SEN - Diop, Ndong in strong Lions squad

DAKAR (2009 FIBA Africa Championship) - Charlotte Bobcats star DeSagna Diop and Regal FC Barcelona center Boniface Ndong highlight a strong Senegal squad named for the Afrobasket 2009 in Libya next month.

Armano Jeans Milano's Pape Sow is also in a powerful-looking Lions group, which is due to head out to Tripoli on Saturday.

There is also a mix of youth and experience at the guard positions, where Babacar Cisse has come out of international retirement to mentor the younger Ibrahima Mbenque.

Squad: Babacar Cisse (Fos Ouest Provence Basket, France), El Kabir Pene (ASM Basket Le Puy Haute Loire, France), Ibrahima Mbengue (US Rail Thies, Senegal), Antoine Mendy (Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez, France), Maleye NDoye (Le Mans Sarthe Basket, France), Cheikhou Thioune (SPO Rouen Basket, France), Mouhammad Faye (SMU, USA),  Pape Sow (Armani Jeans Milano, Italy), Boniface Ndong (Regal FC Barcelona, Spain), Boubacar Coly (unattached), Malick Badiane (Springfield Arsenal, USA), DeSagana Diop (Charlotte Bobcats , USA)

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