TOWSON, Md. – Former Towson men's basketball standout Nakye Sanders will continue his professional career after signing with SIG Strasbourg. Sanders will be entering his fourth season of professional basketball in 2023-24.

SIG Strasbourg competes in the French Betclic ELITE ProA League. Sanders previously played for Balikesir Buyuksehir Belediyespor in the Turkish TBL League where he averaged 14.8 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game while earning league player of the week honors twice. 

Sanders has also played professionally for CD Povoa in Portugal that landed him Eurobasket.com All-Portuguese League Player of the Year, Import Player of the Year and Forward of the Year honors.

After transferring to Towson from Duquesne, Sanders was a two-year starter in the Towson frontcourt (2018-19 & 2019-20), shooting 50.3% during his Tiger career. He averaged 8.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest in 62 games played.

Several Tigers who played under coach Pat Skerry have made their mark professionally. Signing contracts since 2020 include Cam Holden, Sekou Sylla, Juwan Gray, Dennis Tunstall, Arnaud William Adala Moto, Brian Fobbs, Alex Gavrilovic, Zane Martin, Timajh Parker-Rivera, Terry Nolan Jr. and Brian Starr.  Many other players under Skerry have played professionally: Jerrelle Benimon, Mike Burwell, Marcus Damas, John Davis, Bilal Dixon, Four McGlynn and Mike Morsell.