2017-18: Set career-highs with 32 starts and 33 games played ... team captain ... averaged 10.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, finishing with a team-best six double-doubles ... his 8.5 rpg average finished third in the Horizon League, while also breaking the school record of 8.2 (set by Matt Tiby in 2015-16) ... Nze also set school marks with 280 total rebounds (272, Tiby in 2015-16) and with 96 offensive rebounds (90 by Anthony Hill in 2010-11) ... shot 57.6 percent (147-255) from the floor, finishing second in the Horizon League and in the Top 10 in school history ... recorded a team-best 48 blocks (1.5 bpg/third in HL) to finish second for a single-season in school history (record is 54) ... second on the team in steals ... finished with 4 points and 5 rebounds in the exhibition against Marquette Oct. 22 ... 11 points and 7 boards against WLC Nov. 2 ... just missed a double-double in the season opener against UWL Nov. 10, finishing with 10 points and a team-high 9 rebounds ... went 6-7 from the floor against Iowa State Nov. 3, finishing with 13 points, 4 rebounds ... also tied his career-high with 3 steals ... finished a rebound shy of a double-double for the second time this season against FIU Nov. 18, scoring a season and team-high 17 points to go with the 9 boards ... posted the second double-double of his UWM career against Elon Nov. 19, finishing with 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds (former best was 11) ... sank 7-10 FG’s and added a season-high 3 assists in a MKE-best 37 minutes on the court ... named to the Black & Gold Shootout All-Tournament Team ... led the team in scoring (10) and rebounding (7) against Wisconsin Nov. 24 ... led the team with 10 rebounds against Montana State Dec. 2, adding 3 steals ... came up big in the win at Jacksonville Dec. 5, finishing with his third career double-double with 13 points and 12 boards ... his rebound total (12) and assist total (5) tied his career-highs, while his 4 blocks set a new collegiate best ... 10 points and 7 boards in the win over Loyola Dec. 16, adding a career-high 4 steals ... took just 2 shots from the floor against UDM Dec. 30, but added 8 rebounds while tying a career high with 4 blocks ... almost a double-double with 8 points and a game-high 9 rebounds at YSU Jan. 4 ... an efficient 12 points on 6-8 FG at IUPUI Jan. 10, leading the team with 7 boards ... a nice outing at UIC Jan. 10, finishing a rebound short of his fourth career double-double when he went for 17 points and 9 rebounds ... tied his season-best with 17 points for the third time in the win over YSU Jan. 25 (7-8 FG), adding 6 rebounds and 3 blocks ... put together the 4th double-double of his career, leading the team in points (season-high 18 on 7-9 shooting) and rebounds (11) in the win over CSU Jan. 27 ... second double-double in a row against UIC Jan. 29, finishing with 12 points and tying a career-high with 12 boards ... posted his third double-double in a row (first player to do so in 10 seasons), scoring a career-high 25 points (old high was 22) while adding 10 boards against Green Bay Feb. 2 ... 11-14 FG (.786) was fifth-best for a game in program history ... at it again against IUPUI Feb. 16, coming up one rebound short of the school record when he grabbed a career-high 17 (former best was 12) ... also tied career-best with 4 blocks and set a new mark with 43 minutes played ... continued his impressive play with a 23-point/15 rebound effort at UDM Feb. 22 ... his 32 rebounds was most-ever in back-to-back games for an MKE player ... grabbed 15 rebounds in the Horizon League semifinal against Wright State March 5, breaking the school record for most in a season.
• 2017-18 game-by-game in PDF Format
2016-17: Enjoyed a stellar freshman campaign, appearing in all 35 games ... earned a pair of starts ... nearly set the school record by shooting .662 percent (100-151) from the floor - the highest percentage ever for a UWM freshman ... was even better in league play, shooting 70.0 percent in conference (63-90) ... averaged 6.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game ... led the team in rebounding 17 times - more than any freshman in school history ... earned the team Sixth Man and Iron Man Award ... made his UWM debut with 10 minutes of game time against Concordia in the exhibition opener Nov. 5, tying for the team lead with 8 rebounds ... an efficient UWM debut against MSOE Nov. 11, making 4-5 shots from the field in finishing with 8 points and 5 boards, while also adding two steals, a block and an assist ... posted the best game of his young career at DePaul Nov. 20, finishing with 13 points and 5 rebounds ... went an efficient 5-6 from the floor and added a game-high 3 steals ... chipped in with 2 points, 2 steals and tied for the team lead with 6 rebounds against ETSU Nov. 25 ... had 4 points on 2-3 shooting against UC Irvine Nov. 26, limited by foul trouble ... chipped in 6 points and 4 rebounds in the home win over Jacksonville Nov. 30 ... breakout effort at Montana Dec. 3, posting a double-double with career-highs in points (15) and rebounds (11) ... marked the first double-double by a UWM freshman since Tony Meier in January of 2009 and the first double-digit rebound effort by a frosh in eight seasons ... followed that up with 7 points and 6 boards despite foul trouble at Montana State Dec. 5 ... played a season-high 22 minutes at Loyola Dec. 10, leading the team with 5 rebounds ... chipped in 9 points on a perfect 4-4 shooting night at Ohio Dec. 14 ... earned his first collegiate start against Western Illinois Dec. 17 ... led the team with 7 rebounds ... started again vs. Belmont Dec. 19, recording 7 points and a team-best 8 boards in just 16 minutes, limited by foul trouble ... grabbed 8 more rebounds and added 6 points and a pair of blocks at YSU Dec. 29 ... netted a team-high 14 points at CSU Dec. 31, finishing an efficient 7-9 from the floor ... played just 9 minutes in the win over NKU Jan. 12, but did not miss a shot, grabbing 3 boards while making 2-2 FG and 2-2 FT ... led the team with 6 rebounds and did it in just 15 minutes against Wright State Jan. 14 ... enjoyed a special night from the floor at UIC Jan. 17, with his 10-12 FG (.833) the third-best in program history for a single game ... scored a season-high 22 points, the first UWM freshman to top 20 in a game since 2000 ... at it again against CSU Jan. 20, sinking 6-8 FG to finish with 13 points while grabbing 7 boards ... added a season-best 5 assists and 26 minutes played ... named Horizon League Freshman of the Week Jan. 23 on the strength his efforts against UIC and CSU ... recorded 12 points and 8 boards at Detroit Jan. 27, playing a season-high 28 minutes ... scored two key baskets in OT to help get the win ... 7 points and team-best 8 boards at Oakland Jan. 29 ... 13 points (6-7 FG) and 8 boards against UIC Feb. 4 ... grabbed 10 rebounds in loss to Green Bay Feb. 18.
• 2016-17 game-by-game in PDF Format
High School: A two-time first-team all-league pick in the Classic Eight Conference ... missed his entire senior season with a foot injury ... averaged 14.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per game as a junior at Arrowhead, shooting 50 percent from the field and 43 percent from three-point range ... joined the AHS varsity team as a sophomore and led the team in scoring at 14.1 points per game and in rebounding at 8.6 per contest.
Personal: Son of Betsy Redell ... born March 2, 1998 ... undecided on a major in school ... chose UWM because of the coaching staff and to be with a great group of guys.
Career Highs
Highs 2017-18 UWM career
Points 25 vs. GB, 2/2 ... Same
Rebounds 17 vs. IUPUI, 2/16 ... Same
Assists 5 at JAX, 12/5 ... 5, two times
Steals 4 vs. LUC, 12/16 ... Same
Blocks 4, four times ... Same
Field Goals 11 vs. GB, 2-2 ... Same
Three’s 1, seven times ... 1, eight times
Free Throws 4, two times ... Same
Minutes 43 vs. IUPUI, 2/16 ... Same
