Women's Basketball Signs Pflugerville's Adesuwa Ebomwonyi
Nov 15, 2010 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 15, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane University women's basketball team added another player for the 2011-12 season as 5-10 forward Adesuwa Ebomwonyi inked her National Letter of Intent with the Green Wave on Monday, head coach Lisa Stockton announced on the sixth day of the NCAA's Early Signing Period.
A native of Pflugerville, Texas, Ebomwonyi brings impressive credentials to the Green Wave program after earning Texas Girls Coaches Association 5A All-State, first-team All-Central Texas, first-team Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Region and District 25-5A Most Valuable Player honors as a junior at Pflugerville High during the 2009-10 prep season. She is the fourth player to sign with Tulane during the early signing period, joining wing Danielle Blagg (San Antonio, Texas/Smithson Valley HS), forward Tiffany Dale (Lavon, Texas/Community HS) and point guard Jamie Kaplan (Sebastian, Fla./Florida Air Academy).
"We are pleased to add Adesuwa to our 2010 early signing class," Stockton said. "Adesuwa is one of the best athletes I've seen all summer. She has outstanding rebounding abilities and plays with great intensity and toughness. Her success at a high level of Texas high school basketball will help her make the transition to college much easier."
A two-year letterwinner at Pflugerville High, Ebomwonyi has helped lead the Panthers to a combined 61-12 overall record, a pair of district titles courtesy of a 27-2 league mark, a state semi-final finish as a sophomore and an appearance in the regional quarterfinals as a junior. A 2010-11 Preseason Player to Watch by TexasGirlsBasketball.com, she has scored 669 points, pulled down 579 rebounds, handed out 105 assists, recorded 177 steals and blocked 30 shots for her career entering her senior season.
As a junior, Ebomwonyi averaged a double-double with 11.8 points and 10.5 rebounds per game during the 2009-10 season while adding 1.9 assists, 3.1 steals and 0.5 blocks per outing. Along the way, she was named first-team all-district and academic all-district, and earned the Team Award for Best Defense. In addition, Ebomwonyi was named MVP of the Rebel Classic after scoring 60 points and pulling down 46 rebounds in leading Pflugerville to the team tournament title and claimed all-tournament honors at the Greater Austin Area Tournament.
In her first game as a senior, Ebomwonyi had 16 points, six rebounds and six assists in the season-opener against Harker Heights. She averaged 6.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.3 blocks per game as a sophomore en route to earning second-team all-district and academic all-district honors and was named Pflugerville's Most Improved Player. A three-sport standout at PHS, Ebomwonyi has also lettered in volleyball and track and field during her prep career and is a Division I level soccer standout.
The 2010-11Green Wave return to action on Tuesday, Nov. 16, when they play host to Mississippi State at 7 p.m. in Fogelman Arena. From there, Tulane will hit the road for four straight games: at Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 20, at LSU on Nov. 23 and at the Colliers International Classic in Berkeley, Calif., from Nov. 27-28, where Tulane will face Portland State in the opener before squaring off against either host Cal or Cal State Fullerton in the championship or consolation contests.
Tulane's next home game following Thanksgiving will be on Friday, Dec. 3, when the Wave open play in the Big Easy Classic against St. Joseph's at 7 p.m. in Fogelman Arena.
Season tickets for the 2010-11 Tulane women's basketball season can currently be purchased through the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office. Floor seats are $100 each while reserved and general admission tickets go for $85 and $50, respectively. In addition, Green Wave fans can purchase a Family 4-Pack (two adult, two youth tickets) for $150. Tulane faculty and staff can purchase season tickets at all levels for half price.
The Tulane Athletics Ticket Office is located on the first floor of the James W. Wilson, Jr. Center, and tickets can be purchased in person, over the phone at (504) 861-WAVE (9283) via the Internet at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.
