STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State incoming transfer guard Adam Moussa will suit up for Team Egypt in the FIBA World Cup, before donning a Texan jersey.
 
    Moussa a Black Hills State transfer will spend his final year of eligibility with the Texans. The Coppell, Texas, native, was a late addition to Team Egypt's roster and recently joined the team in Manilla, Philippines before their first game of group play. Moussa joins Patrick Gardner of the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA as the two USA natives on the squad.
 
    Egypt is making its seventh World Cup appearance and is ranked as the 55th best team in the FIBA World rankings. They are led by new coach Roy Rana, a Canada native who took over the team in January 2022. Amr Abdelhalim, Ehab Saleh, Assem Marei and Anas Mahmoud are the big four for Egypt in this year's tournament according to NBA.com.
 
    The 2023 FIBA World Cup is taking place in Japan, Philippines and Indonesia. The 32-team tournament is made up of eight groups of four. After a full round robin within the group, the top two teams will advance to the round of 16.  The bottom two teams will be paired in another group format to rank the teams from 17^th to 32^nd. The top 16 teams will once again compete in a round robin with the top two teams from each group entering an eight-team bracket to play for the Championship. The Championship is slated to be held on September 10, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manilla, Philippines.
 
    Egypt is in Group D and will open the FIBA World Cup on Friday morning against Lithuania at 7:30 a.m. central time. One of the notables on Lithuania's roster is Jonas Valanciunas of the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA. On August 27, Egypt will take on Mexico. Team Egypt will round out the Group phase against Montenegro on August 29. Montenegro's roster features the NBA's Nikola Vucevic of the Chicago Bulls. Games and replays can be streamed on ESPN+.