2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 32
Stephen Giwa
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Fort Bend Bush HS
Bio
2024-25 (r-Jr. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Led the team in blocks (17) ... finished second on the in rebounds with 139 … played in 27 games and made 23 starts … averaged 5.9 points and 5.1 rebounds … scored season high points against Southwestern Adventist with 16 points … grabbed 12 boards and two steals against SFA … posted five double-figure scoring games.
2023-24 (r-So. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Started 30 of 32 appearances … led the team in blocks with 21 … scored a season-high of 13 points and 14 boards both against Northwestern State … swatted a season high of three shots versus Omaha … finished top 15 in the conference for blocks ... turned in three double-figure scoring performances ... scored 10 points against McNeese with eight rebounds and two blocks ... posted multiple blocks in a game four times.
2022-23 (Jr. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Redshirted after missing the season due to injury.
2021-22 (So. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Played in 33 of 35 games and led the team in field goal percentage with a .628 (49-78) mark … averaged 3.8 points and 2.5 rebounds per game … career-highs of 20 points and nine rebounds against Sul Ross State where he was 9-of-15 from the floor … perfect 6-of-6 from the field for 14 points against Southwestern (TX) … recorded 10 points in the season opener against Texas Lutheran … came up big in the conference tournament with 12 points and six rebounds vs. Nicholls to help knock off the top seed … hit a pair of field goals and scored six points in the NCAA Tournament against Texas Southern.
Prep
Played his freshman season at Panola College ... led the team with a .691 field goal percentage ... averaged 4.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest ... played high school ball at Fort Bend Bush High School where he was an All-District First-Team selection and guided the team to the 2018 district title ... played AAU ball for Texas Elite.
Personal
Born April 27 ... son of Gabriel and Ibukun Giwa ... has four siblings Samuel, Sarah, Felicia and Christina.
Led the team in blocks (17) ... finished second on the in rebounds with 139 … played in 27 games and made 23 starts … averaged 5.9 points and 5.1 rebounds … scored season high points against Southwestern Adventist with 16 points … grabbed 12 boards and two steals against SFA … posted five double-figure scoring games.
2023-24 (r-So. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Started 30 of 32 appearances … led the team in blocks with 21 … scored a season-high of 13 points and 14 boards both against Northwestern State … swatted a season high of three shots versus Omaha … finished top 15 in the conference for blocks ... turned in three double-figure scoring performances ... scored 10 points against McNeese with eight rebounds and two blocks ... posted multiple blocks in a game four times.
2022-23 (Jr. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Redshirted after missing the season due to injury.
2021-22 (So. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Played in 33 of 35 games and led the team in field goal percentage with a .628 (49-78) mark … averaged 3.8 points and 2.5 rebounds per game … career-highs of 20 points and nine rebounds against Sul Ross State where he was 9-of-15 from the floor … perfect 6-of-6 from the field for 14 points against Southwestern (TX) … recorded 10 points in the season opener against Texas Lutheran … came up big in the conference tournament with 12 points and six rebounds vs. Nicholls to help knock off the top seed … hit a pair of field goals and scored six points in the NCAA Tournament against Texas Southern.
Prep
Played his freshman season at Panola College ... led the team with a .691 field goal percentage ... averaged 4.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest ... played high school ball at Fort Bend Bush High School where he was an All-District First-Team selection and guided the team to the 2018 district title ... played AAU ball for Texas Elite.
Personal
Born April 27 ... son of Gabriel and Ibukun Giwa ... has four siblings Samuel, Sarah, Felicia and Christina.
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