Piath Gabriel, inches in the paint for the LF Challenge

Valencia Basket has added Piath Gabriel (2001, 1.96 cm, center) to its team. Gabriel will play on loan next season with the La Cordà de Paterna team. The dual American and South Sudanese national will compete in the second Spanish basketball league and will regularly participate in the first team's training sessions starting in the preseason.

Gabriel played in the United States at UConn and Massachusetts, where he played in the NCAA. His first professional experience took hem to Australia with the Inner West Bulls in the 2023-24 season, where she averaged 14.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. He now returns to Valencia after playing for a few months in the Lebanese first division, where she played for Azour.

Gabriel plays for the South Sudan national team, with whom she has already played four games in the qualifying phase for this summer's Afrobasket Women's tournament, which she will participate in from July 25 to August 3.