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2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 25
Obinna Anochili-Killen
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 222
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lagos, Nigeria
- High School:
- Chapmanville HS
Bio
2023-24 (SENIOR)
NABC All-District 23 Second-Team
Played in and started 30 games averaging 14.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game while rejecting 31 shots…registered three double-doubles, including against Coastal Carolina (Feb. 3) with a season-high 30 points and 10 rebounds…scored 10 or more points in 22 games and 20 or more in eight contests…four double-figure rebounding games with a season-high 12 against Duquesne (Dec. 6).
2022-23 (JUNIOR)
GS/GP: 32/32...didn’t miss a contest starting in all 32 of Marshall’s contests averaging 8.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game...made 48.9 percent of his shots from the field...registered 11 contests in double-figure scoring, including a season-high 18 against Georgia State on January 28...recorded a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Coppin State (Nov. 19).
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
GP/GS: 33/25…averaged 11.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game while rejecting a team-high 87 shots…scored 10 or more points in 22 of his 33 games, including three efforts of 20 or more points...registered four double-doubles during the campaign…opened the season with six consecutive double-digit scoring efforts including doubles against Jackson State (Nov. 21) with 15 points and 10 blocks and Louisiana (Nov. 23) with 19 points and 11 rebounds…tallied 23 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double against UAB (Jan. 29)…Scored 15 points and grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds in an opening round win at the 2022 Conference USA Tournament over FIU (Mar. 8).
2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in all 22 of Marshall’s contests, making 17 starts…averaged 5.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and finished second on the team with 22 blocks…grabbed a rebound in all 22 games, while scoring in 18…rejected a season-high three shots in his first collegiate start against Arkansas State (Nov. 27)…scored at least 10 points in four contests, including a season-high 16 points against Old Dominion (Feb. 5)…went 9-for-10 from the free-throw line against Robert Morris (Dec. 20) during a 15-point performance…brought down five or more rebounds in five games with his career-high coming against UNC Asheville (Dec. 22) with seven to go with 10 points…had two games of three steals in matchups with Toledo (Dec. 16) and Louisiana Tech (Jan. 1).
High School: Attended and played basketball at Chapmanville High School in Chapmanville, W.Va., for four years…led the Tigers to a pair of West Virginia Class AA State Championships in 2018 and 2019, including being a captain in 2018…named to the all-state tournament team and the all-Cardinal Conference team three times, while also being named first-team all-state…averaged 15 points, nine rebounds and four blocks per game.
Personal: Born Sept. 27, 2001…son of Douglas and Tammy Killen…has two younger siblings, Auston and Courtney…names his role model as NBA forward Pascal Siacam because he became something out of nothing…majoring in engineering, he wants to build things when his playing career comes to a close…lists his favorite hobby as doing card tricks.
NABC All-District 23 Second-Team
Played in and started 30 games averaging 14.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game while rejecting 31 shots…registered three double-doubles, including against Coastal Carolina (Feb. 3) with a season-high 30 points and 10 rebounds…scored 10 or more points in 22 games and 20 or more in eight contests…four double-figure rebounding games with a season-high 12 against Duquesne (Dec. 6).
2022-23 (JUNIOR)
GS/GP: 32/32...didn’t miss a contest starting in all 32 of Marshall’s contests averaging 8.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game...made 48.9 percent of his shots from the field...registered 11 contests in double-figure scoring, including a season-high 18 against Georgia State on January 28...recorded a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Coppin State (Nov. 19).
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
GP/GS: 33/25…averaged 11.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game while rejecting a team-high 87 shots…scored 10 or more points in 22 of his 33 games, including three efforts of 20 or more points...registered four double-doubles during the campaign…opened the season with six consecutive double-digit scoring efforts including doubles against Jackson State (Nov. 21) with 15 points and 10 blocks and Louisiana (Nov. 23) with 19 points and 11 rebounds…tallied 23 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double against UAB (Jan. 29)…Scored 15 points and grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds in an opening round win at the 2022 Conference USA Tournament over FIU (Mar. 8).
2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in all 22 of Marshall’s contests, making 17 starts…averaged 5.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and finished second on the team with 22 blocks…grabbed a rebound in all 22 games, while scoring in 18…rejected a season-high three shots in his first collegiate start against Arkansas State (Nov. 27)…scored at least 10 points in four contests, including a season-high 16 points against Old Dominion (Feb. 5)…went 9-for-10 from the free-throw line against Robert Morris (Dec. 20) during a 15-point performance…brought down five or more rebounds in five games with his career-high coming against UNC Asheville (Dec. 22) with seven to go with 10 points…had two games of three steals in matchups with Toledo (Dec. 16) and Louisiana Tech (Jan. 1).
High School: Attended and played basketball at Chapmanville High School in Chapmanville, W.Va., for four years…led the Tigers to a pair of West Virginia Class AA State Championships in 2018 and 2019, including being a captain in 2018…named to the all-state tournament team and the all-Cardinal Conference team three times, while also being named first-team all-state…averaged 15 points, nine rebounds and four blocks per game.
Personal: Born Sept. 27, 2001…son of Douglas and Tammy Killen…has two younger siblings, Auston and Courtney…names his role model as NBA forward Pascal Siacam because he became something out of nothing…majoring in engineering, he wants to build things when his playing career comes to a close…lists his favorite hobby as doing card tricks.
Marshall Men's Basketball: Corny Jackson Weekly Press Conference (Sun Belt Championship Tournament)
Monday, March 03
Marshall Men's Basketball: Corny Jackson Post-Game Press Conference (App State)
Saturday, March 01
Marshall Men's Basketball: HC Corny Jackson vs Old Dominion - Feb. 25, 2025
Wednesday, February 26
Marshall Men's Basketball: Corny Jackson Weekly Press Conference (Old Dominion/App State Week)
Monday, February 24
