Emmanuel Omogbo

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Emmanuel Omogbo
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Omogbo with Biella in 2020
No. 2–Astros de Jalisco
Position Power forward / center
League LNBP
Personal information
Born (1995-05-28) May 28, 1995 (age 28)
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian / American
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2017: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018 Victoria Libertas Pesaro
2018–2019 Pieno žvaigždės
2019 Ironi Kiryat Ata
2019–2020 Biella
2020 Peñas Huesca
2020–2021 KB Vëllaznimi
2021–2022 APOEL
2022–2023KB Vëllaznimi
2023-present Astros de Jalisco
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Mountain West (2017)
  • Mountain West All-Defensive Team (2017)

Emmanuel Omogbo (born May 28, 1995) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Astros de Jalisco of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He played college basketball for South Plains and Colorado State before playing professionally in Italy, Lithuania and Israel. Standing 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he plays at the power forward and center positions.

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Early life and college career

Omogbo was born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in Hyattsville, Maryland. Omogbo attended Princeton Day Academy in Lanham, Maryland, where he averaged 14.2 points per game. [1]

Omogbo stated his college career with the South Plains College's Texans, where he averaged 17.0 points per game to go along with 10.1 rebounds per game in his sophomore year. He was selected as a preseason junior college All-American by the Sporting News, and earned second-team JuCo All-America following the season from the NJCAA. [1]

Omogbo played for the Colorado State University's Rams from 2015 to 2017. He finished his CSU career with 28 double-doubles, which is seventh all-time on the MW career list, and his 9.24 rebounds in 69 career games ranks as the fifth-best mark in league annals. Ranks on CSU's top-20 list in career offensive, defensive and total rebounds despite playing just two seasons. [1] On March 17, 2017, Omogbo was named to the NABC All-District (17) first team. [2]

Professional career

2017–18 season

After being undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, he joined the Golden State Warriors for the 2017 NBA Summer League. [3]

On July 22, 2017, Omogbo started his professional career with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian LBA, signing a one-year deal. [4] In 30 games played for Pesaro, he finished the season as the league third-leading rebounder (8.9 per game) and second in steals (1.7 per game), he also averaged 10.8 points and 1.3 assists per game.

2018–19 season

On August 17, 2018, Omogbo signed with the Lithuanian team BC Pieno žvaigždės for the 2018–19 LKL season. [5] On October 20, 2018, Omogbo recorded a career-high 26 points, shooting 10-for-14 from the field, along with nine rebounds and four steals in an 87–81 win over Lietkabelis. [6] In 16 games played for Pieno žvaigždės, he averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1.5 steals while shooting 56.8 percent from the field.

On February 6, 2019, Omogbo parted ways with Pieno žvaigždės to join Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Israeli National League for the rest of the season. [7] In 10 games played for Kiryat Ata, he averaged a double-double of 15.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.

2019–20 season

On July 26, 2019, Omogbo signed with Pallacanestro Biella of the Italian Serie A2 Basket. [8] He averaged 11.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. [9]

2020–21 season

On September 8, 2020, Omogbo signed with Club Baloncesto Peñas Huesca of the Spanish LEB Oro. [9] On January 20, 2021, he joined KB Vëllaznimi of Kosovo Basketball Superlegue. [10] He averaged 18.9 points and 12.0 rebounds per game.

2021-22 season

On August 6, 2021, Omogbo signed with Cytavision APOEL Nicosia of the Cypriot Division A. [11]

Nigeria national team

He has been part of Nigeria's national team at the AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Emmanuel Omogbo - Men's Basketball - Colorado State University Athletics". CSURams.com. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Eustachy named NABC District Coach of the Year; Clavell, Omogbo All-District First Team". CSURams.com. March 17, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Omogbo to play in NBA summer league with Golden State Warriors". Collegian.com. June 30, 2017. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Emmanuel Omogbo, Ala Forte per la VL". VictoriaLibertas.it (in Italian). July 22, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Italijos lygoje pasižymėjęs aukštaūgis". BCPienoZvaigzdes.lt (in Lithuanian). August 17, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Lietkabelis 81 at Pieno Zvaigzdes 87". RealGM.com. October 20, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ "מאדן נפצע, עמנואל אומוגבו חתם בקריית אתא". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ Maggi, Alessandro (July 26, 2019). "Edilnol Biella comunica l'ingaggio del lungo Emmanuel Omogbo". Sportando.basketball (in Italian). Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  9. 1 2 Lupo, Nicola (September 8, 2020). "Emmanuel Omogbo joins Levitec Huesca". Sportando. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Emmanuel Omogbo (ex Hueska) joins Vellaznimi". eurobasket.com. January 24, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Apoel signs Emmanuel Omogbo". eurobasket.com. August 6, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  12. ↑ D’Tigers FIBA Afrobasket final roster released TODAY.ng, 19 August 2021. Accessed 26 August.
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