2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 5
Toby Okani
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Orange, N.J.
- High School:
- Cushing Academy (Mass.)
- Prev School:
- UIC
West Virginia (2024-25)
- NABC Honors Court
- Played in all 32 games, starting all 32 contests
- Averaged 8.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game
- Scored 11 points against Colorado in the Big 12 Championship
- Recorded eight points, eight rebounds and three blocks vs. UCF
- Finished with six points and five rebounds at Utah
- Had six points against TCU
- Finished with 19 points and seven rebounds at Baylor
- Scored a team-high 16 points against BYU
- Had nine points, four rebounds and two blocks vs. Utah
- Scored eight points at TCU
- Finished with eight points at Cincinnati
- Had eight points, four rebounds and five assists against Houston
- Scored 13 points at Kansas State
- Finished with eight points against Arizona State
- Scored eight points at Houston
- Had eight points, four rebounds, three steals and three blocks vs. Arizona
- Scored seven points at Kansas
- Double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds vs. Mercyhurst
- Had 11 points against Georgetown
- Finished with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting in the win over No. 24 Arizona
- Had 12 points and four rebounds vs. Louisville
- Scored 10 points in the win over No. 3 Gonzaga
- Finished with seven points and six rebounds vs. Iona
- Had 13 points in his WVU debut vs. Robert Morris
Prior to West Virginia
- Will be a fifth-year senior after competing two seasons at UIC and two seasons at Duquesne
- For his career, he has played in 113 games with 87 starts and has scored 921 points, grabbed 625 rebounds, posted 131 blocks and has 112 steals
- Last season at UIC, he was named to the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) All-Defensive Team, leading the league in blocks (2.0)
- Started 31 of 33 games and averaged 11.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game
- Ranked sixth in the MVC in double-doubles (4) and seventh in rebounds (6.8), defensive rebounds (5.3) and steals (1.5)
- Was one of just two players in the MVC to rank in the top 10 in the conference in the three primary defensive categories (rebounding, steals and blocks)
- Was fourth in the MVC with seven double-digit rebounding games
- Had a career-high 31 points at Drake and 12 rebounds and four steals at Evansville
- Had three blocks in nine games this past season, including a season-high six at Cincinnati to go with 20 points against the Bearcats
- Started all 32 games as a junior in 2022-23, averaging 31.7 minutes per game, including two 40-minute efforts
- Averaged 11 points per game and had 29 points at Valparaiso
- Registered a career-high 14 rebounds against Southern Illinois and a career-high seven blocks against Illinois State
- Made 25 career starts in two seasons at Duquesne and had a season-high 13 points against Richmond and 11 rebounds at Rhode Island
- Scored 14 points in 22 minutes of action at George Washington
- Attended Cushing Academy (Mass.) and helped them to a 23-7 record
- Cushing went undefeated in NEPSAC Class AA play (15-0), making the Penguins the first AA program to go undefeated in conference play since 2014-15
- Team was one of 14 qualifiers for the 2020 National Prep Championship
- Attended St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, N.J., as a senior and West Orange High through his junior season
- Was a two-time All-Super Essex Conference Liberty Division pick while at West Orange
- Played for the PSA Cardinals (NY) on the EYBL circuit
Personal
- Son of Ogugua and Chika Okani
- Majoring in executive sport management
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