University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
2007-08 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Chioma Okoli
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Snellville, Ga.
Overview: Extremely gifted athlete who is an excellent offensive performer...can score in a number of different ways...will be one of the Bulldogs leaders this year...tough defender...name is pronounced chee-oh-mah oh-coal-ee...one of four seniors on this year's club.
2009-2010: Finished the year tied for third on club in scoring with 8.1 average...third on team in rebounding with 4.7 mark...second in steals with 34...scored in double figures in 12 different games...enjoyed three double-doubles during the year...top game came vs. North Carolina Central (1-22) where she scored a career-best 24 points and pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds, also had five assists in four steals in that game...registered 12 points and collected 10 rebounds the next game vs. High Point (1-25)...scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in road win at South Carolina State (11-17)...opened the year with 13 points vs. Newberry...went 5-for-5 from the field and tallied 11 points in home win over Lees-McRae...had 11 points and eight rebounds vs. Campbell (11-24)...scored 18 points and went 8-of-9 from charity stripe in comeback home win over Presbyterian College (2-13)...scored 14 points and went 12-of-16 from free throw line at Gardner-Webb (1-9)...poured in 10 points vs. Elon (12-21) and Gardner-Webb in Big South Tournament (3-12).
2008-2009: Finished the year as Asheville's second leading scorer with an 8.7 average...scored in double figures 11 times and led team in scoring in six games...tallied a career-high 22 points in home win over Montreat (11-24)...pumped in 19 points during home victory against Johnson C. Smith (12-13)...scored 12 points and collected eight rebounds in win over Southern Conference champion Western Carolina (12-2)...tallied 17 points in road victory at Charleston Southern (1-5)...pumped in 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds vs. Carson-Newman (1-7)...had 13 points in back-to-back games to open the season against Fairfield (11-14) and William & Mary (11-15)...also had eight rebounds against Fairfield (11-14) along with four assists...started in 21 games and played in 28 contests.
2007-2008: Played in 29 games and finished the year as UNC Asheville's third leading scorer with an 8.1 average...scored in double figures 10 times...opened her college career with a bang as she scored in double figures in four of her first five games...first collegiate game had her scoring 14 points against Montreat (11-12)...career-high of 20 points came against Charleston Southern (2-23)...poured in 18 points in following game against league rival Radford (2-26)...pumped in 14 points in near upset of Liberty on the road (2-9)...scored 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field vs. North Carolina A&T (11-23)...finished with 11 points in victories against Presbyterian (1-5) and USC Upstate (1-8)...grabbed career-best seven rebounds against Alabama A&M (12-28)...dished out five assists at Presbyterian.
Before UNC Asheville: Averaged 16 points and four rebounds per game at Brookwood High School where she was a scholar athlete the past three seasons...Naismith Award Runner-up in 2006...participated in the Georgia Athletics Coaches Association North-South All Star Game in 2007...scored 1,281 points in three varsity seasons to place second on the Brookwood HS all-time scoring list...was also a gymnast in high school.
