#6 Michael Okafor
POSITION: Guard
HEIGHT: 6-4 (193 cm)
WEIGHT: 182 lbs (83 kg)
BIRTHDATE: April 20, 1999 (Toronto, ON)
HIGH SCHOOL: Wasatch Academy (Mount Pleasant, UT)
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE: Lakehead '23 (Thunder Bay, ON)
INSTAGRAM: @23michaelo
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent on March 2, 2023
YEARS PRO: 1
BIO
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Has averaged 5.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.3 blocks, 0.6 steals and 17.5 minutes playing in 15 games professionally in the CEBL.
2022: Averaged 5.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 17.5 minutes through 15 regular-season appearances with the Hamilton Honey Badgers … Impressed in training camp, with Head Coach Ryan Schmidt describing him as one of the best on-ball defenders on the team … Made his first professional start June 2 vs. Guelph, playing 32 minutes … Scored a professional career-high 12 points July 12 at Saskatchewan … Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds June 4 at Scarborough.
UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER
Averaged 9.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.5 blocks, 1.3 steals and 20.3 minutes playing in 124 games during his college career.
2022-23: Averaged 16.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 28.3 minutes per game in 22 games played … Ranked 14th in overall OUA scoring … Scored 20 or more points in seven games … Played 30 or more minutes in nine games … Registered a season high twice with 27 points Nov. 19 vs Laurier and Feb. 4 vs Toronto Metropolitan University… Scored 27 points on 50 per cent from three-point range to go along with 14 rebounds, four assists and two steals Nov. 19 vs. Wilfred Laurier … Tallied 27 points, six rebounds, two blocks and two steals Feb. 4 vs Toronto Metropolitan University … Named an OUA Second Team All-Star.
2021-22: Committed to Lakehead University June 30 … Averaged 18.1 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2.6 steals and 28.7 minutes per game in 15 games … Scored 20 or more points in seven games … Ranked 10th overall in OUA scoring … Played over 30 minutes in eight games … Registered six double-doubles in points and rebounds (Nov. 6, 26, Feb. 10, 11, 18 and Mar. 16) ... Tallied five steals in three straight games … Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds, scored 15 points and nabbed three steals in 31 minutes Nov. 26 vs. Western … Scored a season-high 26 points Nov. 6 vs. McMaster, also notching 13 rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes … Named OUA West Second-Team All Star… Named male athlete of the year and MVP by Lakehead University.
2019-20: Committed to Manhattan College as a junior Feb. 10 … Averaged 1.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 7.6 minutes per game in 23 games… Started four games … Played over 10 minutes in eight games.
2018-19: Averaged 11.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 23.0 minutes per game in 32 games with Harcum College in his sophomore year … Played over 700 minutes … Scored over 600 points in his career at Harcum College … Finished inside the top 14 all-time at Harcum College for career steals and rebounds.
2017-18: Committed to Harcum College and averaged 9.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 23.0 minutes per game in 31 games during his freshman year … Named third-team NJAA All-Academic.
PERSONAL
Majored in Psychology in college.
STATISTICS
CEBL TOTALS
| Year | Team | G | MIN | PTS | 2FGP | 3FGP | FT | RO | RD | RT | AS | PF | BS | ST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hamilton | 15 | 262 | 83 | 31-15 | 2-22 | 15-22 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
CEBL AVERAGES
| Year | Team | G | MIN | PTS | 2FGP | 3FGP | FT | RO | RD | RT | AS | PF | BS | ST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hamilton | 15 | 17.5 | 5.5 | .608 | .091 | .682 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE TOTALS
| Year | Team | G | MIN | PTS | 2FGP | 3FGP | FT | RO | RD | RT | AS | PF | BS | ST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Lakehead | 22 | 622 | 358 | 132-293 | 30-91 | 64-94 | 26 | 114 | 140 | 61 | 50 | 18 | 29 | 61 |
| 2021-22 | Lakehead | 15 | 430 | 271 | 97-172 | 11-65 | 44-57 | 36 | 81 | 117 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 39 | 26 |
| 2019-20 | Manhattan | 24 | 174 | 37 | 13-25 | 2-10 | 5-13 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 9 |
| 2018-19 | Harcum | 32 | 735 | 370 | 137-239 | 12-47 | 60-121 | 68 | 88 | 156 | 101 | 57 | 20 | 49 | 81 |
| 2017-18 | Harcum | 31 | 730 | 303 | 100-182 | 18-59 | 49-74 | 64 | 83 | 147 | 59 | 52 | 17 | 37 | 52 |
| Totals | 124 | 2,691 | 981 | 479-911 | 73-272 | 222-359 | 206 | 394 | 600 | 264 | 224 | 71 | 164 | 229 |
UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE AVERAGES
| Year | Team | G | MIN | PTS | 2FGP | 3FGP | FT | RO | RD | RT | AS | PF | BS | ST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Lakehead | 22 | 28.3 | 16.3 | .450 | .330 | .681 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| 2021-22 | Lakehead | 15 | 28.7 | 18.1 | .564 | .169 | .772 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| 2019-20 | Manhattan | 24 | 7.3 | 1.5 | .520 | .200 | .385 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| 2018-19 | Harcum | 32 | 23.0 | 11.6 | .573 | .255 | .385 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 2017-18 | Harcum | 31 | 23.5 | 9.8 | .549 | .305 | .662 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Totals | 124 | 20.3 | 9.7 | .561 | .238 | .596 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 |