Longwood University Athletics

Pronunciation: en-KAIR-yoo-wum
 
2021-22: Veteran forward who provides a boost as Longwood’s top reserve who played in 30 games…Helped Longwood win its first Big South Championship in program history in addition to the program’s first regular season crown while going to the NCAA Tournament…Big South Player of the Week on Nov. 11, 2021…Averaged 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game, all career highs…Led Longwood with 61 offensive rebounds, averaging a team-best 2.0 offensive boards per game…Scored in double figures 10 times while shooting .548 (97-177) from the floor…Shot at least 10 free throws five times and was second on the team in free throw attempts…One of three players on the team (Zac Watson, Jesper Granlund) with double digit blocks and steals, but the only player with at least 10 blocks and at least 20 steals…Tallied a career high 24 points against North Carolina A&T on Jan. 26, 2022 while knocking down a career best 10 free throws…In that game, went 7-13 from the floor and 10-12 from the free throw line…
 
2020-21: A key contributor to the frontcourt rotation off the bench, appearing in 25 games with six starts…averaged 8.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 17.7 minutes per game…shot a team-best .648 (83-of-128) from the floor…second on the team with 13 blocks…one of two on the team with double-digit blocks and steals, joining fellow forward Zac Watson…scored in double figures eight times, including a career-high 20 points against The Citadel (Dec. 19)…in that game against The Citadel, went 9-of-11 from the floor…had a steal in four of his final five games…registered three steals in 17 minutes against Gardner-Webb (Feb. 11)…scored in double figures in four consecutive and five of six games overall from Dec. 19 to Jan. 15…averaged 11.3 points per game during that stretch while shooting .750 (30-of-40) from the floor.

2019-20: Played a significant role off the bench as a freshman, appearing in all 32 games while averaging 15.6 minutes, 3.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game…Longwood’s first player off the bench a team-high 18 times…led the team with a .585 (48-of-82) field goal percentage and with 21 dunks…had more dunks than the rest of Longwood’s roster combined…made all 82 field goals from inside the three-point line…finished second on the team with 58 offensive rebounds for a team-high average of 4.6 offensive rebounds per 40 minutes of play…enjoyed a scoring surge over his final 10 games, averaging 5.9 points per game with two double-figure scoring outbursts during that span…also shot .694 (25-of-36) during that 10-game span…on the season, scored in double figures three times, including a 10-point game in an 84-81 double-overtime win at Gardner-Webb (Feb. 1) and another 10-point game in a road win at USC Upstate (Feb. 20)…grabbed 11 rebounds in his first collegiate game against Marymount (Nov. 5)…named to the Dean’s List in the spring.

High School: A four-year letterwinner at Discovery High School…the 2018-19 Georgia Region 6-AAAAAAA Player of the Year…led Discovery to the school’s first-ever playoff win as a senior, rallying to a 61-48 win over Parkview in the Class-7A opening round…named all-state…as a junior averaged 10.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game…as a sophomore, averaged 12.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game…an honor roll student…has studied at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology…a volunteer with Hands Across Atlanta.
 
Personal: Son of Leslie and Elizabeth Nkereuwem…has two siblings, Emmanuel and Peter…plans to study business administration or computer science at Longwood and become a business owner after college.