4 Days to Purdue Basketball: Emmanuel Dowuona

I am not used to starting the basketball season on a Tuesday night, but that is where we are with next week’s beginning. As a result, we will have one player each of these last four days before tipoff.

Accra, Ghana (Westwood Christian HS in Miami)

6’10”, 130 pounds

Center

2018-19 Projection: Likely Redshirt

I am afraid that Dowuona is the very definition of “project center”. He has only been playing basketball for 4 years and came to the United States jsut after that. He does have the gift of “he’s very tall”, which, of course, cannot be taught. Because he took some high school courses in Ghana he was only able to play the first half of last season for Westwood Christian High down in Miami. It…