Onyeka Okongwu

Onyeka Okongwu
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNjikota Obodo Amerika Dezie
aha enyereOnyeka Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya11 Disemba 2000 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụLos Angeles Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụonye ọkpụkpọ basketball Dezie
ọnọdụ egwu na otu / ọpụrụichecenter Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọChino Hills High School, University of Southern California Dezie
onye nsonye òtù egwuregwuUSC Trojans men's basketball Dezie
ụdị egwuregwuBasketball Dezie
drafted byAtlanta Hawks Dezie
otu egwuregwuNCAA Division I men's basketball, National Basketball Association Dezie
Onyeka Okongwu

Onyeka Okongwu (/oʊnˈjɛkə oʊˈkɒŋɡwu/ ohn-YEH-kə oh-KONG-gwoo; amụrụ na onwa Disemba 11, na afọ 2000) bụ onye America ọkachamara basketball player maka Atlanta Hawks nke National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] Ọ gbara bọọlụ kọleji maka USC Trojans.

Okongwu bụ onye mbido afọ anọ na Chino Hills High School na California, na-egwuri egwu n'akụkụ Lonzo na LaMelo Ball. Dị ka onye ọhụrụ, o nyeere ndị otu ya aka imeri n'asọmupi steeti ma nweta ihe ịga nke ọma mba, mgbe a na-akpọ ya MaxPreps co-National Freshman of the Year. N'oge ya nke obere na nke okenye, Okongwu duuru Chino Hills gaa n'ọkwa steeti abụọ ọzọ, na-enweta nsọpụrụ California Mr. Basketball. ESPN na Rivals weere ya dị ka onye natara kpakpando ise. N'otu oge kọleji ya, Okongwu gbara bọọlụ maka USC ma kpọọ aha ya na otu mbụ All-Pac-12.

Okongwu gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Chino Hills dị na Chino Hills, California wee malite na otu egwuregwu basketball kemgbe oge ọhụrụ ya.[2][3] N'afọ mbụ ya, ya na ụmụnne nwoke Lonzo, LiAngelo, na LaMelo Ball bụ ndị otu, bụ ndị nyere aka bulie ndị otu ahụ n'ime ihe ngosi mba.[4] Ndị otu ya bụ ndị mbụ na mba ahụ na ndekọ iri atọ na ise-0 ma weghara California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Open Division state title.[5][6] Okongwu kesara MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year na onye otu ya, LaMelo Ball, mgbe ọ nwesịrị nkezi 7.9, 7.2 rebounds, na 3.1 blocks kwa egwuregwu.[7]

Dị ka nwa akwụkwọ nke abụọ, Okongwu nyeere Chino Hills aka iru CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinals na CIF State Southern Regional semifinals.[8] N'oge obere ya, ọ duuru ndị otu ya gaa CIF Southern Section I na CIF Division I championships.[9][10] Ọ na-enweta akara ịrị abụọ na asatọ, iri na anọ rebounds, na blocks anọ n'egwuregwu ọ bụla, na-enweta California Mr. Basketball na USA Today All-USA California first team honours.[11][12] Dị ka onye okenye, Okongwu duuru Chino Hills gaa na nke abụọ na asọmupi CIF Southern Section Division I na nke abụọ ya na CIF Division I state title.[13][14] Mgbe ọ nwetasịrị akara ịrị abụọ na asaa, rebounds iri na otu , blocks 4.3, na enyemaka anọ n'egwuregwu ọ bụla, ọ kwughachiri dị ka California Mr. Basketball, na-aghọ onye ọkpụkpọ nke ise mere ya, ma nata USA Today All-USA California mbụ.[15][16]

Okongwu mechara oge ọhụrụ ya site na onyinye igba basketball kọleji maka UCLA na USC.[17] Na onwa Mee ubochi nke iri na anọ, n'afọ 2018, o tinyere aka na USC n'elu UCLA na Arizona State. A dọtara ya na mmemme ahụ n'ihi ịdị nso ya na ndị nkuzi ya. Okongwu hapụrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị dị ka onye natara kpakpando ise na ESPN na Rivals na dị ka onye nwetara kpakpando anọ na 247Sports.[18]

Okongwu guzobere onwe ya ozugbo dị ka onye egwuregwu kachasị mma na USC.[19] Na mbido kọleji ya na na onwa Nọvemba ụbọchị nke ise, n'afọ 2019, o dekọrọ akara ịrị abụọ, ịrị na atọ rebounds na ihe ndekọ ụlọ akwụkwọ asatọ iji duru ndị Trojans gaa mmeri ịrị asaa na asaa- iri anọ na asatọ na Florida A&M. Ọ ghọrọ onye ọkpụkpọ USC mbụ biputere okpukpu abụọ na mbido ya kemgbe Taj Gibson na afọ 2006.[20] N'abalị iri na itoolu n'ọnwa Nọvemba, o nwetara akara iri atọ na atọ kachasị elu, gụnyere iri na asaa n'efu, na mmeri 91-84 Pepperdine.[21] Ọrụ ahụ nyeere ya aka inweta onye egwuregwu Pac-12 Conference na onye ọhụrụ nke izu na Nọvemba 25.[22] Na onwa Disemba 1, Okongwu dekọrọ akara 27 na 12 n'ime 14 ịgba égbè, 14 rebounds na blocks atọ na mmeri 77-62 na Harvard na Orlando Invitational.[23] O nwetara akara 28, 24 n'ime ha bịara na ọkara nke abụọ, wee jide 12 rebounds na mmeri Disemba 15 na Long Beach State.[24] Otu ụbọchị mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, a kpọrọ Okongwu Pac-12 freshman nke izu maka oge nke abụọ ya.[25]

  1. ↑ Atlanta Hawks (41-41) (2-3) vs. Boston Celtics (57-25) (3-2) Thursday, April 27th, 2023, State Farm Arena, 8:30 pm EDT, Postseason Game #6, Home Game #3 (official Hawks game notes) Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. ↑ Gardner (March 3, 2016). After brother's death, Chino Hills basketball standout Onyeka Okongwu looks to build on legacy. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Retrieved on December 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ No. 1 Chino Hills caps unbeaten regular season with 92-72 win over Etiwanda. MaxPreps.com (February 12, 2016). Retrieved on December 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sondheimer (April 26, 2015). It's Ball in the family at Chino Hills basketball. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on December 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Sondheimer (November 20, 2016). Onyeka Okongwu is Chino Hills' middle man. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on December 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ No. 1 Chino Hills caps perfect season and puts exclamation point on being nation's best. USATodayHSS.com (March 27, 2016). Retrieved on December 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ Hickman (April 21, 2016). 2015–16 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Freshman All-American Team. MaxPreps.com. Retrieved on December 3, 2017.
  8. ↑ No. 13 Mater Dei (Calif.) takes down Ball brothers, No. 10 Chino Hills in CIF-SS semis. USA Today High School Sports (February 25, 2017). Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  9. ↑ Robledo (March 3, 2018). Pasadena has no answer for Chino Hills and Onyeka Okongwu in boys basketball title game. Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  10. ↑ Smith (March 24, 2018). Chino Hills wins Calif. boys basketball title without LaMelo Ball. USA Today High School Sports. Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  11. ↑ Hilbert (April 16, 2018). 2017–18 ALL-USA California Boys Basketball Team. USA Today High School Sports. Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  12. ↑ Flores (April 12, 2018). Mr. Basketball 2018: It's The Big O. CalHiSports. Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  13. ↑ Jocks (February 23, 2019). Santa Margarita rallies to beat Chino Hills in OT in Division 1 basketball title game. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  14. ↑ Robledo (March 8, 2019). Chino Hills wins back-to-back state championships despite Onyeka Okongwu's foul trouble. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  15. ↑ Incoming Freshman Onyeka Okongwu Named California's Mr. Basketball Again. University of Southern California Athletics (April 4, 2019). Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  16. ↑ Thompson (April 20, 2019). CHHS' Okongwu earns All-USA Today national, state honors. Chino Champion. Retrieved on July 22, 2019.
  17. ↑ Sondheimer (February 1, 2016). Chino Hills freshman Onyeka Okongwu offered by UCLA, USC. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on December 3, 2017.
  18. ↑ Borzello (May 14, 2018). Five-star recruit Onyeka Okongwu chooses USC over UCLA, ASU. ESPN. Retrieved on June 11, 2019.
  19. ↑ Givony (March 25, 2020). USC freshman Onyeka Okongwu opts to enter NBA draft. ESPN. Retrieved on April 28, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Okongwu's double-double leads USC over Florida A&M 77–48", ESPN, November 6, 2019. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  21. ↑ Nguyen (November 19, 2019). Onyeka Okongwu dominates as USC stays unbeaten in victory over Pepperdine. Los Angeles Times.
  22. ↑ USC's Okongwu first to sweep Pac-12 Men's Basketball weekly awards. Pac-12 Conference (November 25, 2019). Archived from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved on January 27, 2020.
  23. ↑ Onyeka Okongwu's 27 Points Lead USC Men's Basketball's 77-62 Rout Over Harvard. USC Athletics. Associated Press (December 1, 2019). Retrieved on January 27, 2020.
  24. ↑ Okongwu scores 28 in leading USC over Long Beach State 87-76. USA Today. Associated Press (December 15, 2019). Retrieved on January 27, 2020.
  25. ↑ Oregon's Pritchard, USC's Okongwu earn Pac-12 Men's Basketball weekly honors. Pac-12 Conference (December 16, 2019). Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved on January 27, 2020.