Amanze Egekeze

Amanze Ikenna Egekeze (born December 3, 1995) is an Nigerian-American professional basketball player who plays for BC Gries-Oberhoffen of the LNB Pro B.[1] He is the son of Gilbert and Lize Egekeze, who are natives of Nigeria.

Amanze Egekeze
No. 32 – BC Gries-Oberhoffen
PositionPower forward
LeagueLNB Pro B
Personal information
Born (1995-12-03) December 3, 1995
Lake in the Hills
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
2019-2020PAOK
2020-presentBC Gries-Oberhoffen
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-OVC (2018)

Early life and college career

Egekeze 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]

Professional career

On July 13, 2018, Egekeze signed with the Yokohama B-Corsairs of the Japanese B.League.[5] During the 2018-19 season, he also played for the Ryukyu Golden Kings and the Niigata Albirex BB from the same league.[6]

On September 1, 2019, Egekeze signed with the Greek club PAOK.[7] The 2019-20 season was complicated for PAOK which finished at the bottom of the national league. They avoided relegation thanks to an administrative decision following the interruption of the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Egekeze and PAOK also participated in the Champions League where they ended at the second to last position of the D group, composed of 8 teams, with 5 wins and 9 losses, thus, not qualifying for the next round.[9]

In June 2020, Egekeze signed with the French club BC Gries-Oberhoffen.[10] Egekeze and the BCGO participated in the Leaders Cup where they ended at the bottom of the D group, composed of 3 teams, with 1 win and 3 losses, thus, not qualifying for the next round.[11]

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

College statistics
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
2019-20 PAOK 20-12.9.635.360.7272.10.50.10.13.8
2020-21 BCGO

References
  1. BCGO (October 19, 2020). "#32 Amanze Egekeze". Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  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. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  5. "Basketball: Huntley graduate Egekeze signs with Japanese team". Northwest Herald. July 14, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  6. "Amanze Egekeze - Player Profile". proballers.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  7. "Young Nigerian-American in Amanze Egekeze will continue his career in Greece with PAOK". eurohoops.net. September 19, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  8. "Panathinaikos crowned champion, Aris and PAOK stay up". ekathimerini.com. May 21, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  9. "2019-20 Basketball Champions League - Standings". championsleague.basketball. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  10. "BCGO : Egekeze, un Américain à Gries !". DNA (in French). June 17, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  11. "Leaders Cup Pro B 2021". lnb.fr (in French). Retrieved October 22, 2020.


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