Ifunanya Okoro
Nigerian Women's Basketball Player
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Ifunanya Okoro ⓘ (born 6 July 1999) is a Nigerian basketball player who plays for the Alexandria S.C. and the Nigeria women's national basketball team.[1]
| Alexandria | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point Guard |
| League | Premier League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 6, 1999 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 150 lb (68 kg) |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2018 | First Deepwater Basketball Club |
| 2018–2019 | First Bank BC |
| 2019 | MFM Queens |
| 2022–2022 | First Bank BC |
| 2022–2023 | Kenya Ports Authority |
| 2023–2024 | Tindastóll |
| 2024 | Iraklis Thessaloniki |
| 2024– | Alexandria |
| Career highlights | |
| KBF League 2023 - MVP | |
Professional career
Okoro started her career with First Deepwater Basketball Club in 2016.[2][3] In 2018, she joined First Bank BC and participated in the 2018 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup where she averaged 1.4 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists. She played the Final 8 Tournament of the Zenith Women Basketball League for First Bank BC[4] and she was named in the 2019 Zenith Women Basketball League season Top 5 players of the Season.[5] In 2019 December signed at MFM Queens and participated in the 2019 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup where she averaged 13.8 points, 5 rebounds, 4.5 assists.[6]
In 2022, she played for First Bank BC and later joined the Kenya Ports Authority of Kenya-Premier League, she participated in the 2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup[7] where she averaged 20.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.[8][9][10][11] She also made the 5 player All-Star team Selection of the 8 day Tournament.[12] She was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2023 Kenyan Basketball Federation (KBF) Premier League in her first Season of the League.[13][14]
She joined the Tindastóll women's basketball department of the Ungmennafélagið Tindastóll sport club and is based in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland.[15][16]
National team career
Okoro played 3x3 basketball for the Nigeria 3x3 basketball national team and she won Gold in the 2019 African Games.[17][18][19] She also played for the Nigeria women's national basketball team in the 2023 Women's Afrobasket tournament where she averaged 10 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists.[20][21] She also participated in the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments where she averaged 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.[22][23]