STANFORD, Calif. – Shay Ijiwoye and Nora Ezike will join Nigeria’s National Team for its upcoming training camp as the group prepares for the FIBA World Cup in September.
Training camp begins tomorrow in Chicago and runs through August 3. From there, 15 players will be selected to go to Haikou, China for three games from August 4-15, followed by games in Tenerife, Spain against Spain and Belgium from August 16-24. Preparations will conclude with contests against Puerto Rico and Mali in Zaragoza, Spain from August 25-September 3.
A final roster will be announced prior to the FIBA World Cup in Berlin, which runs from September 4-13.
Both Ijiwoye and Ezike were with Nigeria during its WNBA preseason tour in April and May against the Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx and Indiana Fever. Against the Fever on May 2, Ijiwoye had a team-high 10 points, three steals and three rebounds.
Ijiwoye appeared in 32 games for Stanford as a sophomore last season, averaging 2.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 15.6 minutes per game, while Ezike played in nine games off the bench as a freshman.
Ezike made her international debut for Nigeria at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Brno, Czechia last summer and led the team in both scoring and rebounding, averaging 12.1 points and 7.0 rebounds in seven games. She started the group phase with 25 points on 8-of-8 shooting in 21 minutes against China and finished with three consecutive double-digit scoring efforts in classification games against Argentina (17), Korea (18) and China (12).
Ijiwoye also represented Nigeria as part of the World Select Team at the 25th Nike Hoop Summit in 2024.