2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
2019 All-Conference USA Freshman Team
Conference USA Freshman of the Week (Dec. 24, 2018)
Conference USA Freshman of the Week (Nov. 26, 2018)
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
- Played in 27 games, making three starts.
- Averaged 6.0 points per game and 3.8 rebounds per contest.
- Recorded 163 points, 102 rebounds, nine assists, three blocked shots and 10 steals.
- Connected on 50.4 percent (63-125) of shots from the field, including a 4-for-6 effort from three-point range.
- Shot 68.8 percent (33-48) from the foul line.
- Opened season with a team-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, while adding six rebounds and a steal in a win against NMHU.
- Scored 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds in a dramatic win over New Mexico.
- Recorded five points, three rebounds and a career-high tying three assists in a victory against I-10 rival NM State.
- Scored 12 points, including the go-ahead three-point bucket during the Miners’ win over Ball State at the Diamond Head Classic.
- Recorded a double-double (15 points, 10 rebounds) in a win over Middle Tennessee.
- Tallied nine rebounds against Marshall (2/15).
- Scored 13 points and tallied five rebounds at Florida Atlantic.
2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
- Started in 21 of 25 games played.
- Missed last four contests due to injury.
- Named to the All-Conference USA Freshman team.
- Earned Conference USA Freshman of the Week two times (Nov. 26, Dec. 24).
- Led UTEP in total rebounds (252) and rebounds per game (10.1).
- Led C-USA in rebounds per game (10.1) and defensive rebounds per game (7.4).
- Ranked 16th in Division I in rebounds per game.
- Fourth Miner in program history to lead the conference in rebounding average.
- First Miner to average double-figure rebounds since the 1981-82 season.
- 10.1 rebounds per game were a UTEP freshman record.
- 252 rebounds ranked second most by a UTEP freshman in program history.
- One of two C-USA players to average a double-double.
- First Miner to average a double-double since the 1981-1982 campaign.
- Produced a UTEP freshman record 11 double-doubles.
- Ranked second in C-USA in double-doubles.
- Ranked fifth in double-doubles among Division I freshmen and 48thoverall.
- Averaged 12.7 points per game, which led UTEP freshmen and ranked fifth among UTEP freshmen in school history.
- Added 15 steals, 14 assists and 13 blocks.
- Shot 48.6 percent (118-243) from the field and 68.3 percent (82-120) from the foul line.
- Opened collegiate career with 23 points and nine boards against UTPB.
- Registered first career double-double at Pac-12 power Arizona, scoring 13 points and tallying 11 rebounds.
- Tallied second of back-to-back double-doubles with 14 points and 17 rebounds during a victory against ENMU.
- Produced another back-to-back double-double outing with the first being at Marquette (17 points, 10 rebounds) and the second during a victory against UC Riverside, tallying a career-high 24 points and 11 boards.
- Recorded 12 points and 11 rebounds in a victory against Wyoming.
- Scored 19 points and registered 16 rebounds at UTSA.
- Pulled down 16 more rebounds in second consecutive game against UTSA in the Haskins Center.
- First Miner since the 1970-71 season to rip down 16 boards in back-to-back contests.
- Came up with a monster performance at Marshall, tallying 22 points and a career-high 20 rebounds.
- First Miner since Feb. 22, 1964 to produce a 20-point, 20-rebound game.
- First UTEP freshman to post a 20-rebound performance and first Miner to register a 20-rebound outing since Feb. 1, 1997.
- Scored 10 points and recorded 10 rebounds at UAB.
- Scored 13 points with 12 boards versus Old Dominion.
- Ended freshman campaign with back-to-back double-double games
- Registered 16 points and 10 rebounds at LA Tech and tallied 10 points and 14 boards at Southern Miss.
PRIOR TO UTEP
- Rated the no. 22 player in the state by TexasHoops.com.
- Top-10 player in Houston by RCSSports.com.
- State champion.
- Averaged a team-leading 14.2 points and 7.4 rebounds while shooting 61.2 percent from the field for the Houston Hoopstars on the 2017 summer circuit.
- Scored 20-plus points in 13 contests and recorded 12 double-doubles.
- Notched a season-high 26 points during a win against Shooting Stars-blue.
- Opened 2017 summer circuit with a 23-point effort versus TJ Ford.
- Recorded first double-double of summer after posting 23 points and 11 rebounds against RL9 Grey in the second game of the summer.
- Registered second double-double, scoring 20 points and pulling down 12 rebounds against LA United in the third contest.
- Registered a season-high 16 rebounds and scored 16 points against LCCAVS.
- Pulled down 15 boards at Triumph Gold.
- Averaged 1.2 blocks per game.
- Blocked season-high five shots at SSA.
- Registered four blocked shots against Houston Hoops DJ.
PERSONAL: Full name is Omoefay Johnson Odigie … son of Curtis Odigie and Paula Lafleur … has one brother and three sisters … born in Houston, Texas … graduated valedictorian in high school … mother played basketball at Nicholls State and sister, Tiffany, played basketball at Alabama State … nickname is Alpha ... criminal justice major.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2018-19Freshman
Forward
6'9"
280 lbs
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2019-20Sophomore
Forward
6'9"
255 lbs
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2020-21Junior
Forward
6'9"
240 lbs
