Nkem Ojougboh

Nkem-Nkechukwu Ojougboh (born August 11, 1987 in Benin City, Nigeria) is Nigerian former collegiate basketball player for the Northeastern University Huskies men's basketball team. He played for the NBA D-League team Utah Flash in the 2010/11 NBA D-League season. Ojougboh was named to the 2007 CAA All-Academic Fist Team. Ojougboh is the son of Cairo Ojougboh and Grace Ojougboh. Out of high school, Ojougboh committed to the University of Texas at San Antonio, after also being recruited by Boise State and Washington State. He transferred to Northeastern after UTSA.

High school career

Nkem a four-year letterman at Scottsdale Christian Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, won state titles in 2004 and 2005 and finished as runner up for two years prior. He averaged 10 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3 blocks per game as a senior earning him All-Arizona first team and was a McDonald's All-American nominee. Ojougboh was named MVP of the Arizona High School All-Star game.

Collegiate career

Freshman

As a freshman at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Ojougboh averaged 6.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1 block per game. He averaged almost 22 minutes per game, while shooting 48.1% from the field and 61.5% from the free-throw line in 28 games. Ojougboh played every game as a freshman with signature performances coming in a 21-point, 4-rebound game against Stephen F. Austin and an 8-point, 8-rebound game against St. Bonaventure. The Texas San Antonio Roadrunners finished 11-17, not going to the NCAA tournament.

Sophomore

After red shirting the 2006-07 due to NCAA rules for transfers, Ojougboh is averaging 9.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1 block per game. He is shooting 43 % from the field, 50% from the three-point line and 68.9% from the stripe, and helped the Northeastern Huskies to a 14-17 record, losing in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament to George Mason University. He started all 31 games at center and averaged 31 minutes per game. In his Northeastern debut, he picked up a double double, scoring 10 points and netting a career-high 13 rebounds at Illinois. He achieved his second double double by scoring 11 points and pulling down 11 rebounds at Boston University. Ojougboh finished the 2007-2008 season with 4 double doubles and grabbing double digit rebounds in 7 games as a Husky.

Collegiate career statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Freshman	UTSA	28	6	22.0	48.1	0.0	61.5	3.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	6.8
Sophomore	Northeastern	31	31	31.0	43.0	50.0	68.9	6.4	1.2	0.7	0.9	9.9

References

• http://www.gonu.com/mbasketball/ojougboh.shtml
• http://www.nigeriaport.com/feature/2008/may/nigerian-athletics-spotlight-nkem-ojougboh
• http://www.azcentral.com/sports/preps/ne/articles/2008/01/16/20080116phxscottschrist.html
• http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=840769#outlook

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Name	Ojougboh, Nkem
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