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21 Brigitte Lefebvre-Okankwu
Brigitte Lefebvre-Okankwu
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    4
  • Hometown:
    Gatineau, Que.
  • High School:
    Collège Nouvelles Frontières
  • Position:
    Forward
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • Team:
    Women's Basketball
  • gp
    14
  • pts/g
    16.4
  • fg %
    45.6
  • 3pt %
    16.0
  • ft %
    74.6
  • reb/g
    9.7
  • a/g
    0.6

Bio

CAREER HONOURS

  • 2021-22 U SPORTS First Team All-Canadian
  • 2021-22 U SPORTS Sylvia Sweeney Award
  • 2021-22 OUA East Most Valuable Player
  • 2021-22 OUA East Joy Bellinger Award 
  • 2021-22 OUA East First Team All-Star
  • 2021-22 uOttawa President's Award
  • 2020-2021 U SPORTS Top 8 Academic All-Canadian
  • 2020-2021 uOttawa Community Engagement Award
  • 2020 Faculty of Science Valedictorian
  • 4x U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)
  • 2018-19 uOttawa President's Award
  • 2018-19 OUA Third Team All-Star
  • 2017-18 uOttawa Rookie of the Year
  • 2017-18 U SPORTS All-Rookie Team
  • 2017-18 OUA All-Rookie Team
  • uOttawa Biosteel Female Athlete of the Week, November 29 2021

FOURTH YEAR (2021-22)

Established career highs in scoring and rebounding with 16.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game... Ranked 1st in OUA East in scoring and 3rd in OUA overall... Ranked 5th in OUA overall in rebounding... Started all 14 games for the Gee-Gees... Recorded her 1000th career regular season point at Queen's on February 11... Recorded her 500th career regular season rebound at home (Montpetit Hall) vs Queen's on February 12... Finished season with 1102 career regular season points which ranks second in team history... Finished season with 577 career regular season rebounds which ranks third in team history... Set new single game career high 32 points scored at Ontario Tech on November 13... Averaged a career high 1.8 steals per game and 27.4 minutes per game.  

SEASON NOT PLAYED (2020-21)

Co-founded Black Student-Athletes Advocacy Council at uOttawa, serving as secretary... Earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian honours for the fourth consecutive year... OUA season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.... Did not impact eligibility... Signed with Sharjah Sports Basketball Club in Dubai in UAE's premier league before returning to Ottawa at the end of the season to re-join the Gee-Gees for 2021-2022. 

THIRD YEAR (2019-20)

Started 20 games for the Gee-Gees while making a total of 22 game appearances averaging 13.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game… Ranked second in the nation in field goal percentage with 45.9%... Had a season high of 28 points in a 74-59 win at Nipissing… Earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian honours... Currently 3rd in career points with 873 and 4th in career rebounds with 443 in program history... Earned Honours BSc in Biomedical Sciences, graduated summa cum laude and was valedictorian of the Faculty of Science.

SECOND YEAR (2018-19)

Started 21 games and made 23 total game appearances… Averaged 14.0 points and 6.1 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per game while adding 32 assists and 28 steals… Ranked first in the nation in field goal percentage with 52.9%... Tallied 23 points for a season high in an 86-61 win at Laurentian… Had a career high with 16 rebounds in a 95-58 win versus Nipissing... Recognized with several awards: U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian, uOttawa President’s Award, and OUA Third Team All-Star.

FIRST YEAR (2017-18)

Started 20 out of 21 total appearances while averaging 12.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game… Ranked third in the nation in field goal percentage with 47.2%... Had a career high in points with 29 in a 61-44 win versus Toronto… Was honoured with several awards: uOttawa Rookie of the Year, U SPORTS All-Rookie Team, U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian and OUA All-Rookie Team. 

BEFORE THE GEE-GEES

Lefebvre-Okankwu competed in the RSEQ with Collège Nouvelles-Frontières where she was recognized as an outstanding student-athlete at the pancanadian level…Prior, she attended École secondaire de l’Île where she was honoured as the secondary five female student-athlete with the best reconciliation of sports and studies.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 18 at Carleton L, 63-43
Feb 25 Ryerson L, 51-50
Feb 26 Ryerson L, 51-43
Mar 2 Carleton W, 57-54
Mar 4 at Nipissing W, 88-43
Mar 5 at Nipissing W, 73-45
  Total Conference
Games 14 14
Games started 14 14
Minutes 383 383
Minutes per game 27.4 27.4
FG 89-195 89-195
FG Pct 45.6 45.6
3PT 4-25 4-25
3PT Pct 16.0 16.0
FT 47-63 47-63
FT Pct 74.6 74.6
Off rebounds 46 46
Def rebounds 90 90
Total rebounds 136 136
Rebounds per game 9.7 9.7
Personal fouls 21 21
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 9 9
Turnovers 19 19
Assist to turnover ratio 0.5 0.5
Steals 25 25
Blocks 5 5
Points 229 229
Points per game 16.4 16.4
Points per 40 min 23.9 23.9

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 15 at Bishop's L, 89-77 1 27 10-13 76.9 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 22
Oct 16 at Laval W, 61-58 1 26 4-8 50.0 1-4 25.0 6-6 100.0 15
Oct 23 at McGill W, 61-38 1 25 8-15 53.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 16
Oct 24 Concordia W, 75-53 1 34 8-16 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 16
Oct 29 at UQAM W, 70-62 1 29 5-17 29.4 1-3 33.3 13-16 81.3 24
Nov 5 York W, 76-52 1 26 7-14 50.0 0-2 0.0 6-7 85.7 20
Nov 6 York W, 48-44 1 33 6-16 37.5 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 13
Nov 12 at Ontario Tech W, 101-52 1 14 8-12 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 17
Nov 13 at Ontario Tech W, 81-52 1 34 13-24 54.2 1-5 20.0 5-6 83.3 32
Nov 26 at Toronto W, 81-51 1 28 7-13 53.8 0-2 0.0 5-7 71.4 19
Nov 27 at Toronto W, 78-43 1 24 6-11 54.5 0-2 0.0 7-7 100.0 19
Feb 11 at Queen's L, 59-47 1 33 4-10 40.0 0-2 0.0 3-4 75.0 11
Feb 12 Queen's W, 69-67 1 23 7-10 70.0 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 15
Feb 18 at Carleton L, 63-43 1 30 5-18 27.8 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 12
Feb 25 Ryerson L, 51-50 1 30 6-10 60.0 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 13
Feb 26 Ryerson L, 51-43 1 30 3-12 25.0 0-2 0.0 5-8 62.5 11
Mar 2 Carleton W, 57-54 1 31 4-14 28.6 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Mar 4 at Nipissing W, 88-43 1 20 9-17 52.9 0-1 0.0 8-11 72.7 26
Mar 5 at Nipissing W, 73-45 1 27 4-14 28.6 0-1 0.0 5-7 71.4 13
Mar 11 Laurentian   - - - - - - - - -
Mar 12 Laurentian   - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 15 at Bishop's L, 89-77 1 27 3 4 7 1 2 1 0
Oct 16 at Laval W, 61-58 1 26 1 7 8 1 5 1 0
Oct 23 at McGill W, 61-38 1 25 1 7 8 2 2 2 1
Oct 24 Concordia W, 75-53 1 34 6 7 13 2 3 1 1
Oct 29 at UQAM W, 70-62 1 29 2 8 10 0 0 1 0
Nov 5 York W, 76-52 1 26 2 4 6 0 1 4 0
Nov 6 York W, 48-44 1 33 1 7 8 0 2 1 1
Nov 12 at Ontario Tech W, 101-52 1 14 3 2 5 1 1 1 0
Nov 13 at Ontario Tech W, 81-52 1 34 6 8 14 1 1 3 0
Nov 26 at Toronto W, 81-51 1 28 2 6 8 0 0 0 2
Nov 27 at Toronto W, 78-43 1 24 2 6 8 0 2 2 0
Feb 11 at Queen's L, 59-47 1 33 1 8 9 0 4 0 1
Feb 12 Queen's W, 69-67 1 23 1 5 6 1 2 3 0
Feb 18 at Carleton L, 63-43 1 30 1 8 9 1 0 2 1
Feb 25 Ryerson L, 51-50 1 30 2 9 11 0 1 3 0
Feb 26 Ryerson L, 51-43 1 30 5 9 14 1 1 1 0
Mar 2 Carleton W, 57-54 1 31 7 5 12 1 2 3 0
Mar 4 at Nipissing W, 88-43 1 20 7 3 10 3 1 1 0
Mar 5 at Nipissing W, 73-45 1 27 6 10 16 0 1 1 0
Mar 11 Laurentian   - - - - - - - - -
Mar 12 Laurentian   - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 15 at Bishop's L, 89-77 1 1 0 0.5
Oct 16 at Laval W, 61-58 1 4 0 0.2
Oct 23 at McGill W, 61-38 1 1 - 1.0
Oct 24 Concordia W, 75-53 1 3 - 0.7
Oct 29 at UQAM W, 70-62 1 1 - -
Nov 5 York W, 76-52 1 1 - 0.0
Nov 6 York W, 48-44 1 3 - 0.0
Nov 12 at Ontario Tech W, 101-52 1 1 - 1.0
Nov 13 at Ontario Tech W, 81-52 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 26 at Toronto W, 81-51 1 0 - -
Nov 27 at Toronto W, 78-43 1 0 - 0.0
Feb 11 at Queen's L, 59-47 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 12 Queen's W, 69-67 1 3 - 0.5
Feb 18 at Carleton L, 63-43 1 2 0 -
Feb 25 Ryerson L, 51-50 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 26 Ryerson L, 51-43 1 1 - 1.0
Mar 2 Carleton W, 57-54 1 3 - 0.5
Mar 4 at Nipissing W, 88-43 1 0 - 3.0
Mar 5 at Nipissing W, 73-45 1 1 - 0.0
Mar 11 Laurentian   - - - -
Mar 12 Laurentian   - - - -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2017-18 21 24.0 5.1-10.2 0.0-0.2 2.0-2.9 12.3
2018-19 23 25.9 5.9-11.4 0.2-0.7 2.0-2.9 14.0
2019-20 22 25.2 5.5-12.1 0.2-1.4 1.9-2.5 13.2
2020-21 - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
2021-22 14 27.4 6.4-13.9 0.3-1.8 3.4-4.5 16.4
2022-23 16 25.1 6.4-11.2 0.4-1.1 2.9-4.0 16.1
Total 96 25.4 5.8-11.6 0.2-1.0 2.3-3.2 14.2

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2017-18 21 20 503 108-215 50.2 0-5 0.0 43-61 70.5 259
2018-19 23 21 596 136-262 51.9 4-17 23.5 47-66 71.2 323
2019-20 22 20 555 122-266 45.9 5-30 16.7 42-56 75.0 291
2020-21 - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
2021-22 14 14 383 89-195 45.6 4-25 16.0 47-63 74.6 229
2022-23 16 16 402 103-179 57.5 6-18 33.3 46-64 71.9 258
Total 96 91 2439 558-1117 50.0 19-95 20.0 225-310 72.6 1360

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2017-18 21 503 24.0 8.6-17.1 0.0-0.4 0.0 3.4-4.9 20.6
2018-19 23 596 25.9 9.1-17.6 0.3-1.1 23.5 3.2-4.4 21.7
2019-20 22 555 25.2 8.8-19.2 0.4-2.2 16.7 3.0-4.0 21.0
2020-21 - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
2021-22 14 383 27.4 9.3-20.4 0.4-2.6 16.0 4.9-6.6 23.9
2022-23 16 402 25.1 10.2-17.8 0.6-1.8 33.3 4.6-6.4 25.7
Total 96 2439 25.4 9.2-18.3 0.3-1.6 20.0 3.7-5.1 22.3

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2017-18 21 2.7 4.0 6.8 1.0 1.7 1.3 0.1
2018-19 23 2.6 3.5 6.1 1.4 1.4 1.2 0.3
2019-20 22 2.6 4.6 7.2 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.7
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 14 3.3 6.4 9.7 0.6 1.4 1.8 0.4
2022-23 16 3.2 4.9 8.1 1.7 1.5 2.2 0.4
Total 96 2.8 4.5 7.4 1.3 1.6 1.6 0.4

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2017-18 21 20 57 85 142 20 36 28 3
2018-19 23 21 60 81 141 32 33 28 8
2019-20 22 20 57 101 158 38 37 38 16
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 14 14 46 90 136 9 19 25 5
2022-23 16 16 51 78 129 27 24 35 6
Total 96 91 271 435 706 126 149 154 38

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2017-18 21 4.5 6.8 11.3 1.6 2.9 2.2 0.2
2018-19 23 4.0 5.4 9.5 2.1 2.2 1.9 0.5
2019-20 22 4.1 7.3 11.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 1.2
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 14 4.8 9.4 14.2 0.9 2.0 2.6 0.5
2022-23 16 5.1 7.8 12.8 2.7 2.4 3.5 0.6
Total 96 4.4 7.1 11.6 2.1 2.4 2.5 0.6

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 14 27.4 6.4-13.9 0.3-1.8 3.4-4.5 16.4
Conference 14 27.4 6.4-13.9 0.3-1.8 3.4-4.5 16.4
Exhibition 5 28.2 7.0-13.8 0.4-2.0 4.2-5.0 18.6
Location            
Home 6 28.8 5.5-12.7 0.2-1.2 2.2-3.2 13.3
Away 8 26.3 7.0-14.9 0.4-2.2 4.2-5.5 18.6
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 10 26.0 7.1-14.5 0.2-1.6 3.8-4.8 18.2
Losses 4 30.8 4.5-12.5 0.5-2.2 2.2-3.8 11.8
Month            
November 6 26.5 7.8-15.0 0.3-2.3 4.0-4.8 20.0
February 5 29.2 5.0-12.0 0.4-1.8 2.0-3.2 12.4
March 3 26.0 5.7-15.0 0.0-0.7 4.3-6.0 15.7

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 14 14 383 89-195 45.6 4-25 16.0 47-63 74.6 229
Conference 14 14 383 89-195 45.6 4-25 16.0 47-63 74.6 229
Exhibition 5 5 141 35-69 50.7 2-10 20.0 21-25 84.0 93
Location                    
Home 6 6 173 33-76 43.4 1-7 14.3 13-19 68.4 80
Away 8 8 210 56-119 47.1 3-18 16.7 34-44 77.3 149
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 10 10 260 71-145 49.0 2-16 12.5 38-48 79.2 182
Losses 4 4 123 18-50 36.0 2-9 22.2 9-15 60.0 47
Month                    
November 6 6 159 47-90 52.2 2-14 14.3 24-29 82.8 120
February 5 5 146 25-60 41.7 2-9 22.2 10-16 62.5 62
March 3 3 78 17-45 37.8 0-2 0.0 13-18 72.2 47

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 14 383 27.4 9.3-20.4 0.4-2.6 16.0 4.9-6.6 23.9
Conference 14 383 27.4 9.3-20.4 0.4-2.6 16.0 4.9-6.6 23.9
Exhibition 5 141 28.2 9.9-19.6 0.6-2.8 20.0 6.0-7.1 26.4
Location                
Home 6 173 28.8 7.6-17.6 0.2-1.6 14.3 3.0-4.4 18.5
Away 8 210 26.3 10.7-22.7 0.6-3.4 16.7 6.5-8.4 28.4
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 10 260 26.0 10.9-22.3 0.3-2.5 12.5 5.8-7.4 28.0
Losses 4 123 30.8 5.9-16.3 0.7-2.9 22.2 2.9-4.9 15.3
Month                
November 6 159 26.5 11.8-22.6 0.5-3.5 14.3 6.0-7.3 30.2
February 5 146 29.2 6.8-16.4 0.5-2.5 22.2 2.7-4.4 17.0
March 3 78 26.0 8.7-23.1 0.0-1.0 0.0 6.7-9.2 24.1

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 14 3.3 6.4 9.7 0.6 1.4 1.8 0.4
Conference 14 3.3 6.4 9.7 0.6 1.4 1.8 0.4
Exhibition 5 2.6 6.6 9.2 1.2 2.4 1.2 0.4
Location                
Home 6 3.0 6.5 9.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 0.2
Away 8 3.5 6.4 9.9 0.8 1.3 1.3 0.5
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 10 3.7 5.6 9.3 0.7 1.3 1.9 0.3
Losses 4 2.3 8.5 10.8 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.5
Month                
November 6 2.7 5.5 8.2 0.3 1.2 1.8 0.5
February 5 2.0 7.8 9.8 0.6 1.6 1.8 0.4
March 3 6.7 6.0 12.7 1.3 1.3 1.7 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 14 14 46 90 136 9 19 25 5
Conference 14 14 46 90 136 9 19 25 5
Exhibition 5 5 13 33 46 6 12 6 2
Location                  
Home 6 6 18 39 57 3 9 15 1
Away 8 8 28 51 79 6 10 10 4
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 10 10 37 56 93 7 13 19 3
Losses 4 4 9 34 43 2 6 6 2
Month                  
November 6 6 16 33 49 2 7 11 3
February 5 5 10 39 49 3 8 9 2
March 3 3 20 18 38 4 4 5 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 14 4.8 9.4 14.2 0.9 2.0 2.6 0.5
Conference 14 4.8 9.4 14.2 0.9 2.0 2.6 0.5
Exhibition 5 3.7 9.4 13.0 1.7 3.4 1.7 0.6
Location                
Home 6 4.2 9.0 13.2 0.7 2.1 3.5 0.2
Away 8 5.3 9.7 15.0 1.1 1.9 1.9 0.8
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 10 5.7 8.6 14.3 1.1 2.0 2.9 0.5
Losses 4 2.9 11.1 14.0 0.7 2.0 2.0 0.7
Month                
November 6 4.0 8.3 12.3 0.5 1.8 2.8 0.8
February 5 2.7 10.7 13.4 0.8 2.2 2.5 0.5
March 3 10.3 9.2 19.5 2.1 2.1 2.6 0.0

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