Amanze Egekeze

Amanze Ikenna Egekeze (born December 3, 1995) is an Nigerian-American professional basketball player who last played for PAOK of the Greek Basket League.[1]

Amanze Egekeze
Free agent
PositionPower forward
Personal information
Born (1995-12-03) December 3, 1995
NationalityAmerican / Nigerian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolHuntley (Huntley, Illinois)
CollegeBelmont (2014–2018)
NBA draft2018 / Undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018Yokohama B-Corsairs
2019Ryukyu Golden Kings
2019Niigata Albirex BB
2019PAOK
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-OVC (2018)

Egekeze is the son of Gilbert and Lize Egekeze, who are natives of Nigeria. He played for Huntley High School, where he was the 2014 Northwest Herald Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Egekeze played on three Class 4A regional champions.[2]

Egekeze competed in college basketball for Belmont, where he scored 1,348 career points. As a senior, he was the second-leading scorer (16.8 per game) and rebounder (5.0 per game) for the Bruins. He was named to the First-team All-Ohio Valley Conference.[3][4]

On July 13, 2018, Egekeze signed with the Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese B.League.[5]

On September 1, 2019, Egekeze officially signed with Greek club PAOK.

College statistics
Legend
  GP Games 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
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014-15 Belmont 332320.0.404.338.8373.20.70.80.55.4
2015-16 Belmont 313122.7.539.422.7683.40.70.40.49.0
2016-17 Belmont 302927.2.487.384.8435.50.90.40.811.3
2017-18 Belmont 333334.5.505.425.8026.20.90.60.216.8

Career statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018-19 Yokohama 151533.6.417.280.8046.41.60.90.713.9
2018-19 Ryukyu 4438.2.429.421.7147.21.81.00.212.2
2018-19 Niigata 2231.5.613.467.8577.01.00.50.525.5

References
  1. Yokohama B-Corsairs (13 July 2018). "2018-19シーズン　 新加入選手契約締結のお知らせ". Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. Stevenson, Joe (June 12, 2018). "College basketball: Huntley grad Egekeze exploring opportunities in NBA, overseas". Northwest Herald. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Boclair, David (June 13, 2018). "Belmont's Egekeze hopes to plot course to NBA". Nashville Post. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  4. Boclair, David (February 27, 2018). "Belmont puts three on All-OVC first team". Nashville Post. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  5. "Basketball: Huntley graduate Egekeze signs with Japanese team". Northwest Herald. July 14, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.


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