Kentucky's Oscar Tshiebwe on basketball, faith, hope and trusting in God's plan

<p>Oscar Tshiebwe is a college basketball player with University of Kentucky. In 2021-22, he won the John Wooden Award for college basketball's national player of the year. He averaged 17.4 ppg and 15.1 rebounds in leading Kentucky to 26 wins and a No.2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. In April 2022, he announced he would return for his senior season with the Wildcats.</p> <p>Tshiebwe grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and didn't play basketball until age 14. After moving to the United States in 2015, he quickly developed as a player and in his senior season, was named Pennsylvania's Gatorade Player of the Year. After a few seasons with West Virginia, Oscar came to Kentucky in 2021.</p> <p>Today on the podcast, we talk to Oscar Tshiebwe about how prayer and fasting played a role in his decision to return to Kentucky and why his goal as a basketball player is to point people to Jesus.</p> <hr /> <p><em>Looking for faith/sports gift ideas? Check out our new</em> <a href="http://theincrease.com/"><em>Increase store</em></a> <em>with Sports Spectrum apparel, gifts, devotionals and more. </em></p>