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USC’s Onyeka Okongwu Named To USBWA All-District IX Team

March 10, 2020 | Men's Basketball, Features

Okongwu Named to First Team All-Pac-12

USC freshman forward Onyeka Okongwu was named to the 2020 U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District IX team.

The 10-man District IX team, voted on by the 900-plus member USBWA, was composed of players from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawai'i, Oregon and Washington.

Okongwu, who earlier this week made the 2020 All-Pac-12 first team and Pac-12 All-Freshman team, is averaging 16.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.7 blocks this season. His 76 blocks are a USC freshman record. Among freshmen nationally, he currently ranks first in field goal percentage (61.6), second in total blocks (76) and blocks per game (2.71), third in offensive rebounds per game (3.29), tied for sixth in double doubles (11), tied for seventh in rebounds per game (8.6) and eighth in points per game (16.2).