Adika Peter-McNeilly lays the foundation stone for the new COB

He Ourense basketball club confirmed the establishment of the escort Adika Peter-McNeillywho becomes the first cobist player for the 2023/24 season.

The Canadian, with a Cotonou passport from Saint Lucia, was born in April 1993 in Toronto and comes from CSM Focsani of the Romanian league where he averaged 14.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists last season.

Adika Peter-McNeilly made the jump to European basketball from Ryerson University, where after 4 years she averaged 14.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 steals. Your new coach in PISTON, Felix Alonsohe highlighted his versatility, noting that he intends to use him as a two or three, although he also played as a point guard in Canada.

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He gained his first professional experience in the German BBL, in the ranks of MHP Riesen Ludwisburg, a team with which he won third place in his league and qualified for the Final Four of the Basketball Champions League, against UCAM Murcia and AD Monaco.

After another year in the German BBL, in the ranks of Mitteldeutscher BC, the American played in the French ProB (Lille Metropole and St.Chamond) and in Romania (Costanta and Focsani).

The player is also a regular in the CEBL with the Edmonton Stingers, a team with which he managed to be a champion twice (2020 and 2021), was chosen as the best sixth player of the competition (2021) and with which he played in the NBA Champions League (2022).