Niagara University Athletics

WHY NIAGARA?

"I came to Niagara to get a quality education at in a great Vincentian community."

Started 28 of 29 games...Averaged 9.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 24.4 minutes per game...Led the MAAC in field goal percentage (.626), shooting 97-for-155 from the floor...Grabbed 100 offensive rebounds...Averaged 10.5 points and 6.6 rebounds while shooting .676 from the field in 18 MAAC games...Had a career-high 22 points in a conference win over Manhattan (1/5) while pulling in 11 boards...Grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds against Siena (1/11)...Registered four double-doubles on the season...Shot over .700 from the floor in nine games, including three times at 1.000...Made a career-high eight field goals against St. Bonaventure (11/28), and Manhattan (1/5 & 1/13)...Turned away a career-best four shots against Saint Peter’s (1/25) and Loyola (2/5).

2006-07 (SOPHOMORE)

Played in 23 games...Averaged 1.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.4 blocks in 7.7 minutes per game...Averaged 1.5 rebounds and 7.0 minutes in two NCAA Tournament games...Tied a career-high with two steals vs. No. 1 Kansas (3/16)...Played in three MAAC Tournament games...Averaged 2.7 points and 0.3 rebounds...Perfect from the field, sinking 4-of-4...Tied his season high with six points vs. Rider (3/3)...Saw action in 13 MAAC games...Averaged 1.6 points, 1.6 rebounds, 0.4 blocks in 7.6 minutes per game...Registered a season-high six points on two-of-four shooting from the field while grabbing a season-best seven rebounds vs. Rider (2/25)...Perfect from the field in five games...Blocked a season-high three shots vs. Rider.

2005-06 (TRANSFER)

Transferred from Northeastern.

2004-05 (FRESHMAN)

Appeared in four games at Northeastern...Averaged 1.0 point in 5.8 minutes per game...Was 2-for-2 from the field and had an assist, a steal and five blocked shots...Scored from the field, dished an assist and had two blocks in six minutes of action in first collegiate game...Collected two points, two blocks and a steal in a season-high 10 minutes of play in a win over La Salle.

HIGH SCHOOL

Two-year member of Nigeria’s junior national team...Defender on his high school soccer team for two years.

PERSONAL

Born March 30, 1983, in Benin, Nigeria....Son of the late Edwin Egemonye and Lucy Ifijen...Raised by paternal grandmother Beatrice Odokor...Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management in the spring of 2008...Currently working towards his MBA.