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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

Profile

  • Guard
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Valencia, Calif.
    Hometown
  • 6'5
    Height
  • 210
    Weight
  • Blair Academy | Oregon State
    High School
Dexter Akanno
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Dexter Akanno
Guard
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Valencia, Calif.
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS
NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team (2024)
Academic All-Mountain West (2025)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2025)

2024-25 - GRADUATE
Played in all 34 games, making 13 starts and averaging 24.9 minutes per outing, third-most on the team... Averaged 8.1 points, 1.0 assists and 3.2 rebounds per contest... Shot 45.5 percent (90-of-198) from the floor, 42.4 percent (50-of-118) from 3-point range and 75.4 percent (46-of-61) at the free throw line... Scored in double-figures 13 times, including a season-best 26 points against San Diego State (2/22) as he went 9-of-12 from the field, 7-of-9 from deep and 1-of-1 at the charity stripe, while also bringing down five rebounds... Scored 17 points and pulled down five rebounds in 20 minutes of action against Westminster (11/13)... Had five-plus rebounds on seven occasions, including a season-best 11 against North Texas (11/29)... Was named to the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team after helping the Aggies win the MTE Tournament as he averaged 9.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in a pair of wins... Totaled 22 steals on the year.

OREGON STATE
Played three seasons at Oregon State... Appearing in 91 games with 68 starts... Averaged 7.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 24.8 minutes per game... As a senior in 2023-24, started 25 of the 30 games he played in and averaged 10.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 28.6 minutes, while shooting 39.0 percent (104-of-267), including 32.5 percent (38-of-117) from 3-point range, and 70.4 percent (81-of-115) at the free throw line... That season, scored in double-figures in 21 games, including a career-high 22 points against UCLA (12/28/23)...  In 2022-23, averaged 7.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 26.2 minutes... Scored in double-figures 10 times during the campaign, including a season-high 20 points against Oregon (12/31/22)... That season, shot 35.5 percent (81-of-228) from the field, including 25.4 percent (31-of-122) from 3-point range, and 74.7 percent (59-of-79) at the free throw line... As a sophomore in 2021-22, played in 29 games with 17 starts and averaged 4.9 points and 2.1 rebounds in 19.6 minutes per outing... Scored in double-figures five times during the year, including scoring a season-high 12 points against Washington State (3/3/22). 
 
MARQUETTE
Spent two years at Marquette, redshirting during the 2019-20 season and appearing in 12 games during the 2020-21 campaign.
 
PREP SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Blair Academy in New Jersey during the 2018-19 season... Was an honorable mention Mid-Atlantic Prep League selection as he helped lead Blair Academy to the league championship... Graduated from Valencia (CA) High School in 2018... Was selected to the all-Santa Clara Valley first team following his senior season as he averaged 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game... As a junior, was named the Foothill League Co-Player of the Year as he averaged a team-best 13.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game... Led the Vikings to the semifinals of the CIF-SS Division 2A playoffs in 2018 and to a share of the league title in 2017.

PERSONAL
Son of Mercy Eze... Has two sisters... Earned an undergraduate degree in communications from Oregon State University... Currently working on a master's degree in sports management.
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