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American-Nigerian basketball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uchenna "U.C." Iroegbu (born 20 August 1996) is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player, who currently plays for Al-Shamal of the Qatari Basketball League. He played college basketball for Stony Brook. Standing at 183 cm (6 ft 0 in), he is a point guard and has represented the Nigeria national basketball team.[1]
![]() Iroegbu at the BAL Combine in 2020 | |
Free agent | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | BAL |
Personal information | |
Born | Sacramento, California | 20 August 1996
Nationality | American / Nigerian |
Listed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Listed weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Capital Christian (Sacramento, California) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2018: undrafted |
Playing career | 2018–present |
Career history | |
2018 | Stockton Kings |
2019 | CP La Roda |
2021–2022 | College Park Skyhawks |
2023 | SLAC |
2024 | Al-Shamal |
Iroegbu was born in Sacramento, California. He played all four seasons at Capital Christian High School. In his senior year, he averaged 15 points, 4 assists and 2 steals per game, being named to the all-district and all-league teams as his team finished third in the state of California with a 28–4 record and a CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division V championship.[2][3]
Iroegbu played his first two seasons for the College of Southern Idaho at the junior college level. He averaged 4.1 points per game as a freshman but got more playing time as a sophomore, as he averaged 6.6 points per game.[3]
He transferred to Stony Brook before the 2016–17 season, joining a Seawolves team that had a 26–7 record the year prior to make their first NCAA Tournament.[3] He started 10 of 32 games in his junior season and averaged 5.1 points. Iroegbu scored 18 points against Ball State as a senior, a new career high.[4] On January 3, 2018, he hit a late three to give Stony Brook a 71–70 win over Maine after the Seawolves had blown a 20-point lead.[5] Iroegbu recorded a new career-high 20 point game against UMBC on February 21, 2018.[6] He finished his senior season averaging 8.1 points per game while starting 13 of 32 games.[7]
Following a local tryout, Iroegbu started his career with the Stockton Kings in the NBA G League.[8] On 9 January 2019, Iroegbu signed with CP La Roda in the Spanish LEB Plata to replace Jabs Newby.[9] On 1 March 2020, Iroegbu signed with Rivers Hoopers in Nigeria for the 2020 BAL season.[10] However, the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Iroegbu did not join the team.
Iroegbu signed with the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League before the 2021–22 season.
In April 2023, Iroegbu joined Guinean club SLAC of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[11]
In December 2023, Iroegbu made his debut with Al-Shamal of the Qatari Basketball League.
Iroegbu's two brothers, Chuks and Ikenna, both played Division I college basketball as well. Chuks Iroegbu played for Northern Illinois and Ike Iroegbu was a starting point guard for Washington State.
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 |
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