2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
2025-26 (Senior)
Named to the Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds to go with 9 points vs. Wyoming in the NIT... On his Senior Day vs. Florida Atlantic (March 7) he scored a career-high 16 points, pulled down six rebounds and tied a career high with 4 blocks... Grabbed 9 rebounds to go with 6 points in the road win at UTSA (March 1)... Posted his second straight game in double figures with 11 points and 6 rebounds at Memphis (Feb. 26)... Had a career night vs. Temple (Feb. 21), recording his first career double-double behind a career-high 13 points and 10 rebounds... Finished with 10 points and 5 rebounds vs. Rice (Jan. 7)... Produced 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in a road win at UAB on Dec. 31... Made his first start as a Shocker vs. DePaul (Dec. 13) and finished with 12 points and 8 rebounds in a career-high 32 minutes... Set career highs in free throws made (6) and attempts (7) vs. Western Kentucky (Nov. 28) in the Battle 4 Atlantis... Opened the Battle 4 Atlantis with 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals vs. Saint Mary’s (Nov. 26)... Set a new career high vs. Milwaukee (Nov. 22) with 11 points and eight rebounds... Produced 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals at Boise State (Nov. 18)... Key off the bench in the win over Loyola on Nov. 13 with 8 points, 6 rebounds and a career-high tying 4 blocks... Played only 4 minutes due to foul trouble in the season opener, but still finished with 6 points, 3 rebounds and a steal.
2024-25 (Seton Hall)
This past season for the Pirates, Okorafor appeared in 25 games, making nine starts and averaged 2.7 points and 2.2 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game... His best game at Seton Hall came on Dec. 14 at Rutgers when he posted eight points and 10 rebounds in 20 minutes.
2022-24 (Louisville)
In 25 career games for Louisville, he averaged 2.8 points and 2.6 rebounds on 55.8 percent shooting... As a freshman, he appeared in five games after joining the team during conference play, averaging 4.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks... His season was cut short after suffering ankle injury that forced him to miss the final six games... Okorafor registered a career-high four blocks vs. Pitt on Feb. 7, 2023... It marked the most blocks by a Cardinal since 2018, and he was the first Louisville freshman to block at least four shots in a game since 2014.
High School
Like current Shocker guard Joy Ighovodja, Okorafor is a product of NBA Academy Africa... He was one of 12 NBA Academy prospects chosen to participate in the Basketball Africa League's Elevate program... The BAL, a professional league launched by FIBA and the NBA, aims to provide an opportunity for the next generation of African prospects to showcase their talent on a global stage... He averaged a double-double for BC Espoir Fukash out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the highest of any BAL Elevate program player in the league... Okorafor then competed in the 2022 NBA Academy Games, a series of exhibition games featuring top prospects from outside the U.S., including from the league's four academies located in Australia, India, Mexico and Senegal, competing against each other and elite select teams in front of NCAA coaches and NBA scouts... He led NBA Academy Africa to a first-place finish in the tournament.
Personal
He is the son of Kalu and Ngozi Okorafor, and has three siblings: Emeka, Onyinye and Chukwudi.
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