Onome Akinbode-James
{{short description|Nigerian basketball player}}
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| league = Atlantic Coast Conference
| team = Duke Blue Devils
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|3|09}}
| birth_place = Abeokuta
| nationality = Nigerian
| high_school = Blair Academy
| college = Duke (2018–present)
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Onome Akinbode-James (born March 9, 2000) is a Nigerian basketball player. She represented Nigeria in the FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women. She plays college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/01/onome-akinbode-james-duke-womens-basketball-blair-academy-nigeria|title=Four years ago, Onome Akinbode-James was not a basketball player. Now, she's starting for Duke.|website=The Chronicle}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/225975<|title = 2022 High School Girls' Basketball Recruiting Prospects - ESPN}}
Early life
Onome was (born on March 9, 2000) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, South western Nigeria. She had her primary Education in Abeokuta. She was in her secondary school in Nigeria when she started playing basketball at the age of 14.{{Cite web|url=https://goduke.com/news/2018/7/5/211719159.aspx|title=On the Court with Onome Akinbode-James|website=Duke University}} She transferred to Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, where she completed her high school education.
High school career
Onome was recruited into Blair Academy after the FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women. In her senior year she averaged 13.0 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks per game.{{Cite web|url=https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/onome-akinbode-james/17237|title=Onome Akinbode-James - 2021-22 - Women's Basketball|website=Duke University}}
Onome gave a TED Talk at her high school Blair Academy during her senior year there. The talk is titled [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jF275AKiqSk&t=638s Africa, Country or Continent: The Broken Perception.]{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF275AKiqSk|title=Africa -- Country or Continent?: The Broken Perception | Onome Akinbode-James | TEDxBlairAcademy|via=www.youtube.com}}
College career
Onome was recruited into the Duke Blue Devils by former Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie. In her freshman season, she averaged 4 point and 5.7 rebounds per game.
National Team career
Onome represented Nigeria in the FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women where she averaged 5.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game during the tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/123081/sid/11791/tid/340/tid2//_/2015_FIBA_Africa_U16_Women/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802105427/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/123081/sid/11791/tid/340/tid2//_/2015_FIBA_Africa_U16_Women/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 2, 2015|title=Onome Akinbode profile, FIBA Africa U16 Women 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://goduke.com/news/2019/2/8/211789603.aspx|title=International Freshmen Making Impact|website=Duke University}}
The Nigerian team won the silver medal after a 57–46 loss to Mali in the Final, thereby qualifying them to the World U-17 Championship for Women. Nigeria did not participate in the tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/mali-beat-nigeria-57-46-to-win-fiba-u-16-women-championship.114754/|title=Sports - Mali Beat Nigeria 57-46 To Win FIBA U-16 Women Championship|website=Nigeria News Links | Today's Updates - Nigerian Bulletin}}
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Category:Nigerian women's basketball players
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Duke Blue Devils women's basketball players
Category:Nigerian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:Basketball players from New Jersey