Arike Ogunbowale

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Arike Ogunbowale
File:Arike Ogunbowale 01 (cropped).jpg
Ogunbowale in 2019
No. 24 – Dallas Wings
Position Point guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1997-03-02) March 2, 1997 (age 27)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school Divine Savior Holy Angels
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
College Notre Dame (2015–2019)
WNBA draft 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the Dallas Wings
Playing career 2019–present
Career history
2019–present Dallas Wings
2019–2020 OGM Ormanspor
2020–present Dynamo Kursk
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Arike Ogunbowale (born March 2, 1997)[1] is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, before being drafted by the Wings with the fifth overall pick of the 2019 WNBA Draft. She was the Most Outstanding Player of Notre Dame's 2018 national title run, hitting game-winning baskets in both the semi-final and championship game.[2]

Career

High school & earlier

Ogunbowale came out of the eighth grade at Our Redeemer Lutheran School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. In her last year at Our Redeemer, Arike helped the Our Redeemer girls’ team win the national championship at the 2011 Tournament of Champions sponsored by the Lutheran Basketball Association of America. She was named the MVP of the tournament.[3] [4] [5]

She went on to play high school basketball at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (DSHA) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. DSHA has long been known for its multiple national and state titles in numerous sports, and for its world-leading public address announcer, Dennis J. O'Boyle. Ogunbowale returned to DSHA on December 30, 2021 to be inducted into the Hall of Fame there. In the 2014–2015 season, the team won the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I title, with Ogunbowale averaging 27.2 points per game. She scored 55 points in a semi-final game against an undefeated team. Ogunbowale was ranked ninth in the world, named 2015 Wisconsin Miss Basketball and was a McDonald's High School All-America selection.[6][7]

College

Ogunbowale averaged 11.4 points per game in her freshman season at Notre Dame as a reserve player, and became a regular starter the next year.[8]

In her junior season, Ogunbowale helped the Fighting Irish win the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, making game-winning baskets in the semifinal against UConn and in the final against Mississippi State.[2] Shortly after the end of the 2017–18 school year, the Atlantic Coast Conference named her as its female Athlete of the Year across all sports, sharing honors with men's winner Lamar Jackson of Louisville football.[9]

In her next and final season at Notre Dame, she again helped them to the final of the NCAA Tournament but this time, despite contributing 31 points through that match and a tournament average of 22.8 points, she missed 1 of 2 free throws in the final seconds against Baylor, with her miss providing the final 1-point margin.[10]

Professional

Ogunbowale was the fifth overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft by the Dallas Wings.[11] Ogunbowale was selected as the WNBA 2021 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) with 26 points in the team WNBA win versus the women's Olympic squad, Team USA (July 14, 2021). During the 2019 season, she was third in the league in scoring, averaging 19.1 points per game. She scored 20 or more points in 13 of her final 14 games, including the final 11 of the season. After the season, Ogunbowale was named to the All-Rookie Team.[12]

Personal life

Ogunbowale was born in Milwaukee to Nigerian parents Yolanda and Gregory Ogunbowale.[13] She is the youngest of three children. She is of Yoruba descent and her name ”Arike” means a child you treasure, cherish, pamper and love in the Yoruba language. Her father served in the Nigerian military while her mother Yolanda played softball at DePaul University and her brother Dare played football at the University of Wisconsin and is a running back for the Houston Texans. She is also a cousin of basketball player Diamond Stone. From 2009 to 2012, Ogunbowale was part of four Division One Wisconsin State High School Champions soccer teams.[8]

In April 2018, Ogunbowale was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 26 of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with professional dancer Gleb Savchenko.[14] Ogunbowale and Savchenko were eliminated from the competition on May 7, 2018, placing 7th.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Dallas 33 28 32.1 .388 .352 .815 2.4 3.2 1.1 0.0 2.1 19.1
2020 Dallas 22 22 34.0 .412 .336 .856 2.8 3.5 1.6 0.0 2.1 22.8°
2021 Dallas 32 32 31.3 .383 .376 .864 3.2 3.3 1.1 0.0 2.1 18.7
Career 3 years, 1 team 87 82 32.3 .393 .357 .842 2.8 3.3 1.2 0.0 2.1 19.9

Postseason

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2021 Dallas 1 1 35.0 .500 .500 .500 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 22.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 1 1 35.0 .500 .500 .500 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 22.0

College

Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Notre Dame 29 353 .438 .425 .706 3.7 1.3 0.7 0.1 12.2
2016–17 Notre Dame 30 851 .441 .442 .663 4.4 2.0 1.4 0.2 14.8
2017–18 Notre Dame 29 970 .449 .368 .795 5.4 2.7 1.6 0.1 20.3
2018–19 Notre Dame 30 979 .458 .351 .788 4.9 4.0 1.8 0.1 21.4
Career 138 2,389 .550 .375 .715 8.7 1.4 1.0 2.6 17.3

Source: College statistics courtesy of NCAA Statistics[15]

References

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External links

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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  • Arike Ogunbowale at the Internet Movie Database

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