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Josh Ojianwuna - Men's Basketball - Baylor

Josh Ojianwuna (17) Forward - 2024-25 (Junior): Suffered a season-ending knee injury against UCF, missing the final 12 games of the season (2/8/25) ... Had 11 double-figure

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Josh Ojianwuna

Position: F
Height: 6'10
Weight: 230
High School: NBA Global Academy
Hometown: Asaba, Nigeria
Class: Senior (in 2025/2026)

2024-25 (Junior): Suffered a season-ending knee injury against UCF, missing the final 12 games of the season (2/8/25) ... Had 11 double-figure scoring games, after having just five in his previous two seasons ... Recorded a career-high four double-doubles ... Tallied 10 points in a road game at Texas Tech (2/4/25) ... Notched 11 points in a comeback win against Kansas (2/1/25) ... Pulled down 17 rebounds at Arizona St., which were the most by a BU player against a Big 12 opponent since Freddie Gillespie had 17 at TCU on Feb. 29, 2020 (1/11) ... Poured in 10 points in home win against Cincinnati (1/7/25) ... Notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Iowa State (1/4/25) ... Had 10 points and 10 boards in a win over Arlington Baptist (12/27/24) ... Scored a season-high 16 points against Norfolk State (12/11/24) ... Contributed 13 points in a home win against ACU (12/9/24) ... Went 6-for-6 from the Charity Stripe en route to 10 points against Tarleton (11/17/24) ... Had 11 points against Sam Houston State (11/12/24) ... Scored 10 points in the season-opener against Gonzaga (11/4/25).

2023-24 (Sophomore): Had a game-high seven rebounds in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Colgate (3/22/24) … Gave the Bears big minutes off the bench with 10 points and seven rebounds on 5-for-5 shooting in a win at WVU (2/14/24) … Tied a career high with 11 points including three rim-rocking dunks to help lead BU past Cincinnati (1/13/24) … Notched a double-figure scoring effort for the third time in his career with 10 against Gardner-Webb (11/12/23) … Tallied his second-career double-figure rebounding game with 10 boards against John Brown (11/9/23).

2022-23 (Freshman): Matched his career-high 11 points off the bench against TCU (1/4) ... Recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Nicholls (12/28) ... Notched a then career-high 8 rebounds, leading the Bears to a win over Northwestern State (12/20) ... Scored nine points and picked up 7 rebounds in his collegiate debut against MSVU (11/7) ... Had 14 rebounds in first two games of collegiate career ... Debuted with the Bears as they represented Team USA in the inaugural GLOBL Jam in Toronto in July ... He arrived just hours before BU's game against Team Canada but played 14 minutes, scoring 6 points and grabbing 4 rebounds ... Finished second on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game in four contests.

High School: Attended NBA Academy Africa in 2017 before transitioning to NBA Global Academy in 2019 … Participated in the NCAA’s Next Generation Sunday event at the 2019 Men’s Final Four … Competed for The NBA Academy Africa the 2019 NBA Academy Games in Atlanta … Participated in Basketball Without Borders Africa 2019 in Senegal … Helped his team to a third-place finish in the 2018 NBA Academy Games for NBA Academy Africa … Competed alongside top prospects from the league’s academies in a series of exhibition games at the NBA G League Winter Showcase in Las Vegas in December of 2018 …

Josh Ojianwuna - Baylor Bears Forward - ESPN

View the profile of Baylor Bears Forward Josh Ojianwuna on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.

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Stats
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23

GP	MIN	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
23	24.6	77.4	0.0	64.5	6.4	0.6	0.8	0.9	2.6	0.8	7.4
35	15.5	73.5	0.0	63.0	3.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	2.3	1.0	4.9
29	13.2	59.0	0.0	65.9	3.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.9	0.7	4.2

 

[NFBuck]

Deibler apparently has recognized we need big dudes.

 

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Former Baylor Center Josh Ojianwuna Transfers to Ohio State

Former Baylor center Josh Ojianwuna transfers to Ohio State, giving the Buckeyes one final piece for their frontcourt.

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Former Baylor Center Josh Ojianwuna Transfers to Ohio State​

Ohio State's frontcourt is fully stocked for 2025-26.

On Wednesday, the Buckeyes added one last piece down low in former Baylor center Josh Ojianwuna.



Ojianwuna started 23 games for Baylor in 2024-25 before suffering a season-ending knee injury in February. He averaged 7.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 24.7 minutes of action per game.
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Ojianwuna is Ohio State's fourth transfer portal addition this cycle, joining Christoph Tilly, former Wright State forward Brandon Noel and former Indiana guard Gabe Cupps.

 

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[Jaxbuck]

Any good or just big?

 

[BB73]

He’s manages to shoot about 75% from the field over the past 2 seasons. He’s not taking any 3s, but it seems like he knows when to shoot and when not to. I think shot selection is an under-appreciated skill.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Any good or just big?

Just sayin': I think he could be a very good "role player" and/or consistent contributor. He doesn't look like a guy that can put the team on his back, takeover a game, and carry them to victory. The core of the 2025/2026 team will still be Thornton, Royal, and Mobley. With that being said, if the 2025/2026 team is going to be any good a couple of the transfers do have to really step up though.

 

[DZ83CK]

Any good or just big?

He's Sean Stewart-like. Clearly the staff thinks they have the right idea of what types of players they need on their team and they have well-defined roles that they recruit for. The role Stewart had is definitely going to be the one Ojianwuna would fill - provided he is healthy. The big question-mark is how does he recover from his knee surgery, that's the gamble. They do have a skeleton crew they can use to man the frontcourt if he is unable to play right away (or at all this upcoming season). Assuming Josh is healthy and returns to form from last season, OSU won't miss Stewart at all.