Tylor Ongwae

Tylor Ongwae (born 15 July 1991) is a Kenyan basketball player who last played for the Niners Chemnitz and the Kenya national team. He has known his most successful years in Denmark with Bakken Bears, with whom he won three straight Basketligaen titles and was named Defensive Player of the Year twice.

Professional career
Ongwae averaged 10 points and five rebounds per game during the 2019-20 season with Bakken. He re-signed with the Bears on March 22, 2020. In 2020-21 and 2021-22, he earned All-Danish Basketligaen Defensive Player of the Year honours.

In 2022, he left Bakken after four years to move to Russian side BC Parma.

In May 2023, Ongwae joined the ABC Fighters for the playoffs of the 2023 Basketball Africa League (BAL). He became the first Kenyan to play in the BAL. In October 2023, he was signed by the Niners Chemnitz of the German Bundesliga.

Kenyan national team
Ongwae has been part of Kenya's national team. He helped the team capture the silver medal at FIBA AfroCan 2019 and played for Kenya at the AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Personal
Tylor Ongwae was raised in Eldoret, Kenya, a town famed for producing world famous marathoners and athletes like Eliud Kipchoge. He has two siblings who also play basketball.

BAL career statistics

 * style="text-align:left;"|2023
 * style="text-align:left;"|ABC Fighters
 * 1 || 1 || 31.8 || .333 || .200 || .000 || 5.0 || 4.0 || 1.0 || .0 || 7.0
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