In the high school ranks, Chris Obekpa was known as an imposing big, a player capable of changing a game defensively by blocking virtually every shot that entered the interior. After a long recruitment, one that carried into the spring, Obekpa committed to St. John's (over Cincinnati) and while his offense is still very much a work in progress -- the majority of Obekpa's attempts come from ally-oops, put backs, and and drop-offs from the Red Storm guards -- Obekpa's defense is a large reason why SJU is a team capable of upsetting every ranked and unranked opponent the remainder of the 2013 season.
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