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WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
Freshman (2023-24) - Played in all 35 games and started in 12 games... averaged 4.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.1 assists, 0.2 steals, and 1.3 blocks... shot 71-of-115 from the field posting a 61.7 field goal percentage... scored a career-high 14 points against Grambling State (Dec. 10) ... set WSU freshman single-season blocks record with 43 rejections... named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 26)... ended the season fourth overall in the Pac-12 Conference for blocks. 

PRIOR TO WSU
Chinyelu hails from Nigeria by way of NBA Academy Africa, an elite basketball training center in Senegal for the top high-school age prospects from across Africa. Chinyelu participated in the 2022 NBA Academy Games, a series of exhibition games featuring top NBA Academy prospects. Chinyelu helped lead NBA Academy Africa to a first-place finish in the tournament. Last spring, Chinyelu played for Mozambique’s CFV in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) as part of an initiative to include one NBA Academy Africa player on each team.
 
Chinyelu competed for Nigeria in the 2019 FIBA U16 Africa Championship, carrying his country to the third-place game while averaging 12.3 points and 17.6 rebounds per game and shooting .567 from the floor. He made his debut for the Nigerian Senior National Team in August, participating in the 2023 World Cup Qualifiers.