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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

7 Abdullah Olajuwon

7 Abdullah Olajuwon

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    210
  • Class:
    Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Houston, Tex.
  • High School:
    Fort Bend Clements (UMKC)

Summary

Biography

2023-24

  • Saw action in 23 contests, making five starts, and posted 2.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game
  • Shot 46.2% from the field (24-of-52) and had 20 steals and 13 blocks
  • Tallied three games with at least two blocks, 13 with a steal and five with at least five rebounds
  • Scored his first collegiate points on his first shot at Toledo in the season opener
  • Had two points and a team-high six boards with an assist, block and steal at Cincinnati
  • Ended with four points, eight rebounds, two assists and two blocks at Ohio
  • Had four points with two boards, a block and a steal versus Eastern Michigan
  • Finished with Four rebounds, three steals, two blocks and two assists against Oakland
  • Netted a season-high 10 points (5-5 FG) with five rebounds at Purdue Fort Wayne
  • Tied his season-high with eight rebounds and tallied four points, an assist, a block and a steal against Milwaukee
  • Registered four points, three rebounds, two steals and a block at Milwaukee
  • Grabbed five rebounds with a steal at Green Bay
  • Had three rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal against Cleveland State
  • Recorded two points, three rebounds, two steals and a block at Youngstown State

Prior To Detroit Mercy
  • Was a member of the UMKC basketball team last season but did not appear in any games

High School
  • Prepped at Clements High School and was All-District First Team as a senior
  • Tallied 25.0 points as a senior, hitting 48.0% from the field and 90.0% at the line

Personal
  • Son of Dalia and Hakeem Olajuwon
  • His dad, Hakeem Olajuwon, played 18 years in the NBA, winning two championships with the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995 before being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2016
  • Has an older sister, Abi, who played college basketball at Oklahoma and spent two years in the WNBA with the Chicago Sky and Tulsa Shock as well as two other older sisters, Aisha and Rahmah 
  • A Business major
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