Coaches Back Gift Uchenna’s Grassroots Basketball Drive, Demand More Investment

Nigerian basketball coaches have commended rising star Gift Uchenna for her efforts to promote grassroots basketball and create opportunities for young boys and girls to discover and develop their talents.
Uchenna was praised during a basketball skills and talent-discovery programme organised in collaboration with Nigerian basketball coaches in Abuja.
The Ebonyi-born forward, who stands at 6ft 3in, has progressed from grassroots basketball in Nigeria to the NCAA Division I level in the United States, where she currently plays for the University of Wisconsin-Madison women’s basketball team, the Wisconsin Badgers.
Basketball coach Lawal M. Daddy described Uchenna as a rising star whos...