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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

10 Chisom Okpara

  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 225
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Bronxville, N.Y.
  • High School La Lumiere School (Ind.)
  • Position F
  • Concentration Sociology
  • Housing Affiliation Dunster

Biography

Sophomore (2023-24)

Gained the team’s Hamilton Fish ’10 Most Improved Player Award … Played in 26 games with 24 starts … Earned Ivy League Player of the Week on Dec. 26 … Averaged 16.5 points, 30.5 minutes, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game … Shot 47.9 percent from the field and 33.8 percent from 3-point distance … Ranked second in the Ivy League in free throws made (111), sixth in points per game (16.5), seventh in points (430), and 13th in rebounds per game (5.0) … In Ivy only play, stood seventh in the conference in points per game (15.4) … Scored in double figures 24 times … Netted 20 or more points eight times … Ranked first on the team in points (430), while standing second in points per game (16.5), assists per game (2.0), games played (26), and games started (24) … Scored 26 points on 10-of-14 field goals vs. Holy Cross (Dec. 21) … Tallied 25 points and eight rebounds at Dartmouth (Mar. 5) … Notched 23 points and six rebounds vs. American (Nov. 29) … Posted 22 points and four steals vs Albany (Jan. 2) … Contributed 21 points and six boards at Colgate (Nov. 22) … Registered 20 points and seven rebounds at Boston College (Nov. 18) … Finished with 20 points and seven boards vs. Penn (Feb. 24) … Notched 20 points vs. Brown (Jan. 15) … Compiled 19 points and nine rebounds at Loyola Chicago (Dec. 2) … Started all four of the team’s games on its 2023 foreign tour of Canada; led the team in points per game (15.0) and ranked second in rebounds per game (6.5) … Notched 19 points and six rebounds at McGill (Aug. 21) … Posted 13 points and nine boards at Carleton (Aug. 23) … Tallied 19 points and six boards at Toronto (Aug. 25). 

First-year (2022-23)

Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week four times (Nov. 14, Nov. 21, Dec. 26, Feb. 20) … Selected as the Blue Ribbon Preseason Ivy League Rookie of the Year … Played in all 28 games with two starts … Averaged 7.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 19.9 minutes per game … Scored in double figures nine times … Ranked second on the team in field goal percentage (.491) and third in rebounds per game (3.9) … Scored a season-high 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting with six assists vs. Siena (Nov. 20) … Posted 16 points and six rebounds at Columbia (Feb. 17) … Notched 16 points and six boards vs. Tufts (Dec. 4) … Contributed 15 points and six rebounds at Princeton (Dec. 31) … Netted 11 points vs. both Brown (Feb. 4) and Louisiana (Nov. 11). 

Before Harvard

Attended Brunswick School (Conn.) and Vermont Academy before finishing at La Lumiere School in Indiana … Earned a four-star rating from ESPN.com … Started as a freshman at Brunswick, leading the team in scoring (18 ppg) and rebounding (11 rpg) en route to All-FAA first-team honors … Averaged 14 points, five rebounds and a NEPSAC AAA-leading seven free-throw attempts per game as a sophomore at Vermont Academy … Garnered 2020 All-NEPSAC AAA Honorable Mention accolades – the lone sophomore to be recognized – and was named team MVP … Started his junior and senior seasons at La Lumiere, leading the Lakers to a 21-5 record in 2021-22 … Played with NY Renaissance where he contributed to his team’s final four appearance at Nike’s EYBL Peach Jam in the summer of 2021 … Earned several All-Star and MVP accolades at elite camps, including the Pangos All-American Camp … A two-sport athlete who played soccer and basketball … Enjoys producing music and reading books in his spare time … Sister, Chidimma, is an All-Ivy League women’s tennis player, who earned Academic All-Ivy honors and is part of the Dartmouth Class of 2023.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2022-23First-Year

    Forward
    6'8" 225 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2023-24Sophomore

    Forward
    6'8" 225 lbs
    10