Team Germany, Canada, Africa rosters released for GLOBL Jam

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globl-jam-kentucky-team-germany-canada-africa-rosters — Photo by UK Athletics

Kentucky’s run in the GLOBL Jam starts Wednesday. Now, we finally know who the Cats will face. The final rosters for Team Germany, Team Canada, and Team Africa were just released. As you might expect, most of the players compete internationally, but there are a few familiar names.

Team Germany guard Simonas (“Simas”) Lukošius transferred from Butler to Cincinnati this offseason. He averaged 11.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.9 assists last season as a sophomore at Butler, making a team-high 59 three-pointers at a 37.8% clip.

Team Africa includes a current Louisville Cardinal. Rising sophomore big man Emmanuel Okorafor joined the Cards during ACC play, appearing in only five games and averaging 4.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks. He previously played at NBA Academy Africa and his Twitter handle is @Nigerianfreak34. Highlights suggest he likes to dunk the ball.

Newest Cardinal Emmanuel Okorafor made a statement for his first time scoring in the KFC Yum! Center.
He's brought energy since he's arrived to Louisville. pic.twitter.com/9fhQRWyUmk
— Dominique Yates (@RealDYates) February 2, 2023

Other NCAA players on Team Africa’s roster: 6’8″ forward Babacar Faye, who transferred to Western Kentucky from College of Charleston (2022-23 stats: 4.7 PPG, 4.6 RPG); Nelly Junior Joseph, a 6′ 10″, 242 lbs. forward who transferred to New Mexico from Iona (2022-23 stats: 14.9 PPG, 9.3 RPG); and Aly Khalifa, a 6’11” 286 center who will play for Mark Pope at BYU this year after two seasons at Charlotte (2022-23 stats: 11.7 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 2.7 APG). Jean Jacques Boissy is also on Team Africa and was an All-Basketball Africa League First Team selection this past season for AS Douanes in Senegal.

Team Canada’s roster includes a few NCAA players, Northeastern guard Jahmyl Telfort (2022-23 stats: 16.4 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.2 APG) and Maine guard Kellen Tynes (2022-23 stats: 14.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 3.8 APG). 6’9″ forward Thomas Kennedy averaged 20.3 points and 13.8 rebounds for the University of Windsor in Ontario last season.

Check out the complete rosters below. I threw in Kentucky’s for good measure. We’re still waiting on jersey numbers for Team Canada and Africa, which we hope to have closer to tip-off.

Team Germany

vs. Kentucky: Wednesday, July 12, 1:30 PM ET, CBS Sports Network

1 JOSHUA OBIESIE
- G, 6-6 (FRAPORT SKYLINERS)
3 ELIAS BAGGETTE
- G, 5-11 (HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim)
4 JOHANNES PATRICK
- G, 6-0 (MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg)
6 MALTE DELOW
- G, 6-5 (ALBA BERLIN)
8 JORDAN SAMARE
- F, 6-7 (FRAPORT SKYLINERS)
9 JONAS MATTISECK
- G, 6-3 (ALBA BERLIN)
12 NICHOLAS TISCHLER
- F, 6-7 (Basketball Löwen Braunschweig)
15 BENT LEUCHTEN
- C, 7-0 (UC IRVINE)
19 KAY BRUHNKE
- F, 6-8 (medi Bayreuth)
22 BRANDON TISCHLER
- F, 6-7 (Basketball Löwen Braunschweig)
28 NORRIS AGBAKOKO
- C, 7-1 (EWE Baskets Oldenburg)
77 SIMONAS LUKOSIUS
- G, 6-6 (UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI)

Head Coach: Gordon Herbert, Assistant Coaches: Klaus Perwas, Daniel Herbert

Team Canada

vs. Kentucky: Thursday, July 13, 8:00 p.m. ET (tape delay July 14 at 12:00 a.m. ET on CBS Sports Network)

ENOCH BOAKYE
- C, 6-10 (Brampton, Ontario)
JOEL BROWN
- G, 6-3 (Brampton, Ontario)
THOMAS KENNEDY
- F, 6-9 (Windsor, Ontario)
ELIJAH MAJI
- G, 6-5 (Scarborough, Ontario)
MARKO MALETIC
- G, 6-6 (London, Ontario)
NANA OWUSU-ANANE
- F, 6-8 (Burlington, Ontario)
ADAM PAIGE
- F, 6-8 (White Rock, British Columbia)
ADDISON PATTERSON
- F, 6-6 (Milton, Ontario)
AARON RHOOMS
- G, 6-4 (Mississauga, Ontario)
JAHMYL TELFORT
- G, 6-6 (Montreal, Quebec)
KELLEN TYNES
- G, 6-3 (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
AIDEN WARNHOLTZ
- G, 6-2 (Ottawa, Ontario)

Head Coach: Nathaniel Mitchell; Assistant Coaches: Dave DeAveiro, Jamie McNeilly, Scott Morrison, Kalisha Keane

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Team Africa

vs. Kentucky: Saturday, July 15, 1:30 p.m. ET live on CBS Sports Network

JEAN JACQUES BOISSY
- G, 6-2, 176 (As Douanes)
AMR ZAHRAN
- G, 6-3, 191 (Al Ahly Sporting Club)
BABACAR FAYE
- F, 6-8, 209 (Western Kentucky)
EMILE KAZENEZA
- F, 6-8, 191 (William Carey)
ABDALLAH AHMED
- F, 6-10, 242 (Al Ahly Sporting Club)
CHRIS MPAKA
- F, 6-9, 216 (Frank Phillips)
EMMANUEL OKORAFOR
- F, 6-10, 220 (Louisville)
SOULEMANE BERTHE
- G, 6-4, 182 (Stade Malien)
NELLY JOSEPH
- F, 6-10, 242 (New Mexico)
DHIEU DEING
- G, 6-5, 180 (Cape Town Tigers)
ALY KHALIFA
- F, 6-11, 286 (BYU)
VICTOR EZEH
- G, 6-5, 171 (Kwara Falcons)

Head Coach: Sall Sidy; Assistant Coaches: Justin Serresse

Team USA (Kentucky)

0 ROB DILLINGHAM
- G, 6-2, 160, Fr. (Hickory, N.C.)
1 JUSTIN EDWARDS
- G, 6-8, 190, Fr. (Philadelphia)
2 AARON BRADSHAW
- F, 7-0, 210, Fr. (Roselle, N.J.)
3 ADOU THIERO
- G, 6-6, 200, So. (Leetsdale, Pa.)
4 TRE MITCHELL
- F, 6-9, 225, Gr. (Pittsburgh)
12 ANTONIO REEVES
- G, 6-5, 205, Sr. (Chicago)
13 GRANT DARBYSHIRE
- G, 6-2, 190, So. (Cincinnati)
14 BRENNAN CANADA
- F, 6-5, 205, Gr. (Mount Sterling, Ky.)
15 REED SHEPPARD
- G, 6-3, 180, Fr. (London, Ky.)
20 JOEY HART
- G, 6-5, 180, Fr. (Linton, Ind.)
21 D.J. WAGNER
- G, 6-3, 175, Fr. (Camden, N.J.)
22 WALKER HORN
- G, 6-1, 200, So. (Austin, Texas)
23 JORDAN BURKS
- G, 6-9, 190, Fr. (Decatur, Ala.)
25 KAREEM WATKINS
- G, 5-8, 170, Jr. (Camden, N.J.)
33 UGONNA ONYENSO
- F, 6-11, 225, So. (Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria)

Head Coach: John Calipari; Assistant Coaches: Orlando Antigua, Chin Coleman, Bruiser Flint, Chuck Martin, John Welch

Kentucky in the GLOBL Jam TV Schedule

On Friday, we finally got the TV information for Kentucky’s games. Wednesday’s game vs. Team Germany and Saturday’s game vs. Team Africa will air live at 1:30 PM ET on CBS Sports Network. Thursday’s game vs. Team Canada will be on tape delay starting at midnight Friday, and if Kentucky makes it to the gold medal game on Sunday, it will air live on CBS Sports Network at 8 p.m. ET. For those of you in Canada (or with access to a VPN and Sportsnet subscription), all games will air live on Sportsnet.

July 12: vs. Team Germany, 1:30 p.m. ET live on CBS Sports Network
July 13: vs. Team Canada, 8:00 p.m. ET (tape delay July 14 at 12:00 a.m. ET on CBS Sports Network)
July 15: vs. Team Africa, 1:30 p.m. ET live on CBS Sports Network
July 16: Gold Medal Game (if Team USA/Kentucky is playing), 8:00 p.m. ET live on CBS Sports Network

CBS Sports Network is available through most cable providers (DirecTV 221, Dish Network 158) and streaming services (Hulu, YouTubeTV, Fubo, DIRECTV Stream).

Kentucky arrived in Toronto yesterday and wasted no time getting to work. Our own Jack Pilgrim and Steven Peake make their way north tomorrow to bring you wall-to-wall coverage of the Cats in Canada.