Omar Strong

Omar Strong Sr. (born May 16, 1990)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Windsor Express of the NBL Canada.

In 2012–13, he was a senior at Texas Southern University and was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

[2] Due to poor academic performance, Strong was unable to commit to a four-year college basketball program right out of high school.

[2] He guided them to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Tournament championship game, where the winner gains an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, but Texas Southern lost 71–69 to Mississippi Valley State; Strong scored 30 points in the loss.

He finished second in the conference in scoring with 17.0 points per game, made a school-record 120 three-pointers,[4] and led the SWAC in free throw percentage (84.8%).

[15][16] On February 6, 2018, Strong signed with the Windsor Express of the National Basketball League of Canada.

In 2015, he competed for Team City of Gods,[18] who made it to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Overseas Elite.

In 2021, he competed for B1 Ballers,[19] who lost in the first round to Golden Eagles; he later won the tournament's "33-Point Contest", and a $33,333.33 prize, by besting seven other players in an individual competition to make 11 three-point field goals the fastest.