Ajogbor to Return for 2025-26 Season
PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's men's basketball team is excited to announce that Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team member Justice Ajogbor is returning for the 2025-26 season.
The Benin City, Nigeria native led the A-10 and was fifth nationally with 86 blocks on the season, a total that is eighth on the Hawks' single-season list. He started all 35 games for SJU and had five games with at least five blocks and 15 contests with three or more. His eight blocks in NIT First Round against UAB are the second most in an NIT game and his seven blocks against Dayton in A-10 QF are the fourth most in an A-10 tournament game.
Ajogbor also shot 57.5 percent from the floor and scored in double figures twice, at Duquesne on January 8 and at Davidson on January 21.
The graduate student also has a 3.53 GPA while working on a certificate in applied investment analysis and was a member of the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Team.
With Ajogbor's return, Saint Joseph's continues to build a roster that has added four-star transfers Deuce Jones and Jaiden Glover-Toscano and Al Amadou who was the number three recruit in the class of 2023 from Pennsylvania.
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