Sarah Ogoke (born 25 June 1990) is a Nigerian-American basketball player for Ferroviário de Maputo and the Nigerian national team.[1]
| No. 8 – Ferroviário de Maputo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | FIBAACCW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1990 The Bronx, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Southern Polytechnic State (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2014: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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She participated at the 2017 Women's Afrobasket and 2019 Women's Afrobasket .[2] Ogoke was also a member of Nigeria's female basketball team, D'tigress, at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Personal life
editOgoke was born in New York to Nigerian parents, Bentley Ogoke and Edith Ogure-Ogoke.[3] She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Premedicine from the Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia.[3]
College career statistics
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Pittsburgh | 22 | - | - | 33.3 | 30.0 | 60.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| 2009–10 | Pittsburgh | 28 | 2 | 9.7 | 22.0 | 12.5 | 33.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Career | 50 | 2 | 8.2 | 26.5 | 19.2 | 47.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[4] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ FIBA profile
- ^ 2017 Women's Afrobasket profile
- ^ a b Ogwo, Charles (19 August 2023). "Meet Sarah Ogoke, Nigerian amazon who combines basketball with medical career". Businessday NG. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Ogoke College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
External links
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- Sarah Ogoke at FIBA (archive)