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Kenneth Nwuba
Photo by: Ric Tapia
Kenneth Nwuba
Photo by: Scott Chandler
Kenneth Nwuba
Photo by: Jan Kim Lim
Kenneth Nwuba
Photo by: Jan Kim Lim
Kenneth Nwuba
Photo by: Jan Kim Lim
Kenneth Nwuba
Photo by: Scott Chandler
Kenneth Nwuba headshot 2023-24
Jersey Number 14

Kenneth Nwuba

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-9
  • Weight:
    250
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Lagos, Nigeria
  • High School:
    Huntington Prep [WV]

Career
Played in 123 career games through five seasons, making eight starts โ€ฆ averaged 1.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 8.1 minutes per game โ€ฆ redshirted in 2019-20 โ€ฆ played a fifth season in 2023-24, gaining one extra year of eligibility afforded to players who were on rosters during the pandemic-affected 2020-21 season โ€ฆ totaled 122 points, 153 rebounds, 36 blocks and 14 steals in 123 career games โ€ฆ shot 55.1 percent from the field through five seasons.
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2023-24
Played in all 33 games, making two starts โ€ฆ averaged 1.3 points and 1.5 rebounds per game โ€ฆ made 16 of 28 shots (57.1%) โ€ฆ scored a season-high 10 points in the Bruinsโ€™ season-opening win against Saint Francis (Nov. 6) โ€ฆ shot 4-for-4 from the field and had one block in the win against Saint Francis โ€ฆ tallied a season-high five rebounds in six minutes off the bench against Oregon State (Feb. 1) โ€ฆ played at least 10 minutes in 12 contests.
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2022-23
Played in 35 games, making five starts โ€ฆ averaged 1.3 points and 1.7 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game โ€ฆ recorded a career-best average in rebounding (1.7 rpg) and blocks (21 blocks, 0.6 bpg) โ€ฆ made 20 of 32 shots (62.5%) โ€ฆ logged a career-high 31 minutes in the Bruinsโ€™ NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 contest against Gonzaga (March 23) โ€ฆ scored a season-high 10 points in the Bruinsโ€™ NCAA Tournament win against UNC Asheville (March 16) โ€ฆ also had four rebounds and two blocks and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field versus UNC Asheville โ€ฆ recorded a season-high five rebounds in a home victory against Oregon (Dec. 4) โ€ฆ logged a career-high five blocks in a home win versus Utah (Jan. 12) โ€ฆ also had four blocks in a home victory over UC Davis (Dec. 21) โ€ฆ totaled a career-high three assists against Norfolk State (Nov. 14) โ€ฆ did not play against California (Feb. 18) due to a left hip injury, sustained in the previous game versus Stanford (Feb. 16).
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2021-22
Played in 20 games โ€ฆ averaged 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds in 6.5 minutes per game โ€ฆ made 10 of 15 shot attempts (66.7%) โ€ฆ scored five points in a win against North Florida (Nov. 17) โ€ฆ totaled a season-high four rebounds in a non-conference victory at UNLV (Nov. 27) โ€ฆ had a pair of blocked shots in the season-opening win against CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 9).
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2020-21
Played in 18 games (one start) โ€ฆ scored two points, totaled 17 rebounds and blocked four shots in 107 minutes (6.0 minutes per game) โ€ฆ had five rebounds in a season-high 20 minutes in UCLAโ€™s 51-49 win over Michigan in the NCAA Tournamentโ€™s Elite Eight (March 30) โ€ฆ had three rebounds and one block in 15 minutes during the teamโ€™s 73-62 win against BYU in the NCAA Tournamentโ€™s first round (March 20) โ€ฆ earned his first career start in a game at USC (Feb. 6).

2019-20
Did not play โ€ฆ redshirt year.

2018-19
Played in 17 games โ€ฆ averaged 0.4 points and 0.6 rebounds in 2.9 minutes per game โ€ฆ scored a season-high four points and grabbed a season-high three rebounds against Michigan State (Nov. 22) โ€ฆ also played a season-high seven minutes versus Michigan State โ€ฆ scored two points and had two rebounds at Oregon State (Jan. 13).

High School
Was a three-year varsity basketball letterwinner โ€ฆ spent his senior year of high school at Huntington Prep (Huntington, W. Va.) under head coach Arkell Bruce โ€ฆ played the previous two seasons at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) โ€ฆ as a senior at Huntington Prep, averaged 11.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and 2.7 assists per game โ€ฆ was a central player on a Huntington Prep squad that debuted as the nationโ€™s No. 8-ranked team โ€ฆ as a junior at Oak Hill Academy, averaged 7.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and nearly four blocks per game โ€ฆ enrolled as a freshman at Arlington Country Day School (Jacksonville, Fla.).
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Personal
Full name: Kenneth Beluchukwu Nwubaย (last name is pronounced NEW-buh) โ€ฆ born in Awka, Nigeria โ€ฆ is the second of Ken and Joy Hellen Nwubaโ€™s four sons โ€ฆ has three brothers โ€“ Chisom, Onyeka and Chidi โ€ฆ moved from Nigeria to the United States at age 15, prior to his freshman year of high school โ€ฆ African-American studies major.
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