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Jersey Number 34
Ikenna Okwarabizie
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lagos, Nigeria
- High School:
- East HS [IA]
Bio
Career
Played in 27 games over three seasons at UCLA โฆ totaled eight points and 20 rebounds off the bench.
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2017-18
Played in eight games โฆ totaled six points and nine rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench โฆ averaged 0.8 points in 3.6 minutes per game โฆ scored a career-high four points in the Bruinsโ victory over Detroit Mercy (Dec. 3), connecting on 2 of 3 field goal attempts โฆ registered a career-best three rebounds in a career-high eight minutes in wins over UC Irvine (Nov. 26) and Detroit Mercy (Dec. 3).
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2016-17
Played in 12 games โฆ totaled two points and seven rebounds in 31 minutes off the bench โฆ averaged 2.6 minutes per contest โฆ played a season-high six minutes in the teamโs season-opening win over Pacific (Nov. 11) โฆ scored one point in each of UCLAโs wins against Portland (Nov. 24) and Washington (March 1) โฆ recorded two rebounds in victories against Long Beach State (Nov. 20) and UC Riverside (Nov. 30).
2015-16
Played in seven games โฆ totaled four rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench, averaging 1.9 minutes per game โฆ recorded two rebounds in a win over Louisiana-Lafayette (Dec. 15) โฆ following his sophomore season, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder (March 22, 2016).
Junior College
Spent the 2014-15 school year as a freshman competing at Tyler Junior College (Tyler, Texas) under head coach Mike Marquis โฆ averaged 6.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 34 games (33 starts) โฆ finished second on the team with 41 blocked shots and 237 total rebounds โฆ helped lead Tyler JC to a 25-9 overall record โฆ Tyler JC advanced to the second round of the NJCCA National Basketball Tournament before falling to No. 1-seed Connors State on March 17, 2015.
High School
Spent his senior season at East High School (Sioux City, Iowa), playing for head coach Ras Vanderloo, prior to enrolling at Tyler Junior College โฆ joined the team at East HS midway through the season and in 13 games, averaged 13.2 points and 12.5 rebounds per contest โฆ shot 60 percent from the field as a senior โฆ spent his junior season at St. Louis Christian Academy (St. Louis, Mo.), helping the varsity team to a 25-5 record โฆ while in St. Louis, also competed for the St. Louis Eagles AAU team โฆ grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to the United States in 2012 at age 17 โฆ began to competitively play basketball in 2010 after having exclusively played soccer in Nigeria.
Personal
Full name: Ikenna Casmir Okwarabizie (last name pronounced oak-war-uh-BEE-zee-ay) โฆ nickname is Ike โฆ born in Lagos, Nigeria (city pronounced LAY-gus) โฆ Ikenna is the fifth of Raymond and Josephine Okwarabizieโs six children โฆ has three brothers (Kingsley, Richard and Chidi) and two older sisters (Juliet and Blessing) โฆ grew up speaking English and Igbo (pronounced EE-bo), one of the major languages of Nigeria โฆ is also familiar with Yoruba, another prominent Nigerian language โฆ African-American studies major.
Played in 27 games over three seasons at UCLA โฆ totaled eight points and 20 rebounds off the bench.
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2017-18
Played in eight games โฆ totaled six points and nine rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench โฆ averaged 0.8 points in 3.6 minutes per game โฆ scored a career-high four points in the Bruinsโ victory over Detroit Mercy (Dec. 3), connecting on 2 of 3 field goal attempts โฆ registered a career-best three rebounds in a career-high eight minutes in wins over UC Irvine (Nov. 26) and Detroit Mercy (Dec. 3).
ย
2016-17
Played in 12 games โฆ totaled two points and seven rebounds in 31 minutes off the bench โฆ averaged 2.6 minutes per contest โฆ played a season-high six minutes in the teamโs season-opening win over Pacific (Nov. 11) โฆ scored one point in each of UCLAโs wins against Portland (Nov. 24) and Washington (March 1) โฆ recorded two rebounds in victories against Long Beach State (Nov. 20) and UC Riverside (Nov. 30).
2015-16
Played in seven games โฆ totaled four rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench, averaging 1.9 minutes per game โฆ recorded two rebounds in a win over Louisiana-Lafayette (Dec. 15) โฆ following his sophomore season, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder (March 22, 2016).
Junior College
Spent the 2014-15 school year as a freshman competing at Tyler Junior College (Tyler, Texas) under head coach Mike Marquis โฆ averaged 6.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 34 games (33 starts) โฆ finished second on the team with 41 blocked shots and 237 total rebounds โฆ helped lead Tyler JC to a 25-9 overall record โฆ Tyler JC advanced to the second round of the NJCCA National Basketball Tournament before falling to No. 1-seed Connors State on March 17, 2015.
High School
Spent his senior season at East High School (Sioux City, Iowa), playing for head coach Ras Vanderloo, prior to enrolling at Tyler Junior College โฆ joined the team at East HS midway through the season and in 13 games, averaged 13.2 points and 12.5 rebounds per contest โฆ shot 60 percent from the field as a senior โฆ spent his junior season at St. Louis Christian Academy (St. Louis, Mo.), helping the varsity team to a 25-5 record โฆ while in St. Louis, also competed for the St. Louis Eagles AAU team โฆ grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to the United States in 2012 at age 17 โฆ began to competitively play basketball in 2010 after having exclusively played soccer in Nigeria.
Personal
Full name: Ikenna Casmir Okwarabizie (last name pronounced oak-war-uh-BEE-zee-ay) โฆ nickname is Ike โฆ born in Lagos, Nigeria (city pronounced LAY-gus) โฆ Ikenna is the fifth of Raymond and Josephine Okwarabizieโs six children โฆ has three brothers (Kingsley, Richard and Chidi) and two older sisters (Juliet and Blessing) โฆ grew up speaking English and Igbo (pronounced EE-bo), one of the major languages of Nigeria โฆ is also familiar with Yoruba, another prominent Nigerian language โฆ African-American studies major.
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