NBA Academy Africa star, Joy Ighovodja, has joined Oral Roberts University men’s basketball team for the 2023/24 season, head coach Paul Mills has announced.
Ighovodja was one of 12 NBA Academy Africa student-athletes that featured at the recent 2022 Basketball Africa League season from March to May of 2022.
He is the 16th NBA Academy Africa prospect to commit to an NCAA Division-I men’s programme. In total, more than 80 NBA Academy participants have gone on to attend NCAA D-1 schools and 17 have signed professional contracts.
“Joy is a 6-foot-4 lefty who has point guard skills and has terrific length for a guard his size,” ORU head coach Mills said.
“He can handle, shoot, pass and he has a phenomenal work ethic. He is currently playing in the NBA Academy Africa where he has a chance to go against high-quality players every day which has propelled his development. Joy’s future with ORU basketball is bright and I’m so glad he chose to be a part of the ORU family.”
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