Missouri State basketball, Cuonzo Martin to add Delaware State transfer Wesley Oba
Delaware State forward Wesley Oba became the latest transfer to announce his commitment to Cuonzo Martin and Missouri State men's basketball.
Oba, in a Friday night post on X, formerly known as Twitter, made his commitment after one year playing in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. He was a junior this past season after playing a year of juco ball at Florida SouthWestern College after three years at Division II Sioux Falls.
The 6-foot-8, 215-pound forward appeared in 34 games last season with seven starts averaging 23.7 minutes, 6.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. He was a 59% shooter from the field and only took 11 shots from deep.
He put up similar numbers at Florida SouthWestern, where he averaged 4.7 points and 5.3 boards across 28 games.
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The Manchester, England, native played 22 total games at Sioux Falls. He averaged 5.3 points and 8.3 rebounds through 10 games before transferring to Florida SouthWestern midseason.
Oba is the third Division I transfer and the fourth player to commit to Martin since he replaced Dana Ford as head coach in late March. He joins Vincent Brady II (IUPUI), Sam Murray II (Murray State) and Zaxton King (Lawrence High; Kansas) as players to commit to the Bears.
Martin still has at least five open scholarships to fill before the 2024-25 season after juco transfer Mozae Downing-River announced his commitment to MSU on Saturday afternoon.
Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at wwheeler@news-leader.com or X at @WyattWheeler_NL.
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