2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 21
Mate Okros
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Debrecen, Hungary
- High School:
- Myerscough (England)
Bio
2022-23 / Senior
Played in all 32 games and made 18 starts…averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game…shot 35 percent from behind the and was an 82 percent shooter from the free throw line…chipped in with 33 assists and nine steals…scored a season-high 14 points at Towson and was 4-for-5 from deep in that game…had 12 points and four rebounds against Indiana State in the Gulf Coast Showcase…drained two or more 3-pointers in 11 games…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…received the team’s Academic Award.
2021-22 / Junior
Appeared in 21 games and started 15 times…was limited by injuries late in the season…reached double figures in scoring four times…poured in a season-best 16 points at Syracuse and made four of his seven 3-point attempts…scored 15 points and was 5-for-6 from long range in the win vs. Towson…finished the year shooting .388 from behind the arc, which was second on the team…averaged 5.6 points and 2.5 rebounds…snared a season-high six rebounds on three occasions…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Member of Drexel’s 2021 Colonial Athletic Association championship team…appeared in 17 games and started the first 12 games…excelled in his role off the bench down the stretch and into the CAA Championships…ended his second season with the team seventh in the CAA in 3-point percentage (.390)…was 11th in the league in 3-pointers per game…shot a blistering .650 from long range in his final five games of the year…was 5-for-5 from deep and had 15 points in the win at James Madison…the five 3-pointers tied a career high…scored 14 points and was 4-for-5 from behind the arc in the CAA title game against Elon…scored a season-best 17 points vs. William & Mary…reached double figures in scoring five times…had 10 or more points in four of his final seven games…finished with a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio…was selected as the Donald Shank Spirit and Dedication Award winner.
2019-20 / Freshman
Started every game in his first season with the team…finished fifth in the CAA and led all league freshmen in 3-point percentage at .414…was 41-for-99 from deep…ended his first year averaging 5.5 points per game…had a career-high 14 points in Drexel’s win against Quinnipiac in the Boardwalk Battle…was 4-for-4 from long range in the game…also drained four 3-pointers in the road win at James Madison…in the rematch against the Dukes scored nine points and handed out a career-high five assists…had a perfect shooting night at Elon with 13 points…he made all four of his shots, including three treys, and both free throws…scored 10 or more points in a game five times…credited with 43 assists and picked up 12 steals…shot .792 from the free throw line.
Background
Represented Great Britain in the U18 FIBA championships during the summer of 2019 in Volos, Greece…was the top-ranked player at the U-19 Luol Deng Camp, which is made up of the top 50 players in the United Kingdom…earned First Team All-EABL honors…a member of the the EABL Northern Championship team…was a three-time EYBL Tournament All-Star…named the Hoopsfix Class of 2019 Most Valuable Players.
Personal
Son of Tamas Janos Okros and Eva Iren Okrosne Mihaly…one of two siblings…his brother played college basketball at Post University…a business major.
Played in all 32 games and made 18 starts…averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game…shot 35 percent from behind the and was an 82 percent shooter from the free throw line…chipped in with 33 assists and nine steals…scored a season-high 14 points at Towson and was 4-for-5 from deep in that game…had 12 points and four rebounds against Indiana State in the Gulf Coast Showcase…drained two or more 3-pointers in 11 games…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…received the team’s Academic Award.
2021-22 / Junior
Appeared in 21 games and started 15 times…was limited by injuries late in the season…reached double figures in scoring four times…poured in a season-best 16 points at Syracuse and made four of his seven 3-point attempts…scored 15 points and was 5-for-6 from long range in the win vs. Towson…finished the year shooting .388 from behind the arc, which was second on the team…averaged 5.6 points and 2.5 rebounds…snared a season-high six rebounds on three occasions…named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Member of Drexel’s 2021 Colonial Athletic Association championship team…appeared in 17 games and started the first 12 games…excelled in his role off the bench down the stretch and into the CAA Championships…ended his second season with the team seventh in the CAA in 3-point percentage (.390)…was 11th in the league in 3-pointers per game…shot a blistering .650 from long range in his final five games of the year…was 5-for-5 from deep and had 15 points in the win at James Madison…the five 3-pointers tied a career high…scored 14 points and was 4-for-5 from behind the arc in the CAA title game against Elon…scored a season-best 17 points vs. William & Mary…reached double figures in scoring five times…had 10 or more points in four of his final seven games…finished with a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio…was selected as the Donald Shank Spirit and Dedication Award winner.
2019-20 / Freshman
Started every game in his first season with the team…finished fifth in the CAA and led all league freshmen in 3-point percentage at .414…was 41-for-99 from deep…ended his first year averaging 5.5 points per game…had a career-high 14 points in Drexel’s win against Quinnipiac in the Boardwalk Battle…was 4-for-4 from long range in the game…also drained four 3-pointers in the road win at James Madison…in the rematch against the Dukes scored nine points and handed out a career-high five assists…had a perfect shooting night at Elon with 13 points…he made all four of his shots, including three treys, and both free throws…scored 10 or more points in a game five times…credited with 43 assists and picked up 12 steals…shot .792 from the free throw line.
Background
Represented Great Britain in the U18 FIBA championships during the summer of 2019 in Volos, Greece…was the top-ranked player at the U-19 Luol Deng Camp, which is made up of the top 50 players in the United Kingdom…earned First Team All-EABL honors…a member of the the EABL Northern Championship team…was a three-time EYBL Tournament All-Star…named the Hoopsfix Class of 2019 Most Valuable Players.
Personal
Son of Tamas Janos Okros and Eva Iren Okrosne Mihaly…one of two siblings…his brother played college basketball at Post University…a business major.
