Tylor Ongwae

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Tylor Ongwae
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Ongwae with Niners Chemnitz in 2023
Nairobi City Thunder
Position Small forward
League KBF Premier League
Road to BAL
Personal information
Born (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 33)
Eldoret, Kenya
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015 Felice Scandone
2016–2017 Södertälje Kings
2017 Taranaki Mountainairs
2017–2018 SAM Massagno
2018–2022 Bakken Bears
2022–2023 BC Parma
2023 ABC Fighters
2023–2024 Niners Chemnitz
2024–present Nairobi City Thunder
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
FIBA AfroCan
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Mali

Tylor Ongwae (born 15 July 1991) is a Kenyan basketball player for the Nairobi City Thunder of the KBF Premier League and the Kenya national team. [1] [2] He has known his most successful years in Denmark with Bakken Bears, with whom he won three straight Basketligaen titles and was named Defensive Player of the Year twice.

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Professional career

Ongwae averaged 10 points and five rebounds per game during the 2019-20 season with Bakken. He re-signed with the Bears on March 22, 2020. [3] In 2020-21 and 2021-22, he earned All-Danish Basketligaen Defensive Player of the Year honours. [4]

In 2022, he left Bakken after four years [5] to move to Russian side BC Parma. [6]

In May 2023, Ongwae joined the ABC Fighters for the playoffs of the 2023 Basketball Africa League (BAL). [7] He became the first Kenyan to play in the BAL. In October 2023, he was signed by the Niners Chemnitz of the German Bundesliga. [8]

In August 2024, Ongwae signed in Kenya with the Nairobi City Thunder of the KBF Premier League. [9]

Kenyan national team

Ongwae has been part of Kenya's national team. He helped the team capture the silver medal at FIBA AfroCan 2019. Ongawe was a key part in Kenya's qualifcation for the AfroBasket 2021 in Rwanda, as he scored a buzzer-beater in the decisive qualifying game against Angola. [10] Kenya returned to the AfroBasket after a 28-year drought. [11]

Personal

Tylor Ongwae was raised in Eldoret, Kenya, a town famed for producing world famous marathoners and athletes like Eliud Kipchoge. He has two siblings who also play basketball. [12]

BAL career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
 * Led the league
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2023 ABC Fighters 1131.8.333.200.0005.04.01.0.07.0

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References

  1. ↑ "Tylor ONGWAE at the FIBA AfroCan 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tylor Ongwae". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bakken Bears' Tylor Ongwae extends contract for another year". Sportando. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Årets Forsvarsspiller". Basketligaen. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tylor Ongwae stopper hos Bears". Bakken Bears. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Alexander Christiansen (8 July 2022). "Tylor Ongwae er fortid i Bakken Bears - Fullcourt.dk". Fullcourt (in Danish). Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Playoffs rosters confirmed – Who are the new signings heading to Kigali?". The BAL. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Niners Chemnitz: Als Ersatz für Lockhart! Kenianer kommt aus dem Ural". Bild (in German). 13 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Malwa, Charlene (21 August 2024). "Thunder sign Kenyan star Ongwae ahead of title defence". The Star (Kenya) . Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ongwae's buzzer-beater shocks Angola as Kenya return to AfroBasket after 28-year wait". www.michezoafrika.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Kenya - FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  12. ↑ Kenyan Jersey Takes Pride of Place in My Heart, Says Gundo Joseph Kanyi (AllAfrica), 3 September 2021. Accessed 21 September 2021.
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