Abu Kigab
Abu Haef Kigab is a Sudanese-Canadian college basketball player for the Boise State University Broncos. He has dual citizenship in Sudan and Canada. On January 5th, 2019, Kigab announced he was transferring to Boise State from the University of Oregon.Born in Sudan, Kigab moved to St. Catharines, Ontario with his family at age nine. He attended Queen Mary Public School and St. Francis Catholic Secondary School and joined the Prolific Prep Academy in Napa, California in 2015.
Kigab was tabbed a breakout performer at Basketball Without Borders in 2016 and was ranked a four-star recruit in the class of 2017 by scout.com and ESPN.
He committed to play college basketball at the University of Oregon in March 2017, having also considered Illinois, Baylor, California, Kansas, Minnesota, USC and Virginia Tech.International career
Kigab competed for Canada at the 2015 FIBA U19 World Cup and the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. In July 2017, he was a key player on a Canada team that captured gold at the FIBA U19 World Cup, averaging 14.7 points and 10.6 rebounds, as well as 2.3 assists per game. For his efforts, he was named to the tournament's All-Star Five.
