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Lopes go to Wur for more roster versatility
5/11/2023 9:20:00 AM | Men's Basketball, Paul Coro
6-foot-9 Oregon transfer started Ducks' postseason games
Lök Wur did not play on his first basketball team until seventh grade but became a Division I prospect.
Wur redshirted his first season at Oregon and played sparingly the next two years but became a rotation regular who started the Ducks' postseason games last season.
If the 6-foot-9, 215-pound forward's trajectory continues upward, Grand Canyon will benefit from the improvement of Wur now that Lök Wur (pronounced Luke War) is transferring to play his final two seasons with the Lopes.
"Lok is a really good player who has his best basketball still ahead of him," GCU head coach Bryce Drew said. "We love his versatility to play multiple positions on offense and defend nearly every position on the court. We are excited for Lok to join the GCU family."
Wur, who can play either forward position, made 23 appearances at five minutes per game before growing into a larger Oregon role last season. He played 28 games, averaging 2.6 points and 2.2 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game with 37% shooting from the field, 9-for-30 shooting on 3-pointers and 73% shooting on free throws.
Wur posted several quality regular-season efforts in 2022-23:
"The last games of the year were big confidence boosters for me," Wur said. "Ever since that part of the year, I gained a sense of confidence that I can play this game at this level, I'm a unique player and I can make an impact. Going through the year, that was my mindset, but there would be games I played a lot and games that I didn't play at all. I was ready for those games that I did play and provided some sort of impact, both on offense and defense."
Wur is from Omaha, Nebraska, where his mother had moved from South Sudan a year before he was born. To improve his academics and athletics, Wur spent his last two Omaha-area years living with the family of his La Vista South High School coach and wound up averaging 21 points and 10 rebounds per game as a senior. He chose Oregon over Creighton, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech and Hawaii in 2019.
With college development in his strength and skills, Wur said part of what attracted him to GCU was the program's winning ways after the Lopes made the NCAA tournament in two of the past three seasons.
"Right away, I felt a good connection with the staff," Wur said. "Coach (Jamall) Walker was really high on me. I felt like they have a good winning tradition going, and I felt like I can make an impact on that in a positive way."
Wur is graduating from Oregon later this month in Political Science and International Studies and then will be in Phoenix for summer workouts.
With a 7-foot-1 wingspan and a love for playing defense, Wur fits into a Lopes system that has ranked 38th, fifth and second nationally for opponent field goal percentage during the Drew era.
"Just being more confident and more mature to see the game at a different perspective is what really helped me," Wur said. "Believing in myself and the work that I put in is definitely what helped me last season.
"My best days are still definitely ahead of me. I still have a lot of growth and potential left."
Wur redshirted his first season at Oregon and played sparingly the next two years but became a rotation regular who started the Ducks' postseason games last season.
If the 6-foot-9, 215-pound forward's trajectory continues upward, Grand Canyon will benefit from the improvement of Wur now that Lök Wur (pronounced Luke War) is transferring to play his final two seasons with the Lopes.
"Lok is a really good player who has his best basketball still ahead of him," GCU head coach Bryce Drew said. "We love his versatility to play multiple positions on offense and defend nearly every position on the court. We are excited for Lok to join the GCU family."Wur, who can play either forward position, made 23 appearances at five minutes per game before growing into a larger Oregon role last season. He played 28 games, averaging 2.6 points and 2.2 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game with 37% shooting from the field, 9-for-30 shooting on 3-pointers and 73% shooting on free throws.
Wur posted several quality regular-season efforts in 2022-23:
- 9 points, 5 rebounds in 24 minutes vs. Portland
- 8 points, 4 rebounds in 18 minutes vs. Villanova
- 4 points, 7 rebounds in 17 minutes vs. Nevada
- 4 points, 6 rebounds in 16 minutes vs. UCLA
"The last games of the year were big confidence boosters for me," Wur said. "Ever since that part of the year, I gained a sense of confidence that I can play this game at this level, I'm a unique player and I can make an impact. Going through the year, that was my mindset, but there would be games I played a lot and games that I didn't play at all. I was ready for those games that I did play and provided some sort of impact, both on offense and defense."
Wur is from Omaha, Nebraska, where his mother had moved from South Sudan a year before he was born. To improve his academics and athletics, Wur spent his last two Omaha-area years living with the family of his La Vista South High School coach and wound up averaging 21 points and 10 rebounds per game as a senior. He chose Oregon over Creighton, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech and Hawaii in 2019.
With college development in his strength and skills, Wur said part of what attracted him to GCU was the program's winning ways after the Lopes made the NCAA tournament in two of the past three seasons.
"Right away, I felt a good connection with the staff," Wur said. "Coach (Jamall) Walker was really high on me. I felt like they have a good winning tradition going, and I felt like I can make an impact on that in a positive way."
Wur is graduating from Oregon later this month in Political Science and International Studies and then will be in Phoenix for summer workouts.
With a 7-foot-1 wingspan and a love for playing defense, Wur fits into a Lopes system that has ranked 38th, fifth and second nationally for opponent field goal percentage during the Drew era.
"Just being more confident and more mature to see the game at a different perspective is what really helped me," Wur said. "Believing in myself and the work that I put in is definitely what helped me last season.
"My best days are still definitely ahead of me. I still have a lot of growth and potential left."
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