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Tuburu Naivalurua is a senior forward and one of Oakland's most reliable scorers at 13.8 points per game. He adds 6.1 rebounds per game to go with his scoring. He takes care of the ball with just 1.1 turnovers per game. He has started all 28 games this season.
Tuburu Naivalurua spent nine years playing rugby before picking up basketball at 15, attending Endeavour Sports High School in Sydney and playing in the NBL1 East competition. After one season at Garden City Community College — where he averaged 14.8 points and 10.2 rebounds per game on 62.2 percent shooting and earned NJCAA Division I Second Team All-American honors — he transferred to Oakland University. The 6-foot-8 forward from Sydney, New South Wales, started all 31 games in 2024-25 and shot 55.5 percent from the floor while averaging 7.1 rebounds per game, totaling 459 points on the season. He was named the Horizon League's Preseason Player of the Year entering the 2025-26 season and remains one of the conference's most efficient interior scorers.
Career history
Tuburu Naivalurua spent nine years playing rugby before picking up basketball at 15, attending Endeavour Sports High School in Sydney and playing in the NBL1 East competition. After one season at Garden City Community College — where he averaged 14.8 points and 10.2 rebounds per game on 62.2 percent shooting and earned NJCAA Division I Second Team All-American honors — he transferred to Oakland University. The 6-foot-8 forward from Sydney, New South Wales, started all 31 games in 2024-25 and shot 55.5 percent from the floor while averaging 7.1 rebounds per game, totaling 459 points on the season. He was named the Horizon League's Preseason Player of the Year entering the 2025-26 season and remains one of the conference's most efficient interior scorers.
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