Gideon George

Forward 5

Ht/Wt

210 lbs.

Class

Senior

Hometown

Minna,

Nigeria

Last School

New Mexico JC

Roster Years

2020-2023

BYU Highlights

Appeared in 94 games including 61 starts during his three-year career at BYU
Finished with 791 points, 457 rebounds, 93 assists, 63 steals and 33 blocks
Five career double-doubles

Personal

COMMUNITY SERVICE: The George Helping Hands Foundation
His brother Samson played at Pittsburgh from 2017-20
Has sent more than 6,000 pairs of shoes to his hometown of Minna, Nigeria, through the organization TimeOut4Africa
Instagram: @gideonomokudu | Instagram: @georgehelpinghandsfoundation | Twitter: @gideonomohkudu | LinkedIn: Gideon George

Before BYU

Played two seasons for coach at New Mexico Junior College
Named to the 2019-20 NJCAA Region V Team and the All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference Team
As a sophomore in 2019-20 averaged 14.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting 50.8 percent from the field and 36.1 percent from 3-point range
Averaged 3.0 offensive rebounds per game as a sophomore
Posted season highs of 27 points, 18 rebounds, 4 steals and 5 blocks
Helped New Mexico Junior College to a record of 23-9 overall and 12-4 in WJCAC play
As a freshman in 2018-19 averaged 10.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.1 steals while shooting 59.9 percent from the field
Averaged 2.9 offensive rebounds per game in 2018-19
Posted season highs of 21 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks
Named to the 2018-19 NJCAA All-Region V Team and the All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference Team
Was named the WJCAC Freshman of the Year in 2018-19
Helped New Mexico Junior College to a record of 21-10 overall and 10-6 in WJCAC play

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year

Sophmore Year

Junior Year 2020-2021

Played in 27 games including nine starts
Scored in double figures seven times
Recorded double-doubles against St. John's (13 points, 15 rebounds) and Portland (19 points, 13 rebounds)
Ranked third on the team in offensive rebounds (31)
Posted season highs of 19 points (Portland), 15 rebounds (St. John's), 3 assists (Portland), 3 steals (Pepperdine) and 3 blocks (Utah Valley)

Senior Year 2022-2023

Appeared and started in all 34 games, averaging 26.4 minutes per game
Averaged 10.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, shooting 43.2 percent from the field, 32.0 percent from three and 67.4 percent from the free throw line
Scored in double figures 20 times including a pair of 20-point performances, scored a season-high 21 points against Dayton
Recorded double-doubles against Nicholls and Pacific
Played a career-high 38 minutes in win over Utah on December 17, 2022
Had a career-high four assists against Pepperdine and Santa Clara
Made four 3-pointers in three games

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

Junior 2021-2022

Appeared in 33 games including 18 starts
Averaged 22.2 minutes, 8.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game
Shot 43.6 percent from the field, 34.9 percent from 3-point range and 68.3 percent from the free throw line
Posted season highs of 27 points (Northern Iowa), 16 rebounds (Texas Southern), four assists (twice), three steals (Vanderbilt) and two blocks (San Diego State)
Scored a career-high 27 points in BYU’s win over Northern Iowa in the second round of the NIT
His 27 points against UNI are the fourth-most in a NIT game in program history
Hit a season-high five 3-pointers against the Panthers, the second-most in a NIT game in program history
Scored in double figures 13 times
Recorded his third career double-double with 10 points and 16 rebounds against Texas Southern
Recorded a career-high three blocks against Utah Valley
Had a career-high four assists in wins over Utah and Weber State

STATS

Sport

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Career & Season Highs

	2022-2023 Season Highs	Career Highs
Points	21 occurred 2 times, last was Western Oregon (Dec. 15, 2022)	27 Northern Iowa (Mar. 19, 2022)
Field Goals Made	8 occurred 3 times, last was Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)	10 Northern Iowa (Mar. 19, 2022)
Field Goals Attempts	17 Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)	17 Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)
Three Point Field Goals Made	4 occurred 4 times, last was No. 8 Gonzaga (Jan. 12, 2023)	5 occurred 2 times, last was Northern Iowa (Mar. 19, 2022)
Three Point Field Goals Attempts	11 Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)	11 Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)
Free Throws Made	6 occurred 2 times, last was Pepperdine (Jan. 14, 2023)	6 occurred 2 times, last was Pepperdine (Jan. 14, 2023)
Free Throw Attempts	9 vs. vs. Portland (Mar. 3, 2023)	9 vs. vs. Portland (Mar. 3, 2023)
Offensive Rebounds	4 occurred 8 times, last was @ Pepperdine (Feb. 9, 2023)	4 occurred 8 times, last was @ Pepperdine (Feb. 9, 2023)
Defensive Rebounds	9 Portland (Dec. 31, 2022)	12 Texas Southern (Nov. 24, 2021)
Total Rebounds	10 occurred 2 times, last was Pacific (Feb. 4, 2023)	16 Texas Southern (Nov. 24, 2021)
Assists	4 occurred 4 times, last was @ Santa Clara (Jan. 19, 2023)	4 occurred 4 times, last was @ Santa Clara (Jan. 19, 2023)
Steals	3 occurred 7 times, last was @ San Francisco (Jan. 21, 2023)	3 occurred 7 times, last was @ San Francisco (Jan. 21, 2023)
Blocks	3 occurred 2 times, last was Missouri State (Nov. 16, 2022)	3 occurred 2 times, last was Missouri State (Nov. 16, 2022)
Minutes	38 Utah (Dec. 17, 2022)	38 Utah (Dec. 17, 2022)

Career & Season Stats

Year	GP	GS	MIN	AVG	FG-FGA	FG%	3P-3PA	3P%	FT-FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	REB	AVG	AST	AVG	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS	AVG
2022-2023	34	34	898	26.412	127-294	0.432	39-122	0.320	62-92	0.674	63	135	198	5.824	42	1.235	20	39	88	56	355	10.441
2021-2022	33	18	733	22.212	103-236	0.436	44-126	0.349	41-60	0.683	33	131	164	4.970	41	1.242	7	17	67	42	291	8.818
2020-2021	27	9	371	13.741	55-135	0.407	14-44	0.318	21-31	0.677	31	64	95	3.519	10	0.370	6	8	46	26	145	5.370

2022-2023 Opponent	Date	Result	MIN	FG-FGA	FG%	3P-3PA	3P%	FT-FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
Idaho State	Nov. 7	W 60-56	32	4-13	0.308	1-3	0.333	1-2	0.500	2	6	8	0	1	2	4	5	10
@No. 19 San Diego State	Nov. 11	L 75-82	30	4-7	0.571	2-3	0.667	1-1	1.000	3	3	6	2	0	1	4	2	11
Missouri State	Nov. 16	W 66-64	30	2-10	0.200	0-3	0.000	2-4	0.500	3	6	9	1	3	0	3	2	6
Nicholls	Nov. 19	W 87-73	24	5-8	0.625	2-5	0.400	3-6	0.500	4	6	10	1	2	0	2	1	15
USC	Nov. 23	L 76-82	29	4-9	0.444	2-5	0.400	2-2	1.000	2	4	6	1	1	2	2	3	12
Butler	Nov. 24	L 70-75	22	6-14	0.429	0-4	0.000	2-3	0.667	3	3	6	2	0	3	1	1	14
Dayton	Nov. 25	W 79-75	37	6-11	0.545	3-5	0.600	6-8	0.750	3	3	6	2	0	2	2	1	21
Westminster	Nov. 29	W 100-70	18	5-6	0.833	2-3	0.667	3-3	1.000	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	15
South Dakota	Dec. 3	L 68-69	16	2-8	0.250	1-6	0.167	2-2	1.000	0	1	1	1	1	0	5	1	7
Utah Valley	Dec. 7	L 60-75	31	3-7	0.429	0-2	0.000	4-5	0.800	4	4	8	1	0	3	5	2	10
No. 21 Creighton	Dec. 10	W 83-80	23	4-8	0.500	1-4	0.250	2-2	1.000	3	3	6	1	0	3	5	5	11
Western Oregon	Dec. 15	W 97-64	24	8-14	0.571	4-8	0.500	1-4	0.250	2	4	6	2	1	1	1	0	21
Utah	Dec. 17	W 75-66	38	4-9	0.444	1-3	0.333	2-4	0.500	2	3	5	0	1	1	2	1	11
Lindenwood	Dec. 20	W 90-61	21	4-9	0.444	1-5	0.200	0-0	0.000	0	7	7	1	1	0	0	2	9
Weber State	Dec. 22	W 63-57	33	2-8	0.250	1-3	0.333	2-2	1.000	2	5	7	1	2	1	0	1	7
@Pacific	Dec. 29	W 69-49	18	1-4	0.250	0-2	0.000	2-2	1.000	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	2	4
Portland	Dec. 31	W 71-58	34	8-17	0.471	4-11	0.364	0-0	0.000	0	9	9	3	0	0	2	2	20
@Loyola Marymount	Jan. 5	L 59-64	32	6-13	0.462	0-4	0.000	1-1	1.000	2	3	5	0	2	3	4	2	13
@San Diego	Jan. 7	W 68-48	32	4-6	0.667	1-3	0.333	0-0	0.000	0	5	5	1	0	2	3	0	9
No. 8 Gonzaga	Jan. 12	L 74-75	26	6-14	0.429	4-7	0.571	1-2	0.500	2	4	6	1	1	1	4	2	17
Pepperdine	Jan. 14	W 91-81	30	0-7	0.000	0-4	0.000	6-6	1.000	4	4	8	4	0	0	3	0	6
@Santa Clara	Jan. 19	L 76-83	23	0-5	0.000	0-3	0.000	2-3	0.667	2	1	3	4	0	0	3	1	2
@San Francisco	Jan. 21	L 74-82	30	5-9	0.556	1-4	0.250	1-2	0.500	2	3	5	1	0	3	3	1	12
No. 22 Saint Mary's	Jan. 28	L 56-57	32	2-7	0.286	1-4	0.250	2-2	1.000	2	2	4	0	0	2	2	2	7
Loyola Marymount	Feb. 2	W 89-61	23	4-6	0.667	1-1	1.000	0-0	0.000	0	7	7	1	0	1	1	1	9
Pacific	Feb. 4	W 81-66	31	5-11	0.455	2-4	0.500	0-3	0.000	3	7	10	2	2	1	3	2	12
@Pepperdine	Feb. 9	L 80-92	33	6-12	0.500	0-1	0.000	1-1	1.000	4	3	7	3	0	2	4	5	13
@No. 16 Gonzaga	Feb. 11	L 81-88	19	2-7	0.286	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	3	3	6	0	0	0	5	1	4
Santa Clara	Feb. 16	L 74-81	23	3-11	0.273	0-2	0.000	4-8	0.500	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	1	10
@No. 17 Saint Mary's	Feb. 18	L 65-71	18	0-5	0.000	0-2	0.000	2-2	1.000	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
San Francisco	Feb. 25	W 87-61	24	5-9	0.556	2-3	0.667	0-0	0.000	2	4	6	1	1	0	4	2	12
vs. Portland	Mar. 3	W 82-71	22	3-5	0.600	2-3	0.667	4-9	0.444	1	5	6	1	0	0	0	1	12
vs. Loyola Marymount	Mar. 4	W 73-63	18	1-1	1.000	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	0	3	3	0	0	1	4	2	2
vs. No. 16 Saint Mary's	Mar. 6	L 69-76	22	3-4	0.750	0-1	0.000	3-3	1.000	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	2	9

2021-2022 Opponent	Date	Result	MIN	FG-FGA	FG%	3P-3PA	3P%	FT-FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
Cleveland State	Nov. 9	W 69-59	21	1-5	0.200	0-2	0.000	1-2	0.500	2	5	7	2	1	0	3	1	3
San Diego State	Nov. 12	W 66-60	18	1-3	0.333	0-1	0.000	2-4	0.500	1	2	3	1	2	0	1	1	4
No. 13 Oregon	Nov. 16	W 81-49	23	1-4	0.250	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	0	4	4	2	0	1	2	2	2
Central Methodist	Nov. 20	W 97-61	24	4-7	0.571	1-2	0.500	2-2	1.000	3	4	7	1	0	1	2	1	11
Texas Southern	Nov. 24	W 81-64	24	3-13	0.231	1-8	0.125	3-3	1.000	4	12	16	1	0	0	0	0	10
@Utah	Nov. 27	W 75-64	24	2-3	0.667	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	2	3	5	4	0	0	1	2	4
Utah State	Dec. 8	W 82-71	23	2-5	0.400	0-2	0.000	1-2	0.500	1	6	7	1	0	0	2	0	5
Creighton	Dec. 11	L 71-83	20	2-10	0.200	0-2	0.000	1-3	0.333	4	7	11	0	0	0	1	1	5
@Weber State	Dec. 18	W 89-71	20	3-7	0.429	1-3	0.333	0-0	0.000	2	4	6	4	0	2	0	2	7
South Florida	Dec. 22	W 54-39	17	3-7	0.429	3-5	0.600	2-2	1.000	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	11
Vanderbilt	Dec. 23	L 67-69	17	2-3	0.667	1-1	1.000	0-0	0.000	2	1	3	2	1	3	3	1	5
Liberty	Dec. 25	W 80-75	24	3-8	0.375	1-5	0.200	2-4	0.500	0	3	3	1	0	0	4	4	9
Westminster	Dec. 29	W 65-53	23	6-10	0.600	5-8	0.625	0-0	0.000	1	7	8	0	0	0	1	1	17
Pacific	Jan. 6	W 73-51	20	2-4	0.500	1-3	0.333	3-4	0.750	0	4	4	0	0	1	2	1	8
St. Mary's	Jan. 8	W 52-43	18	1-5	0.200	0-2	0.000	0-0	0.000	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	2
@No. 4 Gonzaga	Jan. 13	L 84-110	23	2-11	0.182	2-7	0.286	2-2	1.000	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	8
@San Francisco	Jan. 15	W 71-69	23	2-6	0.333	2-4	0.500	0-0	0.000	1	6	7	1	1	0	4	0	6
San Diego	Jan. 20	W 79-71	27	4-8	0.500	1-5	0.200	1-1	1.000	0	7	7	2	0	0	3	0	10
Portland	Jan. 22	W 78-65	14	1-4	0.250	1-3	0.333	2-2	1.000	0	5	5	1	0	0	2	1	5
@Santa Clara	Jan. 27	L 76-77	28	4-8	0.500	3-5	0.600	2-2	1.000	0	6	6	3	0	2	3	3	13
@Pacific	Jan. 29	L 73-76	20	6-11	0.545	1-5	0.200	0-0	0.000	0	5	5	1	1	1	4	1	13
San Francisco	Feb. 3	L 59-73	20	1-6	0.167	0-3	0.000	0-2	0.000	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	2
No. 4 Gonzaga	Feb. 5	L 57-90	18	4-7	0.571	3-5	0.600	3-4	0.750	1	2	3	1	0	1	5	2	14
@Loyola Marymount	Feb. 10	W 83-82	30	6-9	0.667	4-7	0.571	2-2	1.000	0	5	5	1	0	0	3	1	18
@Pepperdine	Feb. 12	W 91-85	18	1-4	0.250	0-3	0.000	0-0	0.000	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	2
@Saint Mary's	Feb. 19	L 64-69	20	4-6	0.667	1-2	0.500	0-0	0.000	1	5	6	0	0	0	3	1	9
Loyola Marymount	Feb. 24	W 79-59	26	5-8	0.625	2-4	0.500	0-0	0.000	0	7	7	1	0	1	3	0	12
Pepperdine	Feb. 26	W 75-59	30	4-11	0.364	1-5	0.200	2-4	0.500	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	11
Loyola Marymount	Mar. 4	W 85-60	21	3-5	0.600	1-3	0.333	2-2	1.000	1	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	9
San Francisco	Mar. 5	L 63-75	30	1-7	0.143	0-4	0.000	4-6	0.667	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	6
Long Beach State	Mar. 16	W 93-72	15	6-9	0.667	2-3	0.667	2-3	0.667	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	3	16
Northern Iowa	Mar. 19	W 90-71	28	10-15	0.667	5-9	0.556	2-3	0.667	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	1	27
Washington St.	Mar. 23	L 58-77	26	3-7	0.429	1-4	0.250	0-1	0.000	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	7

2020-2021 Opponent	Date	Result	MIN	FG-FGA	FG%	3P-3PA	3P%	FT-FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
Westminster	Nov. 25	W 108-59	13	2-3	0.667	2-3	0.667	0-1	0.000	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6
New Orleans	Nov. 26	W 86-61	11	1-4	0.250	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	1	2	3	0	0	0	3	2	2
Utah Valley	Nov. 28	W 82-60	15	1-3	0.333	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	1	2
USC	Dec. 1	L 53-79	22	4-8	0.500	0-1	0.000	3-3	1.000	3	3	6	1	0	0	2	1	11
St. John's	Dec. 2	W 74-68	22	4-12	0.333	0-2	0.000	5-6	0.833	4	11	15	0	0	1	2	1	13
@Utah State	Dec. 5	W 67-64	13	0-5	0.000	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	0	5	5	0	0	0	3	1	0
Boise State	Dec. 9	L 70-74	3	0-0	0.000	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Utah	Dec. 12	W 82-64	2	0-1	0.000	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
@San Diego State	Dec. 18	W 72-62	2	0-0	0.000	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Texas Southern	Dec. 21	W 87-71	8	1-2	0.500	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Weber State	Dec. 23	W 87-79	2	0-1	0.000	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
@Gonzaga	Jan. 7	L 69-86	20	5-10	0.500	0-1	0.000	1-1	1.000	3	2	5	0	1	0	2	2	11
@Saint Mary's	Jan. 14	W 62-52	14	3-6	0.500	0-1	0.000	2-2	1.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8
@San Francisco	Jan. 16	W 72-63	14	4-10	0.400	1-2	0.500	1-2	0.500	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	10
Portland	Jan. 21	W 95-67	9	1-2	0.500	1-2	0.500	0-0	0.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3
Pepperdine	Jan. 23	W 65-54	16	2-7	0.286	1-3	0.333	2-4	0.500	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	7
@Pepperdine	Jan. 27	L 73-76	3	0-1	0.000	0-0	NaN	0-0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Pacific	Jan. 30	W 95-87	15	3-8	0.375	1-5	0.200	0-0	0.000	0	3	3	1	0	1	3	1	7
@Portland	Feb. 4	W 105-60	21	8-12	0.667	1-3	0.333	2-2	1.000	3	10	13	3	0	2	2	0	19
Gonzaga	Feb. 8	L 71-82	20	2-3	0.667	1-1	1.000	0-0	0.000	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	5
@Pacific	Feb. 18	W 80-52	10	1-3	0.333	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
@Loyola Marymount	Feb. 20	W 88-71	12	0-1	0.000	0-1	0.000	2-2	1.000	0	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	2
San Francisco	Feb. 25	W 79-73	26	4-8	0.500	2-4	0.500	1-3	0.333	2	4	6	0	0	0	3	2	11
Saint Mary's	Feb. 27	W 65-51	22	4-9	0.444	3-4	0.750	0-1	0.000	1	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	11
WCC Semifinals vs. Pepperdine	Mar. 8	W 82-77	19	1-5	0.200	0-1	0.000	0-0	0.000	2	6	8	1	0	3	1	4	2
WCC Championship vs. Gonzaga	Mar. 9	L 78-88	24	4-9	0.444	1-4	0.250	2-2	1.000	4	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	11
NCAA First Round vs. UCLA	Mar. 20	L 62-73	13	0-2	0.000	0-1	0.000	0-2	0.000	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0