20 Days Until WCU Basketball Tip-off (at Georgia)

Welcome to the 2019 WCU basketball tip-off countdown.

We will count down the remaining days until WCU basketball tips off at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA on November 5th. In this season's countdown, we will meet the coaches and team members as we countdown. We will highlight the Seniors first, then Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen in that order.

20 Days until Tip-off

#33 Onno Steger

Height/Weight: 6-5"  205 lbs
Class: Senior
Hometown: Upper Arlington, Ohio
High School: Upper Arlington HS
Position:  Forward




2018-19 (Junior): Named SoCon Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Feb. 5 and SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week on Feb. 6...Fourth on the team with an average of 11.3 points per game...Scored a career-high 30 points in 105-96 win at Chattanooga (1/31)...Finished with 20-plus points in five games...Recorded his first career double-double at Samford (2/2) with 21 points and 11 rebounds...Also grabbed 11 rebounds against VMI (2/23)...Dished out a career-best four assists on four occasions...Made a career-best six 3-pointers as he scored 25 points against The Citadel (2/16)...Tied for team lead with eight foulouts.

2017-18 (Sophomore): Appeared in 27 games...Made two starts... Scored a season-best 10 points at Samford...Grabbed six rebounds at Minnesota and logged six multi-rebound games...Logged a season-best 18 minutes against Clemson.

2016-17 (Freshman): One of two Catamounts to appear in all 32 contests ... Made 21 starts ... Debuted in the starting lineup at Marquette (11/30) ... After not starting the next five games, returned to the starting lineup against Mars Hill (12/28) and never left ... Scored in double-figures six times ... Led or shared the team lead in scoring four times ... Scored a career-high 15 points at The Citadel (02/22) and against Samford (01/02) ... Grabbed at least one rebound in all but two games ... Had a career-high eight rebounds against Wofford (01/28) ... Second on the team with 33 steals ... Had a career-high three steals versus The Citadel (01/19) and against Mars Hill (12/28) ... Dished out a season-high four assists against Mars Hill (12/28) ... Knocked down a team-high 39 3-pointers ... Had a career-high five triples against Samford (01/02) as he went 5-of-7 from downtown ... Given the team's Mr. Hustle Spirit Award at the end of the season ... Appeared on the 2016-17 Southern Conference Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Attended Upper Arlington HS in Upper Arlington, Ohio ... As a senior, named Associated Press All-Central District boys all-star second team ... Averaged 16.6 points per game ... Named honorable mention All-State ... As a junior, averaged 12 points and five rebounds per game for UAHS ... Named the Ohio Capital Conference All-League Special Mention ... Team finished with a 17-6 overall record ... While attending Ohio State University's team camp, scored 25 points in a game and was PrepHoopsOhio.com's pick for Player of the Camp.


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