No. 1 – Pallacanestro Varese | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League |
Serie A FIBA Europe Cup |
Personal information | |
Born |
Staten Island, New York |
January 3, 1991
Nationality | American / Nigerian |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
St. Peter's Boys (Staten Island, New York) |
College | Siena (2009–2013) |
NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | Scavolini Pesaro |
2014 | Strasbourg IG |
2014–2015 | Sidigas Avellino |
2015 | AEK Athens |
2016 | Enel Brindisi |
2016–present | Pallacanestro Varese |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Oderah "O. D." Anosike (born January 3, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Varese of the Italian Serie A. He played college basketball for Siena College. In the 2011–12 NCAA Division I season, Anosike led Division I in rebounding, with a 12.5 per game average. He then repeated as the country's top rebounder in 2012–13, with an 11.4 per game average.
Anosike began his college basketball career in 2009–10. Anosike's contributions in his inaugural year were modest; he averaged 2.7 points and 3.4 rebounds, in 12.1 minutes per game. He was, however, only one of four Siena players to appear in all 34 of the team's games.
During Anosike's sophomore season, he averaged 8.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Then-teammate Ryan Rossiter was a prolific rebounder as well, and Anosike believes he could have grabbed more rebounds that season, had it not been for Rossiter. The following year, his junior season, he nearly doubled his rebounding average, with Rossiter graduating the previous spring. Anosike averaged 15.0 points, and a nation-leading 12.5 rebounds per game, en route to a First Team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) selection. He was also named to the Lou Henson (Mid-Major) All-American Team. During one stretch in 2011–12, Anosike recorded 17 straight double-doubles, which is a Siena record, and the second-longest streak in the previous 15 years of Division I basketball.