#1 Mike Nwoko Season 2025-26
SUMMER 2025
Played for his native Canada in the Global Jam in August in Toronto.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024-25, At Mississippi State)
Averaged 6.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.8 blocks and 0.7 assists per game … Saw action in each of State’s 34 games … Connected on 52.5 percent from the floor (83-of-158) … More than doubled his scoring and rebounding averages from his freshman campaign … Started 31 consecutive games to conclude the season … Seven outings scoring double figure points with State 5-2 in those games … 16 games with 5+ rebounds and six efforts with multiple blocks … In two seasons at Mississippi State and Miami, played 63 games with 33 starts … Two double doubles.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2023-24, At Miami)
Appeared in 29 games as a freshman, starting one … Earned first career start at Syracuse (1/20) … Scored best of nine points in his first game as a Hurricane against NUIT (11/6) … High of seven rebounds against Duke (2/21) … 5+ rebounds in five games … Second among Miami freshmen in scoring (2.7) and rebounding (2.0).
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Graduated from Prolific Prep in Napa, California … Averaged 12.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game as a senior … Four-star recruit by On3, 247Sports and ESPN … First Team All-Grind Session designee … Helped team win the Grind Session championship with a 35-2 final record … Attended The Burlington School (N.C.) as a junior, aiding his team to a 32-7 record and a state title … Nwoko attended St. Thomas More (Conn.) his first two years of high school, but did not play basketball due to injuries and the COVID-19 pandemic … He was second leading scorer in the NIKE Hoop Summit game in April 2023, totaling 17 points, eight rebounds and two assists for the World Select Team, finishing 7-of-10 from the field … Helped Canada to a third-place finish at the 2022 FIBA U18 American Championship in Tijuana, Mexico … He averaged 12.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game on 66.7 percent shooting (28-of-42) with two double-doubles.
PERSONAL
Born October 21, 2004 in Houston … Parents are Leonard and Anthonia Nwoko … Has two younger brothers, Jason and Nathan, and a younger sister, Krystle … Favorite athlete is LeBron James, whom he considers the best basketball player ever … Best sports memory is winning the state title as a junior.
Single Game Highs
Points – 18, twice
Rebounds – 11, vs. Pittsburgh, 12/4/24
Assists – 2, four times
Steals – 2, twice
Blocks – 3, vs. Pittsburgh, 12/4/24
FG Made – 8, vs. Central Michigan, 12/17/24
FG Attempts – 12, vs. Central Michigan, 12/17/24
3FG Made – 1, vs. Pittsburgh, 12/4/24
3FG Attempts – 1, seven times
FT Made – 7, vs. Butler, 11/29/24
FT Attempts – 8, twice
Top Career Scoring Games
1. 18, vs. Central Michigan, 12/17/24
18, vs. Pittsburgh, 12/4/24
3. 11, at UGA, 2/8/25
11, at South Carolina, 1/25/25
11, vs. Butler, 11/29/24
6. 10, vs. Kentucky, 1/11/25
10, vs. Prairie View, 12/8/24
8. 9, at Arkansas, 3/8/25
9, vs. Bethune-Cookman, 12/30/24
9, vs. NJIT, 11/6/23