{"id":5391,"date":"2015-11-15T23:58:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T03:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=5391"},"modified":"2015-11-15T23:58:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T03:58:55","slug":"tylor-ongwaes-professional-career-off-to-flying-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-basketball-profiles\/tylor-ongwaes-professional-career-off-to-flying-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Tylor Ongwae&#8217;s  professional career off to flying start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kenya basketball ace Tylor Okari Ongwae became a professional in August of this year when he joined Swedish second tier side Solna Vikings. Ongwae, a product of Friends school Kamusinga, Ranger college in Shreveport and the University of Louisiana Monroe, is already having a sensational season. Through 7 games, he is averaging 18.1 points per game and 7.9 rebounds per game. His side Solna Vikings are currently third in the standings as they aim to return to the top tier.<\/p>\n<p>After the last match, in which Solna Vikingsbeat Norrort 89-55, coach Janne Koskimies sung Ongwae&#8217;s praises, &#8220;Tylor defended their big man Marcus Friman out of the game Norrort scored only 17 points before halftime.\u00a0 I have to mention again Nick and Tylor and the balance they are bringing to our team&#8221;. said Koskimmies<\/p>\n<p>Images courtesy of Ronn Makkonnen<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/images\/ongwae-vikings-dunk-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/images\/ongwae-drive-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/images\/ongwae-free-throw-2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/images\/ongwae-reverse-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/images\/ongwae-fly2-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/images\/ongwae-break-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/images\/ongwae-soar-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/images\/ongwae-vikings-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/basketball\/\"><br \/>\nBack to Kenya Basketball Page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-basketball-profiles\/tylor-ongwaes-professional-career-off-to-flying-start\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Kenya basketball ace Tylor Okari Ongwae became a professional in August of this year when he joined Swedish second&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,51],"tags":[463,121,117],"class_list":["post-5391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kenya-basketball-news-and-commentary","category-kenya-basketball-profiles","tag-kenya-basketball","tag-kenya-basketball-players","tag-tylor-ongwae","wpcat-53-id","wpcat-51-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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