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2024 U-M hoops commit Christian Anderson Jr. leads Germany to gold in FIBA U16 European Championship

While the Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team has been traveling overseas and playing exhibition games, one future Wolverine has been putting on a show on the other side of the world as well.

Michigan’s lone 2024 commit, point guard Christian Anderson Jr., helped lead Germany to a gold medal in Division B of the FIBA U16 European Championship over the last 10 days.

The young point guard did confirm that Juwan Howard and the Wolverines reached out to congratulate him on winning the medal.

“It feels great (to win) because Germany hasn’t won a gold medal in a long time,” Anderson Jr.