Missouri State

Honors: Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021).

2022-23: Played in 12 games for the Lady Bears in her second season at MSU…Scored two points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked a shot on the season…Logged a season-high eight minutes on the floor and pulled down two rebounds versus UTSA (Nov. 25) and tallied two rebounds and a block against Middle Tennessee (Nov. 26), both at the Las Vegas Invitational…Collected her only bucket of the season at Indiana State (Dec. 29).

2021-22: Played in all 33 games, while drawing one start for the Lady Bears…Averaged 3.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game and her 164 rebounds ranked fourth on the team…Blocked 21 shots, the third-most among the Lady Bears…Recorded five double-figure rebound games and two double-doubles…Made her MSU debut in the season opener at Little Rock (Nov. 9)…Logged her first career double-double at Drake with a 10-point, 10-rebound performance (Jan. 15)…Earned her first career start at Southern Illinois (Feb. 4)…Set and matched her career high with 11 points at Illinois State (Feb. 18) and versus Evansville (Feb. 24)… Had back-to-back double-digit rebound games with 15 boards at Bradley (Feb. 20) and 13 rebounds against Evansville (Feb. 24)…Set her career high with 17 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament against Ohio State (March 19), marking the second-most rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game in MSU history… Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021.

Background: Played two seasons at Chipola College in Marianna, Fla., where she was rated as the No. 12 overall and third-ranked power forward in the junior college ranks according to Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report...Started all 51 games of her Chipola career, capping it with a national semifinal appearance in 2021 as the No. 3 overall seed in the tournament... Averaged 6.3 points and 7.4 rebounds with 15 blocks shots as a sophomore and posted averages of 5.0 points and 5.5 boards per game as a freshman...Scored in double figures eight times and had 13 double-figure rebound efforts in her JuCo career...Participated in Basketball Without Borders in her native Nigeria, the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program.

Personal: Ifunanya Nwachukwu is the daughter of John and Immaculata Nwachukwu...Born August 29, 2001, in Lagos, Nigeria....Has three brothers, Emeka, Ifeanyi and Ikechukwu, and one sister, Precious...Majoring in General Studies.