2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Theresa Onwuka
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lake Forest Academy
- Hometown:
- Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria
- Major:
- Health and human services
2019-20: Appeared and started in all 31 games for the Bulls as a senior… She was a consistent presence for the Bulls on both ends of the floor as she earned All-Defensive Team and All-MAC Second Team honors for the first time in her career… Had the best season of her four years in the blue and white averaging career-highs in points (14.7), rebounds (7.3), steals (2.5) and minutes (35.1), while making 49.3% of her field goal attempts and 71.5% of her free throw attempts… Scored in double figures in 24 of UB's 31 games this season and ranked second on the team with 76 steals…. Scored her 1,000th career point in a win over Kent State (3/7)… Scored a career-high 30 points in the win over Canisius (11/12)… Had a solid West Coast swing averaging 17.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in a pair of games at San Jose State (11/21) and at Stanford (11/24)… Finished one steal shy of a triple double, recording 17 points, 11 rebounds and nine steals, against Central Michigan (1/29)… Scored 21 points to go along with 12 rebounds against Akron (2/19)… Recorded the final double-double of her career with 22 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Miami (OH) (2/26)… Finished the season ranked 25th in the nation in steals (76) and 31st in steals per game (2.5).
2018-19: Started in 33 of 34 games for the Bulls this season… Averaged career-highs in points (9.4), rebounds (5.3) and minutes (26.1) while finishing with 44 steals, 42 assists and 10 blocks… Scored a career-high 20 points on a career-high nine field goals at Dayton (12/7)… Set a career-high with 13 rebounds against Stanford (12/21)… Scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a road win at Dartmouth (12/18)… Averaged 9.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.4 steals while shooting 76.8% from the charity stripe across 18 regular season MAC games… Produced 17 double figure scoring efforts on the year... Earned Academic All-MAC honors for the second time in her Buffalo career.
2017-18: Appeared in 32 games off the bench during her sophomore season... averaged 9.6 minutes, 2.3 points and 2.2 rebounds for the Bulls... finished off the win over Maryland Eastern Shore (11/13) with a season-high 11 points on 3-for-3 from the floor while grabbing three rebounds... played a season-high 25 minutes in a road win at Miami (OH) (1/10) and scored seven points, two rebounds and two steals... finished off the win over UNLV (12/3) with three points, five rebounds and a season-high three assists... ripped down a season-high six rebounds in the win over Nebraska (11/23)... finished off the MAC Championship game against Central Michigan (3/10) playing 16 minutes while scoring two points and dishing out two assists... grabbed 71 rebounds, 17 assists, 14 steals and four blocks... played double digit minutes 16 times on the year... earned Academic All-MAC honors for the first time in her Buffalo career.
2016-17: Appeared in all 32 games while earning 10 starts as a freshman for the Bulls... ranks fifth on the team averaging 5.6 points and 3.4 rebounds... ranks fourth on the squad with 28 steals on the year... she is shooting 41.4% from the floor across an average of 17.2 minutes... scored in double figures in each of her first seven career starts... averaged 10.6 points across her 10 career starts... recorded her first career double-double in her first career start against Central Michigan as she netted 15 points, 10 rebounds, three steals and two assists in 29 minutes... had the best game of her career against Miami (1/14) as she netted a career-high 16 points and 11 rebounds for her second career double-double... picked up her third double-double in her first four career starts against Bowling Green (1/18) as she netted 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the win... scored 12 points and seven rebounds at Eastern Michigan (2/15)... picked up a career-high four assists and eight rebounds in the win over Kent State (2/4)... ripped down 51 offensive rebounds on the year.
High School: On the court last season, she led the team in scoring and was one of the leaders in every statistical category. Her high school coach, Chris Tennyson, says, "she is simply a difference maker. She is absolutely relentless driving to the basket and passionate about earning second opportunities for her teammates on the boards. She is a special player and an even better person." In addition to playing basketball she also plays volleyball and is on the track & field team at Lake Forest Academy... In her first season of track & field, she was the team''s top sprinter and best jumper... The athletic guard holds three school records in the long jump, triple jump, and 200 meter dash at Lake Forest Academy.
Personal: Born on August 9, 1998... daughter of Monica Ifeanyi Onwuka... lists her favorite athlete as Maya Moore... her favorite food is lobster... lists her favorite TV show as Merlin... enjoys listening to country and blues music.
