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Jersey Number 45
Chinwe Okorie
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Stoneleigh-Burnham Prep [Mass.]
- Hometown:
- Lagos, Nigeria
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- SEC Academic Honor Roll – 2015, 2016, 2017
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2014
- Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team – 2017
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Part of the winningest class in MSU history (111-34).
- Averaged 6.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg.
- Grabbed 2.6 career offensive rpg.
- Sixth at MSU in career field goal percentage (52.1%).
- Played in 109 career games, starting 87.
- Invited to WNBA Training Camp with the New York Liberty.
2016-17 (SENIOR)
- Played in all 39 games, starting 33 and averaging 18.8 mpg.
- Averaged a career-best 7.5 ppg (293 points).
- Grabbed a team second-most 5.4 rpg and averaged 0.6 bpg.
- Shot 56.4% from the field for the year, second-highest on the team and eighth-best in MSU history.
- Tallied 7.3 ppg and 5.6 rpg in SEC contests.
- Recorded two double-doubles (Iowa State and Arkansas).
- Had 12 double-figure scoring games and 14 with 10-plus rebounds.
- Averaged 12.0 points, 7.3 rebounds to earn Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team honors.
- Scored 11 points in the opener against Oregon and a career-best 18 against host Hawaii.
- Recorded a double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds) at Iowa State in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
- Matched her career high with 18 points in a win against Southern Miss.
- Opened SEC play with 17 points on 8 of 10 shooting and six rebounds against LSU.
- Followed it with 14 points, 15 rebounds at Arkansas.
- Contributed 15 points and eight rebounds at Alabama and 16 points, six rebounds at Auburn.
- Added seven points in State’s NCAA Tournament upset of No. 1 UConn.
2015-16 (JUNIOR)
- Nominee for the Allstate Good Works Team.
- Played in all 36 games, starting 33 times.
- Tallied 6.8 ppg (245 total), fourth-most on the team.
- Topped the team from the field, hitting 100 of 190 shots (52.6%).
- Paced State on the boards, grabbing 6.0 rpg (216), 18th-most in the SEC.
- Ranked sixth in the SEC with 3.1 offensive boards per game and 11th in league games with 2.7 offensive rpg.
- Collected a team second-most 26 blocked shots (0.7 bpg).
- Tallied 6.1 ppg and 5.5 rpg in SEC contests.
- Had 12 double-figure scoring games, including a personal-best 15 against Norfolk State.
- Claimed double-figure rebounds four times, notching a pair of double-doubles.
- Led MSU on the boards a team-high 13 times.
- Notched 13 points on 6 of 8 shooting and hauled in nine rebounds in a win against Southern Miss.
- Had 12 points, seven rebounds and a season-high three steals in MSU’s home win against Arkansas.
- Averaged 11.5 points in two wins against Ole Miss, scoring 14 in a home win and nine points in the road victory.
- Grabbed 11 rebounds in MSU’s SEC Tournament semifinals victory against Tennessee.
- Had 12 points, 9 boards in an NCAA Tournament opening-round win against Chattanooga.
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE)
- Played in all 34 games, starting 21 times.
- Averaged 3.4 ppg and hauled in 3.7 rebounds per contest.
- Ranked third on the squad with 2.1 offensive rebounds per game.
- Swatted 14 shots, fifth-most on the team.
- Paced MSU on the boards five times and added two double-figure rebounding games.
- Notched her first double-digit scoring game with 10 points against Arkansas State in the Preseason WNIT second round.
- Claimed her first double-figure rebounding game with 13 rebounds, 10 offensive, in MSU’s upset of No. 16 West Virginia.
- Recorded her first MSU double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds in State’s win against Louisiana Tech.
- Matched her season high with 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds against Mississippi Valley State.
- Logged a season-high 32 minutes against LSU, scoring seven points to go with five rebounds.
- Had her best SEC rebounding effort at Kentucky, hauling in eight boards.
2013-14 (FRESHMAN)
- Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
- Had to sit out her freshman season due to NCAA initial eligibility issues.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Prepped in 2012-13 at Stoneleigh-Burnham School in Greenfield, Mass., after coming to the United States from her native Nigeria.
- Rated the No. 4 player in the region by HoopDreamsMag.com.
- Averaged a double-double for head coach Jeff Conlan’s squad with 15 points and 15 rebounds per contest.
- Earned an invitation to play in the prestigious New England Prep School All-Star Game following her lone campaign at Stoneleigh-Burnham.
- Named Most Valuable Player of the basketball team following her stellar campaign.
- Was also a standout for the volleyball and lacrosse teams, earning the Stoneleigh-Burnham Athlete of the Year Award.
- Also received the volleyball MVP award.
- Made an impact outside of athletic competition as well, being named the Student Council Leadership Award winner for her contributions to Stoneleigh-Burnham.
- Started to play the game as a teenager in her native Nigeria.
- Played competitively for her high school, The Learning Field School.
- Received the opportunity to develop her game with First Deepwater, the defending champion of the Zenith League, Nigeria’s premier girls’ basketball league.
PERSONAL
- Born July 9, 1994.
- Daughter of the late Dr. Ephraim Okorie and Ngozi Okorie.
- Has four sisters, including a twin sister, and one brother.
- Fluent in six different languages.
- Earned a business administration degree and a graduated in May, 2017, with a second degree in marketing with a minor in French.
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