Zimmy Nwogbo has been named the G-MAC Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for the second straight week and fourth time this year as an individual, giving Cedarville its conference leading sixth AOTW this season.
In two games this past week, Nwogbo averaged 23 points per game and 10 rebounds, including scoring a game-high 27 points in a conference win over Urbana, keeping the Yellow Jackets in line to control their own path to earning the top seed in the G-MAC Championship Tournament. In the game, he also grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
In non-conference action against Wilberforce, Nwogbo scored a team-high 19 points and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds. Over the two games, he shot a combined 20-31 from the field (64.5%), while adding six assists, four steals and a blocked shot.
Nwogbo, who leads the Yellow Jackets in scoring, raised his scoring average almost half a point remaining third in the conference with 18.1 points per game. He continues to lead the conference in shooting (65.7% from the floor - 159-242) and in rebounding with 8.0 boards per game this season. As the conference’s leading rebounder, he ranks first in defensive rebounds and second in offensive rebounds.
Nwogbo’s name also shows up in a variety of other categories, ranking in the top-ten in Free Throw Percentage (9th - 68.3%), Steals (5th - 1.4/g), and Blocked Shots (3rd - 1.1/g).
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Zimmy Nwogbo’s bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)