2020-21
• Did not see any action during the season.
• Entered the transfer portal following the conclusion of the season.
2019-20
• Appeared in nine games, averaging 1.3 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.3 blocks in 3.4 minutes.
• Totaled 12 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and two steals in 31 minutes of action.
• Scored four points against Chicago State.
• Netted baskets against Jacksonville State, Central Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin (Jan. 24) and Iowa (Feb. 5).
• Pulled down three rebounds against Central Michigan.
• Three of his six field goals were dunks.
2018-19
• Spent the 2018-19 season as a redshirt and will have four seasons of eligibility remaining, starting in the 2019-20 season.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Ranked as a 4-star center on 247Sports from Westwood Christian School in Miami, Dowuona verbally committed to the Boilermakers on Sept. 19.
• A four-star center according to ESPN.com, he is ranked No. 87 in the ESPN 100.
• Ranked as the sixth-best center in America according to 247Sports.
• Chose Purdue over offers from Tennessee, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Miami (Fla.) and others.
• Was named one of FanRag Sports Under the Radar Freshmen in the Big Ten.
• Was forced to sit out half of his senior year following concerns about his eligibility after he started taking high school classes in Ghana. His four-year clock in Florida had run out at the semester break.
• Averaged 19 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots during his shortened senior year.
• Took only one official visit -- to Purdue in June 2017.
• Has only played basketball for about four years after giving up his first love -- soccer.
• A native of Ghana, Dowuona arrived in Miami in the summer of 2015.
• Named Team MVP as a junior after averaging about 13 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks per game. Led Westwood Christian to a district title.
• A long, lanky athlete, Dowuona is a defensive standout that will get better with time offensively.
• One of his strengths is that he plays very hard every time out.
• Has "a love for Purdue and the program in which he will fit in with".
• Chose Purdue because of the great development of players and the academic prestige.
• High school coach was Jose Amat.
PERSONAL
• Majoring in organizational leadership.
• Full name is Emmanuel NiiNortey Dowuona.
• Born April 17, 1998, in Accra, Ghana.
• Son of Dowuona Emmanuel Nii Noi and Julianna Cudjoe.
• Has three brothers, Ebenezer, Samuel and Prince, and one sister, Karen.
• Brother, Ebenezer, plays basketball at North Carolina State.
• Enjoys painting.
• Did not see any action during the season.
• Entered the transfer portal following the conclusion of the season.
2019-20
• Appeared in nine games, averaging 1.3 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.3 blocks in 3.4 minutes.
• Totaled 12 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and two steals in 31 minutes of action.
• Scored four points against Chicago State.
• Netted baskets against Jacksonville State, Central Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin (Jan. 24) and Iowa (Feb. 5).
• Pulled down three rebounds against Central Michigan.
• Three of his six field goals were dunks.
2018-19
• Spent the 2018-19 season as a redshirt and will have four seasons of eligibility remaining, starting in the 2019-20 season.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Ranked as a 4-star center on 247Sports from Westwood Christian School in Miami, Dowuona verbally committed to the Boilermakers on Sept. 19.
• A four-star center according to ESPN.com, he is ranked No. 87 in the ESPN 100.
• Ranked as the sixth-best center in America according to 247Sports.
• Chose Purdue over offers from Tennessee, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Miami (Fla.) and others.
• Was named one of FanRag Sports Under the Radar Freshmen in the Big Ten.
• Was forced to sit out half of his senior year following concerns about his eligibility after he started taking high school classes in Ghana. His four-year clock in Florida had run out at the semester break.
• Averaged 19 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots during his shortened senior year.
• Took only one official visit -- to Purdue in June 2017.
• Has only played basketball for about four years after giving up his first love -- soccer.
• A native of Ghana, Dowuona arrived in Miami in the summer of 2015.
• Named Team MVP as a junior after averaging about 13 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks per game. Led Westwood Christian to a district title.
• A long, lanky athlete, Dowuona is a defensive standout that will get better with time offensively.
• One of his strengths is that he plays very hard every time out.
• Has "a love for Purdue and the program in which he will fit in with".
• Chose Purdue because of the great development of players and the academic prestige.
• High school coach was Jose Amat.
PERSONAL
• Majoring in organizational leadership.
• Full name is Emmanuel NiiNortey Dowuona.
• Born April 17, 1998, in Accra, Ghana.
• Son of Dowuona Emmanuel Nii Noi and Julianna Cudjoe.
• Has three brothers, Ebenezer, Samuel and Prince, and one sister, Karen.
• Brother, Ebenezer, plays basketball at North Carolina State.
• Enjoys painting.