Player profile
- Position: Forward/Center
- Height: 6-9
- Weight: 220
- Class: Sophomore
- Hometown: Abia, Nigeria
- Prev School: NBA Academy Africa
- Played in 20 games for the Cardinals
- Averaged 6.9 minutes per outing, scoring 2.4 points and pulling down 2.2 boards on average
- Missed seven ACC games due to ankle injury
- Had season-high eight points, six rebounds and two blocks against UMBC in season opener on November 6
Freshman Year in 2022-23
• Appeared in five games after joining the team during conference play, averaging 4.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks
• Shot 42.9% from the field and made his only 3-point attempt
• Missed last six games of the season with an ankle injury
• Tallied six points, six rebounds and four blocks in 20 minutes at Pitt on Feb. 7
• Had the most blocks by a Cardinal since Malik Williams at Seton Hall on Dec. 1, 2018, and was the first Louisville freshman to block at least four shots in a game since Chinanu Onuaku against Savannah State on Nov. 24, 2014
• Made his college debut with eight points, five rebounds and a block at Notre Dame on Jan. 28
• Competed for Team Africa in the 2023 GLOBL JAM event in Toronto, Canada, in July 2023
Before Louisville
• Joined Louisville roster in January 2023 and is immediately eligible.
• Joined NBA Academy Africa in Saly, Senegal, in May 2021 and enrolled full-time in March 2022.
• NBA Academy Africa – one of four NBA academies around the world – is an elite basketball training center in Saly, Senegal, for the top high-school age prospects from across Africa.
• Was one of 12 NBA Academy prospects chosen last year to participate in the Basketball Africa League’s Elevate program. The BAL, a professional league launched by FIBA and the NBA, aims to provide an opportunity for the next generation of African prospects to showcase their talent on a global stage.
• Averaged a double-double last season for BC Espoir Fukash out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, highest of any BAL Elevate program player in the league.
• Competed in 2022 NBA Academy Games, a series of exhibition games featuring top prospects from outside the U.S., including from the league’s four academies located in Australia, India, Mexico and Senegal, competing against each other and elite select teams in front of NCAA coaches and NBA scouts; led NBA Academy Africa to a first-place finish in the tournament.
• Participated with NBA Academy Africa in the National Prep School Invitational in Providence, R.I., in February 2022, as well as the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas in December, followed by an exhibition game at the G League Winter Showcase.
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