Tylor_Ongwae
Tylor Ongwae
Kenyan basketball player
Tylor Ongwae (born 15 July 1991) is a Kenyan basketball player for the Niners Chemnitz and the Kenya national team.[1][2] He has known his most successful years in Denmark with Bakken Bears, with whom he won three straight Basketligaen titles and was named Defensive Player of the Year twice.
_by_Sandro_Halank–040.jpg) Ongwae with Niners Chemnitz in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 17 – Niners Chemnitz | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball Bundesliga | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 32) Eldoret, Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | Felice Scandone | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Södertälje Kings | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Taranaki Mountainairs | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | SAM Massagno | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Bakken Bears | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | BC Parma | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | ABC Fighters | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Niners Chemnitz | ||||||||||||||
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Ongwae averaged 10 points and five rebounds per game during the 2019-20 season with Bakken. He re-signed with the Bears on March 22, 2020.[3] In 2020-21 and 2021-22, he earned All-Danish Basketligaen Defensive Player of the Year honours.[4]
In 2022, he left Bakken after four years[5] to move to Russian side BC Parma.[6]
In May 2023, Ongwae joined the ABC Fighters for the playoffs of the 2023 Basketball Africa League (BAL).[7] He became the first Kenyan to play in the BAL. In October 2023, he was signed by the Niners Chemnitz of the German Bundesliga.[8]
Ongwae has been part of Kenya's national team. He helped the team capture the silver medal at FIBA AfroCan 2019 and played for Kenya at the AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda.[9]
Tylor Ongwae was raised in Eldoret, Kenya, a town famed for producing world famous marathoners and athletes like Eliud Kipchoge. He has two siblings who also play basketball.[10]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| * | Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2023 | ABC Fighters | 1 | 1 | 31.8 | .333 | .200 | .000 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 7.0 |
- "Tylor ONGWAE at the FIBA AfroCan 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "Tylor Ongwae". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "Bakken Bears' Tylor Ongwae extends contract for another year". Sportando. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- "Årets Forsvarsspiller". Basketligaen. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- "Tylor Ongwae stopper hos Bears". Bakken Bears. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- Alexander Christiansen (8 July 2022). "Tylor Ongwae er fortid i Bakken Bears - Fullcourt.dk". Fullcourt (in Danish). Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- "Playoffs rosters confirmed – Who are the new signings heading to Kigali?". The BAL. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "Niners Chemnitz: Als Ersatz für Lockhart! Kenianer kommt aus dem Ural". Bild (in German). 13 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- "Kenya - FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- Kenyan Jersey Takes Pride of Place in My Heart, Says Gundo Joseph Kanyi (AllAfrica), 3 September 2021. Accessed 21 September 2021.