Hofstra University Athletics

At Hofstra
2025-26: Has played in all 34 games with 17 starts...Averages 5.2 points and 6.9 rebounds, which is tied for team lead...Leads team with 37 blocks...Averages 19.7 minutes per game...Scored a career-high 15 points versus Merrimack on Nov. 29...Had a double-double at Monmouth on Jan. 31 with 12 points and 10 rebounds...Set a career-high with 15 rebounds against Elon on Jan. 17...Had 35 rebounds over three CAA Championship games with 12 against William & Mary, 11 versus Towson, and 12 against Monmouth...Blocked four shots against Stony Brook on Feb. 28...Shot .670 from the field...Averaged 5.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in CAA games. 

2024–25: Played in all 33 games, earning one start…Accounted for 3.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game…Averaged 13 minutes a contest…Drilled 61.6 percent of his shots from the field…Second on the team with 33 blocks…Scored a season-high 14 points, while hitting all five field goal attempts, against Iona…Played a season-high 29 minutes against Temple, snagging a season-best 11 boards in the contest…Blocked three shots against North Carolina A&T…Tallied double figures four times…Snagged nine rebounds against the Aggies…Posted 11 points on five-of-five shooting against Monmouth...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient.

2023-24: Played in 32 games, earning one start…Drilled 54.7 percent of his shots from the floor…Averaged 2.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per contest…Scored a season-high eight points against St. Joseph’s and tied it against Drexel…Pulled down at least five rebounds eight times, including a season-best seven against St. Joseph’s and at Hampton…Blocked a season-high three blocks against Drexel…Added two blocks against Towson and at Hampton…Dished out nine assists, had four steals and swatted 16 shots…Averaged 10.8 minutes per game.

At Iona: Attended Iona University in New Rochelle, New York during the 2022-23 academic year…Played in 27 games and made one start…Tallied 41 points, 42 rebounds, four assists, four blocks, and two steals…Averaged nearly five minutes per outing.

High School/Personal: Attended Our Saviour Lutheran in the Bronx, New York…Helped lead the team to a 27-7 record and a title at the Grind Session World Championship…Named the Most Outstanding Performer after totaling 26 points and 16 rebounds in the championship game…Is the first seven-footer on Hofstra roster since John Burke, also a native of Ireland, in 1992-93…Is tallest player on Hofstra roster since Lars Grubler (6-11) in 2003…Has one sibling…Father, Olusegun, was a professional boxer…Enjoys music and video games in his spare time…Mentioned Nikola Jokic as his favorite athlete, Yeat and Playboi Carti as his favorite musical artists, and Fight Club and Pulp Fiction as his favorite movies…Was born in Milan, Italy…Began playing basketball at the age of eight…Management major.

Career Highs
PTS: 15 vs. Merrimack, 11/29/25                        
REBS: 15 vs. Elon, 1/17/25                        
ASTS: 2, last vs. William & Mary, 3/8/26                           
FGM: 7 vs. Merrimack, 11/29/25           
FGA: 9 vs. Hampton, 2/19/26                                           
3FGM: None                                        
3FGA: 1 vs. Drexel, 3/3/26                                                     
FTM: 4 vs. Monmouth, 1/10/26                        
FTA: 6 vs. Iona, 11/8/24                        
OR: 5, last vs. Monmouth, 3/10/26                           
DR: 9, last at Northeastern, 2/21/26                        
TO: 5 vs. Drexel, 3/3/26                       
ST: 2, last vs. Monmouth, 2/20/25            
BS: 4 vs. Stony Brook, 2/28/26            
MIN: 32 vs. Towson, 3/9/26