This Nigerian Born Basketballer Just Got Named Most Outstanding Player Of NCAA Tournament

Arike Ogunbowale, basketball player has again shown how Nigerian is making waves in the diaspora by her win this past weekend.

The US born college basketball player of Nigerian descent, twice made the shot of a lifetime to win her team, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the NCAA championship.

Competing against the number 1-seeded Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs,Ogunbowale scored a 3-pointer with just 0.1 second to go!

Surprisingly, she had done it before 48 hours earlier when in the semi-final match against UConn, Ogunbowale hit a 2-pointer with just 1 second left, crushing the hopes of Kobe Bryant, a UConn fan who was present.

Arike was born in the United States to parents Gregory and Yolanda Ogunbowale. Her father, Gregory, was a footballer in Nigeria and once served in the Nigerian Army before he relocated to the United States. Her mother, Yolanda, was her grade-school basketball coach.

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She finished the job, dashing the hopes of Mississippi by making that 3-pointer at the end of the game and easily, she was named the tournament’s most outstanding player.