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Jersey Number 7
Oluchi Okananwa
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Major:
- Business Management
- Hometown:
- Boston, MA
- High School:
- Worcester Academy
- Prev School:
- Duke
As a Junior (2025-26)
- WBCA and AP All-America Honorable Mention
- All-Big Ten First Team and All-Big Ten Defensive Team honoree
- Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll (2/9/26, 2/16/26)
- Scored in double figures in 27 of 33 games and 20+ points in 13 games
- Lead team in scoring with 18 points and career-high 4 threes made in Maryland debut vs. Loyola
- Added 15 points with 6 boards, 2 steals and 3 assists vs. UMBC
- Led Terps with 20 points vs. Princeton
- Went 10-15 from the floor for a career-high 23 points vs. George Mason
- Scored 25 points with 8 rebounds and 3 steals in double overtime win at Minnesota
- Led Terps with 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 steals vs. Wisconsin
- Scored a career-high 34 points off 12-22 shooting vs. Indiana
- Reached 1,000 points with 27 vs. #19 Ohio State, her 89th career game
- Led team with 25 points at #3 UCLA
- Led Terps with 27 points, 23 in the first half, vs. Oregon
- Scored team-high 23 points with 5 assists in win at #12 Michigan State
- Scored 14 points with 4 boards, 4 steals, 3 assists at Nebraska
- Added 15 points, 6 assists, 6 steals, 5 boards vs. Penn State
- Scored 17 points with 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in comeback win at #8 Ohio State
- Scored 26 points and went 11-16 from the floor vs. Purdue
- Went 11-20 from the floor for 25 points with 5 boards and 4 steals vs. Northwestern
Before Maryland...
- 2025 ACC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- 2024 ACC Sixth Player of the Year and All-Freshman Team honoree
- Averaged 10.1 points and 5.3 rebounds in 2024-25 as she helped Duke to the ACC Tournament title and the Elite Eight
- Averaged 9.9 points, 5.7 assists with 6 double-doubles in 71 games over 2 seasons at Duke
- Named ACC Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 16.3 points, 6.7 rebounds while going 10-11 from outside the arc in the three-game run
- Tied her career-high 22 points and 10 rebounds in ACC Tournament championship game vs. NC State
- Scored in double figures in 36 games over two seasons
- Before Duke, was ranked No. 27 overall in the class of 2023 by espnW
The Okananwa File…
- Parents are Anthony and Patience Okananwa
- Has three older siblings – Chieme, Ugonna and Chinma
- Nickname is Gucciluchi!
- Used to be a gymnast
- Business management major
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