COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UCF Knights Add German Freshman Nils Machowski

Coach Dawkins: We’re excited to have Nils be a part of the UCF household

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – The UCF males’s basketball group has added freshman Nils Machowski to the roster, head coach Johnny Dawkins introduced Friday.

“We’re excited to have Nils be a part of the UCF household,” mentioned Coach Dawkins.

“He’ll be a terrific addition to our program. He’s some extent guard with a whole lot of expertise having performed in a whole lot of good leagues in Germany. He’ll carry good management abilities and level guard play from the expertise he has gained already.”

Machowski, a Berlin, Germany native, performed on the highest degree {of professional} basketball in Germany, spending time with Alba Berlin.

He labored his method as much as the best tier of German hoops after a stint with Bernau within the third division in his house nation the place he posted 8.2 factors per sport whereas capturing 38.5% from three throughout 18 contests.

The Machowski title is a well-known one in Germany, as Nils’ father, Sebastian Machowski, was an expert basketball participant for 17 years. Certainly one of Sebastian’s stops by means of his tenured profession was Alba Berlin, the identical membership that his son went on to play for 2 and a half a long time later.

After enjoying small ahead in six totally different nations throughout Europe, Sebastian moved onto teaching. He’s at present in his seventeenth 12 months of teaching and is on the helm of PGE Spojnia Stargard, a group within the first division of Polish basketball.

Machowski is one in all two freshmen becoming a member of the Knights for his or her inaugural season within the Massive 12 Convention. He’s joined by fellow rookie guard Comeh Emuobor in addition to 5 incoming transfers.

The Knights have introduced the additions of ahead Omar Payne from Jacksonville, guard Shemarri Allen from UMKC, guard Jaykwon Walton from Wichita State, guard Jaylin Sellers from Ball State and ahead Ibrahima Diallo earlier.

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