Alderson Broaddus to open the 2015-16 basketball season in Detroit

Battler Beat has learned that the Alderson Broaddus men's basketball team will open the 2015-16 season in Detroit, Michigan. AB will take part in the G-MAC/GLIAC Challenge to be held on the campus of Wayne State University  (pictured above). The Battlers will be a part of a field that includes Tiffin University, Wayne State University and Kentucky Wesleyan College. All games will be played at the Matthaei Center (pictured below).

The Battlers will open the challenge on Saturday, November 14 at 5 PM when AB takes on Tiffin University. Tiffin is located in Tiffin, Ohio. The Dragons are part of the GLIAC. The Battlers will return to action on Sunday, November 15 at 4 PM to take on host Wayne State who is also a part of the GLIAC. Wayne State has an enrollment over 25,000 students. Both games will count as Midwest In-Region games.

D-1 Basketball Transfer Visits AB

BattlerBeat has learned that Alderson Broaddus men's basketball program got a visit today from Nnamdi Enechionyia, a 6'6" transfer from Samford University. Enechionyia is originally from Springfield, VA but played his high school basketball at Saint James High School which is located in Hagerstown, MD. Enechionyia has two years of eligibility left.

Enechionyia played in all 32 games this past season for Samford. He started 12 of those games and finished the season with a 4.3 scoring average. Enechionyia had a season-high 22 points against the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He followed that game with 13 points against Kennesaw State. Enechionyia's most impressive performance was saved for a game against an out-of-conference opponent from the ACC. He was able to score 15 points against Wake Forest on 5 of 7 shooting from the field including 3 of 3 from beyond the arc.

Nnamdi Enechionyia was a mathematics major at Samford. His brother Obi plays basketball for Temple. Nnamdi's grades were of good enough quality coming out of high school that he was even offered by the United States Naval Academy. He played AAU basketball for Takeover DC. We will follow the progress of Nnamdi Enechionyia and remind readers that this was only a visit.