Tappin was a junior college standout at Arkansas State-Mid South in West Memphis, Arkadelphia (AR) in the 2014/2015 season. He also had an outstanding year with Henderson State, a NCAA Division 2 school in, AR.
In his senior season, Tappin was named First Team All-Great American Conference after averaging 18.5 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 2.4 APG and 1.5 SPG and had a career high 34 points against Arkansas Tech.
Since turning pro in 2018, Tappin has played for Nift Al-Janoub in the Iraqi IBL League where he averaged 24.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG, and 4.7 APG.
The 6’11” point guard also played for Piratas de Quebradillas in Peurto Rico and most recently Svendborg Rabbits in the Danish Basketball League.
The 23-year old is one of the four foreign professionals the team hopes to add to their roster for the Basketball Africa League.
Meanwhile, Rivers Hoopers head coach Ogoh Odaudu is optimistic the new additions will add quality to the team.
“The rule says we can get two Americans and two from Africa that is what we are working on right now. We don’t know how it will turn out if we will succeed in getting everyone that we want or get some and make do with what we have.
“The Americans add a lot of value so we are hoping we are going to get players that are aggressive and would match the foreigners on the other team that’s what we are thinking at the moment.”
