Treviso Basket finds its playmaker: the Nigerian Iroegbu is taken

The 27-year-old born in Sacramento and joined the Clippers has returned from a season at Hapoel Elyon in Israel and is a mix of explosiveness and defense

TREVISO. The new playmaker of Nutribullet Treviso Basket 2022/23 is Ikenna “Ike” Iroegbu, American of Nigerian origins, 188 cm tall, born on March 14, 1995 in Sacramento, last year in Israel at Hapoel Galil Elyon, national team of Nigeria.

He is a growing point guard who is increasing the level of his performances every season: expert, explosive, able to raise the pace and play at speed, but also solid in defense and rebounding, with vision of the game and the ability to score both in approach that from afar thanks to a truly remarkable shooting range. His college career sees him in prestigious Washington State where he ends the year as a senior with 12.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists per game.

In 2017 he had his first professional contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, which sent him to mature in GLeague, the NBA-affiliated development league, with the Agua Caliente Clippers, where he travels at 12.2 points, 4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. the following year he landed in Europe first in the Bundesliga in Germany with Science City Jena to close the season in Lithuania in Lietkabelis Panevėžys (14 points per game with 41% from three, over 3 assists and rebounds).

In 2019 he returns to the USA and plays the season in GLeague with Capital City Go-Go; in December 2020 he crosses the ocean again to return first to Germany in Rasta Vechta for 4 games, then to France where he shines in ProB in Rouen (19 points per game and 46% from three!) and Chalon in A in the last races of the year. In the last season ’21 / 22 instead he leads Hapoel Galil Elyon in the Israeli championship where he plays an excellent season, with respectable averages in a championship where he dragged Hapoel with his energy to the playoffs: 14.4 points per game ( top scorer of the team) with 4 rebounds and 3.8 assists.

With the Nigeria national team he made an exploit in 2017 in the continental tournament, AfroBasket 2017, where the D’Tigers took silver and “Ike” traveled at an average of 14.8 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game. entering the ideal formation of the event, equivalent of our Europeans. In 2019 he plays the World Cup and travels in the world championship event at 8.2 ppg, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.

He entered the history of African basketball on 10 July 21, the date in which his Nigeria beat Kevin Durant’s Team USA 90-87 in a friendly. Iroegbu was decisive with 11 points and 2 fundamental bombs in the last bars of what was the historic first victory of a national team of the African continent against the US selection.