NBL Canada Rooks: Halifax Hurricanes Edition
Get to know the players who are making their professional basketball debut in the NBL Canada.
Malcolm Duvivier
6’2 Guard from Toronto, Ontario
Duvivier showed basketball talent from a very young age, winning four league championships and MVP awards with St Michael’s College School. He also won the bronze medal for Canada at the 2011 FIBA Americas Under-16 championship, and then finished in fifth place at the 2012 Under-17 World championship.
He then joined Oregon State, playing in every game for three years and starter in every game for the last two. In sophomore season he averaged 10.7 points, 3.4 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game, and was the team's assists leader. In junior year he played in the NCAA Division 1 championship, losing in the first round to the VCU Rams.
He then played one year with the Akron Zips, and averaged 14.2 points per game, before signing his first professional contract with the Hurricanes.
Jordan Washington
6’8 Forward from Newark, New Jersey
Washington spent two years with Indian Hills, and after averaging 14.6 points and 7.4 rebounds in his second season, he was recruited to the Iona Gaels. With Iona, he was named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference second team in his first season, and the first team the season after. He was also the 2017 conference tournament MVP, made two NCAA Division 1 championship first round appearances, and shot 50% from the field across his entire college career.
He was selected by Wonju in the second round of the 2017 Korean Basketball League draft, but did not suit up for the team. The Hurricanes will be his professional debut.
David Andoh
6’7 Forward from Montreal, Quebec
After playing at high school level for both IMG Academy in Florida and St Mary’s in California, Andoh would go on to earn All-Bay Valley conference honours after averaging 14 points and 8.3 rebounds per game for the Meritt Mustangs.
Joining the Liberty Flames for the 2014-15 season, he was the team's second-overall scorer (averaging 10.0 points per game) and number three rebounder (5.5 rebounds per game). Prior to joining Halifax, he played one season with the St Bonaventure Bonnies, averaging 7.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
