Ike Iroegbu

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Basketball player
Ike Iroegbu
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Player information
birthday March 14, 1995
place of birth Sacramento (CA), USA
size 188 cm
position Point guard
college Washington State
NBA draft Not drafted ( 2017 )
Club information
society Capital City Go-Go
league NBA G-League
Clubs as active
2013-2017 United StatesUnited StatesWashington State Cougars ( NCAA )
2017-2018 United StatesUnited States Agua Caliente Clippers
2018-2019 GermanyGermany Science City Jena
2019 LithuaniaLithuania Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2019– United StatesUnited States Capital City Go-Go
National team
2017– NigeriaNigeria Nigeria

Ikenna Ugochukwu "Ike" Iroegbu (born March 14, 1995 in Sacramento , California ) is an American basketball player with Nigerian roots.

Career

Iroegbu, whose parents emigrated from Nigeria to the USA, grew up as the second of three sons. He began playing basketball in his hometown of Elk Grove high school , where he became the first freshman to play on the selection team. After two years he was transferred to the Oak Hill Academy, which was also attended by NBA star Kevin Durant . Iroegbu became national champion with the Warriors in 2012. After completing his high school education, he moved to Washington State University . There he played every game of his team and at the end of his college days finished 13th for most assists (263) and 18th place for most assists per game (2,828) in the internal Cougars ranking.

When NBA Draft in 2017 he was not elected. He played a game for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2017 and then played a season for their G-League team, the Agua Caliente Clippers . In August 2018 Iroegbus was announced to join Science City Jena in the basketball league after his agent announced the change in July. After ten defeats in a row, the club and Iroegbu decided to terminate their contract in February 2019. He then moved to the Lithuanian League (LKL) to Lietkabelis Panevėžys . With his team he reached third place in the cup and fourth place in the LKL. After the end of the season it was announced that he would switch back to the G-League. He was exchanged for Capital City Go-Go by the Agua Caliente Clippers, to whom he was automatically assigned as a returning player .

National team

Iroegbu was appointed to the D'Tigers team for the first time in 2017 . He was used in all six games of the AfroBasket and took second place with the team. After the tournament he was appointed to the All-Tournament Team together with his teammate Ike Diogu . He was named to the final squad for the 2019 World Cup . He was used in all five games of his team, which finished 17th in the end.

statistics

Legend
  GP Matches played ( Games Played )   GS Games from the beginning ( Games started )  MPG Graduated minutes per game ( Minutes per game )
 PPG Points per game ( points per game )  2P% Throwing rate Two-point throws ( 2-point field-goal percentage )  3P% Throwing quota three-point throws ( 3-point field-goal percentage )
 FG% Throw rate from the field ( field goal percentage )  FT% Free throw rate ( free-throw percentage )  RPG Rebounds per game ( rebounds per game )
 APG Assists per game ( assists per game )  SPG Steals per game ( steals per game )  BPG Blocks per game ( blocks per game )

Season statistics

season team league GP GS MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
2017/18 Agua Caliente Clippers G-League 50 14th 24.7 12.2 45.3 26.6 41.3 70.5 4.1 3.9 0.8 0.1
2018/19 Science City Jena BBL 10 1 17.5 11.1 51.4 15.0 43.3 76.9 3.0 2.3 0.5 0.0

National team

year competition GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
2017 AfroBasket 6th 30.3 14.8 50.0 20.8 40.3 74.3 4.5 5.0 0.8 0.0
2019 World Championship 5 21.2 8.2 43.5 26.7 36.8 81.8 2.2 2.8 0.8 0.0

successes

National team

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ikenna Iroegbu: Science City Jenas new number 1. In: thueringer-allgemeine.de . September 12, 2018, accessed February 1, 2019 .
  2. Ike Iroegbu - 2013-14 Men's Basketball Roster - Washington State University. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
  3. 3-star PG Iroegbu picks Washington State. In: espn.com . October 1, 2012, accessed August 4, 2018 .
  4. ^ Elliott Teaford: Clippers rookie Ike Iroegbu makes a good first impression. In: ocregister.com. October 14, 2017, accessed August 4, 2018 .
  5. Officially: Ikenna Iroegbu comes to Jena. In: basketball.de. February 8, 2018, accessed April 8, 2018 .
  6. "Lietkabelyje" Kariniauską keičia Nigerijos Rinktinės žaidėjas. In: delfi.lit . February 1, 2019, accessed February 1, 2019 (Lithuanian).
  7. Kelly Rakusin: GO-GO ANNOUNCE DRAFT PICKS, TRAINING CAMP ROSTER - Capital City Go-Go. In: capitalcity.gleague.nba.com. October 27, 2019, accessed October 28, 2019 .
  8. ^ Dieng and Diogu headline All-Star Five at FIBA ​​AfroBasket 2017. In: fiba.basketball. September 16, 2017, accessed on July 13, 2018 .
  9. Yiannis Bouranis: Nigeria named 12-man Basketball World Cup roster. In: TalkBasket.net. August 27, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019 (American English).
  10. Ike IROEGBU at the FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .