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2016-17 St. Bonaventure Men's Basketball

5 Chinonso Obokoh

  • Height 6-9
  • Weight 225
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Enugu, Nigeria
  • High School Bishop Kearney (N.Y.)
  • Previous College Syracuse
  • Position F/C

Biography

As A Graduate | Game-by-Game Stats
Went 1-for-3 from the field in 14 minutes on the floor in the 89-63 win over Pepperdine (11/23) … scored four points on a perfect 2-for-2 outing from the field against Central Michigan (11/22) … started the first game as a Bonnie and scored two points in 13 minutes on the floor against Saint Francis (Pa.) on 11/12.

At Syracuse
Played in 24 games over his two seasons with the Orange and averaged 0.9 points and 1.7 rebounds per game ... in 2015-16, Obokoh averaged 1.1 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in 11 games, including a minute of action against the Bonnies on Nov. 17 at the Carrier Dome ... set a career high with 11 points in a win over Montana State ... helped Syracuse (23-14) reach the Final Four ... sat out the 2013-14 season, then played in 13 games in 2014-15 and averaged 0.8 points and 1.7 rebounds that season.

High School
Graduated from Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester in 2013 where he played for coach Jon Boon ... was a top-100 nationally rated recruit at Kearney, rated the 19th-best center in his class by ESPN ... his senior season, Obokoh helped Kearney to the Class AA state championship ... the Kings defeated New Rochelle in the state title game, 45-39, as he had 13 points and eight blocks … Obokoh scored 15 points in Bishop Kearney’s 68-55 State Federation Tournament of Champions semifinal game loss to Christ the King … Bishop Kearney claimed the Section V Championship for the third straight season and completed the campaign with a 17-8 record … he was slowed by a foot injury that caused him to miss five games but averaged 11.3 points, 15.6 rebounds and seven blocks per game as a senior ... at the end of his senior year, Obokoh helped the White squad defeat the Black team, 114-102, in the 2013 Jordan Brand Regional Classic game as he had eight points, five boards and three steals.

Family: His host parents in Rochester are Kevin and Annemarie Sheppard.
Noteworthy: Originally from Enugu, Nigeria ... played AAU basketball for the Albany City Rocks, where he was teammates with Bonnies forward Denzel Gregg.
Major: School Counseling

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