Emmanuel Ezechinonso

Height:
6-11
Weight:
275
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lagos, Nigeria
High School:
Covenant Christian Ministries Academy

CAREER AT TULSA –– A two-year letterwinner . . . played in 19 games . . . tallied four points and 12 rebounds . . . sat out the 2013-14 season.

2015-16 –– Played in six games . . . averaged 2.3 minutes . . . grabbed four rebounds . . . had two rebounds vs. Northern Arizona (12-22), and one rebound each vs. Central Arkansas (11-14) and Indiana State (11-22) . . . saw action vs. Wichita State (11-17), Oral Roberts (12-5) and Cincinnati (1-2).

2014-15 –– Played in 13 games . . . played in his first career game and scored first career points on a pair of free throws vs. Abilene Christian (11-19) . . . scored a basket and grabbed two rebounds vs. Incarnate Word (12-22) . . . had a rebound vs. Memphis (1-21) . . . grabbed two rebounds at USF (1-17).

HIGH SCHOOL –– Averaged 6.4 points . . . as a sophomore in 2011, he was selected to the all-tournament team after leading Covenant Christian Ministries Academy to the National Association of Christian Athletes national championship . . . high school coach was Frederick Anderson.

PERSONAL –– Favorite professional basketball players are Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James . . . began playing basketball at age 15 . . . favorite actor is Peter Edochie . . . says the best thing about college is the high level of learning . . . father is John Ume Asiegbe . . . mother Nkiruka Ume Asiegbe is deceased . . . born August 12, 1993.