Adebola Adeyeye

Early life

Adebola Adeyeye, a Canadian from Brampton, Ontario, played three seasons of high school basketball at Florida’s Rock School, where she captained the team for one year. Over those three seasons, she averaged 12.0 points and 13.3 rebounds per game while shooting 56 percent from the floor. In her senior year, she appeared in 28 games, putting up 16.1 points, 17.9 rebounds, 3.0 blocks, and 2.1 steals per game with a 58 percent field goal rate. From 2019 to 2022, she played for the Buffalo Bulls, logging 116 games and career averages of 4.8 points and 5.1 rebounds.

As a freshman, she averaged 2.0 points and 3.0 rebounds across 33 games. Her sophomore numbers rose to 5.9 points and 6.6 rebounds. In her junior season, she played 24 games, averaging 5.0 points and 4.6 rebounds with a 57 percent shooting mark and 15 blocks. During her final year at Buffalo, she averaged 6.1 points and 6.5 rebounds, helping the Bulls win the 2022 MAC Championship and reach the NCAA Tournament.

That season, she scored a career-high 17 points on a perfect 8-of-8 shooting against Akron, and earlier posted a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds against the same team. She also recorded a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds with two steals versus Oklahoma. In April 2022, Adeyeye committed to the University of Kentucky.