Ike Iroegbu
Ikenna Ugochukwu Iroegbu (born March 14, 1995) is an American-born Nigerian basketball player for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. Iroegbu played college basketball for Washington State University and is a member of the Nigerian national team.[1]
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| No. 4 – Capital City Go-Go | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||
| League | NBA G League | |||||||||||||
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| Born | March 14, 1995 Sacramento, California | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Nigerian | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | |||||||||||||
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| High school | ||||||||||||||
| College | Washington State (2013–2017) | |||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2017 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2017–present | |||||||||||||
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| 2017–2018 | Agua Caliente Clippers | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Science City Jena | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | |||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Capital City Go-Go | |||||||||||||
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Nigeria national basketball team
He participated at the AfroBasket 2017[2] for the D'Tigers where he had averaged 14.8 points, 5 rebounds per game. and 5 assists per game during the tournament.[3] He was part of the tournaments top Five players.[4]
Professional career
In October 2017, Iroegbu was a point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers. He was later waived by the Clippers and was sent to play for its NBA G League affiliate the Agua Caliente Clippers where he averaged 12.24 points, 4 rebounds and 3.8 assists in the 2017-2018 season.[5][6]
Iroegbu signed with the German Basketball Bundesliga side Science City Jena on a one-year deal for the 2018-2019 basketball season on July 12, 2018.[6][7][8] On February 1, 2019, he joined Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League for the rest of the season.[9]
For the 2019–20 season, Iroegbu signed with the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League.[10] He missed two games in February 2020 with an ankle injury. On February 12, he tallied 25 points, three rebounds and five assists in a win over the Erie BayHawks.[11]
References
- FIBA profile
- AfroBasket 2017 profile
- http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/Nigeria
- http://www.fiba.basketball/afrobasket/2017/videos/Ikenna-Iroegbu-All-Star-Five-FIBA-AfroBasket-2017
- Clippers rookie Ike Iroegbu makes a good first impression
- https://sportando.basketball/m/en/germany/bbl/281547/science-city-jena-agreed-to-terms-with-ike-iroegbu.html
- https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Ike-Iroegbu/NBA/Los-Angeles-Clippers/300592
- https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/news/539242/Ike-Iroegbu-is-a-newcomer-at-Jena
- "Lietkabelis add Ike Iroegbu". Sportando.basketball. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- Rakusin, Kelly (October 27, 2019). "GO-GO ANNOUNCE DRAFT PICKS, TRAINING CAMP ROSTER". NBA.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- "Ike Iroegbu: Leads team from bench". CBS Sports. February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.