SILive.com: Staten Island’s O.D. Anosike chases NBA dream at summer league
O.D. Anosike arrived in Las Vegas, a city built on the desire to chase a quick windfall, bearing the long view. There are a lot of guys who fit the profile of the former St. Peter’s star that have gone on to make a pretty good living in the NBA, undrafted free agents whose college […]
HoopsHabit.com: NBA Draft Blog Interview with O.D. Anosike
The NBA Draft often becomes focused around big name prospects from schools in major conferences. However, history has shown us that talent can come from anywhere, and what’s more important is playing at a school where you are comfortable and that helps you develop. Siena may not be known by many outside of the Northeast, […]
TimesUnion.com: Working boards, books
Ngozi Anosike, a Nigerian immigrant, raised eight children as a single mother. She’s a registered nurse who worked during the day at a nursing home. Then, after coming home, she fixed dinner and helped her children with their homework before getting a few hours’ sleep and heading to the overnight shift at a psychiatric facility, […]
New York Times: Siena Rebounder Jumps Out of a Shadow
As the college basketball season winds down, it appears Staten Island will soon have a rebounding champion. A year ago, Ryan Rossiter of Siena, a Staten Island native, averaged 13.2 rebounds a game but finished second in the country to Morehead State’s Kenneth Faried. Faried has since moved on to the N.B.A., and Rossiter also […]
SILive.com: St. Peter’s senior O.D. Anosike has chosen Siena from among more than 35 scholarship offers.
St. Peter’s senior O.D. Anosike has chosen Siena from among more than 35 scholarship offers. For the past two years, college coaches have been making their way to New Brighton to get a look at O.D. Anosike and make a sales pitch for their school. Now one of them has come away with the prize. […]