| Isaac Likekele | |
| Number: | 13 |
| Position: | Point guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 5 |
| Weight Lb: | 215 |
| League: | Korisliiga |
| Team: | Kouvot |
| Birth Date: | 25 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| High School: | Mansfield Timberview (Arlington, Texas) |
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| Draft Year: | 2023 |
| Career Start: | 2023 |
| Years1: | 2023–2024 |
| Team1: | Fyllingen BBK |
| Years2: | 2024–present |
| Team2: | Kouvot |
Isaac Likekele (born February 25, 2000) is an American basketball player for the Kouvot of Korisliiga. Listed at 6feet and 2150NaN0, he plays the point guard position. He played college basketball at Oklahoma State and Ohio State.
Likekele was born in Charlotte, North Carolina to Sarah and Serge Likekele.[1] He attended Mansfield Timberview High School, where in his senior year averaged 18 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists per game. In 2017, Likekele led his team to the Texas 5A state championship.[2] A three-star prospect, he was accepted to attend Oklahoma State University in May 2018.[3]
As a freshman at Oklahoma State, Likekele averaged 8.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.[4] In November 2019, Oklahoma State won the NIT Season Tip-Off against Ole Miss; Likekele was named to the All-Tournament Team.[5] Despite missing most of December with an illness, Likekele posted three triple-doubles and had 21 points in the Big 12 Tournament first round win over Iowa State. In the 2019–20 season he played 28 games and started all of them, averaging 10.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and a team-high 4.5 assists per game. Likekele was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention.[6]
On May 4, 2022, Likelele announced on Twitter that he was transferring to Ohio State.[7]
After not being selected in the 2023 NBA draft, Likekele signed with Norwegian club Fyllingen BBK. He averaged 19.7 points, 12 rebounds, and 8.1 assists per game. On June 18, 2024, Isaac Likekele signed a one-season contract with Finnish club Kouvot.[8]
Likekele won a gold medal with the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Heraklion. He averaged 8.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.[9]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma State| 32 || 32 || 28.9 || .466 || .240 || .657 || 4.8 || 3.9 || 1.3 || .3 || 8.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma State| 28 || 28 || 32.4 || .460 || .214 || .661 || 5.6 || 4.5 || 1.9 || .4 || 10.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma State| 24 || 20 || 33.8 || .482 || .444 || .570 || 6.6 || 3.6 || 1.1 || .2 || 9.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 84 || 80 || 31.5 || .468 || .298 || .635 || 5.6 || 4.0 || 1.5 || .3 || 9.6
Likekele marks both of his sneakers with a black marker in honor of his deceased grandfather, his friend Criston King (who died in an automobile accident), and best friend John Lee. Likekele says, "Me going out there and playing like that is paying respects to them...".[10] Likekele has two sisters, Faith and Hope.