19 points
