2011-12 (SOPHOMORE):
Played in 31 contests, making 20 starts… played an average
of 10.2 minutes per game… scored 3.0 points per game while
pulling down 1.5 boards per contest… averaged 0.3 assists,
0.2 steals, and 0.1 blocks per game… scored in double-digits
twice, with a season-high 11 coming against East Tennessee State
(Dec. 7)… dished out a season-best mark of two assists and
nabbed a season-best mark of two steals versus Tennessee State
(Jan. 5)… made 20 consecutive starts from Dec. 3 to Feb. 9,
racking up a season-high 23 minutes versus East Tennessee State
(Dec. 7).
2010-11 (FRESHMAN):
Started four of 30 games played in… finished third on the
team while shooting 80.0% from the charity stripe… averaged
10.1 minutes on the floor per contest… scored 3.5 points and
grabbed 1.8 boards per game… averaged 0.2 assists, 0.2
steals, and 0.2 blocks per game… put up double-digits in
points in three contests, with a career-high 18 versus UT Martin
(Jan. 13)… also compiled a career-best 30 minutes and nine
rebounds against UT Martin (Jan. 13)… notched season-bests
in blocks and steals with two of each against Bluefield College
(Jan. 2).
HIGH
SCHOOL:
Began his basketball career in the second grade of elementary
school with the youth team of sports club TSV Unterhaching, a small
town near Munich... played there until 2007 when he joined the
basketball club “Franken Hexer” in Nuernberg...
averaged 18 points, eight rebounds and two steals per game in the
NBBL and was selected to play in the All-Star Game (the equivalent
to the USA’s McDonald’s High School All-Star Game),
scoring 13 points in that spotlight event... in his NBBL Final Four
contest, Ogbe chipped in with 23 points and nine rebounds.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Dennis Osasumwen Ogbe… son of Festus Ogbe and
Margitta Linue… born Oct. 4, 1991… majoring in
Electrical Engineering… named to the Athletic Director's
Honor Roll four times and to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
twice.
