BRIEFLY: Issanza played four seasons with the Lions from 2022-26 after transferring to LMU ahead of the 2022-23 from University of Oklahoma… Became the fourth player in school history to surpass 100 career blocks and finished his LMU career with 108 blocks over four seasons.
2025-26 (GRAD): Played in 30 games, including making 17 starts… Averaged 16.2 minutes per game and totaled 487 minutes played, both career-highs… Scored 79 points for 2.6 points per game… Ranked fourth on the team with 3.4 rebounds per game and 101 total rebounds grabbed… Ranked third in the West Coast Conference in both total blocks with 43 and blocks per game at 1.43… Led the team in field goal percentage at 66.7 percent (34-for-51)… Scored nine points on a perfect 4-for-4 shooting in a road win at UTEP (11/11/25)… Tied the school record with seven blocks in a game in the Sunshine Slam win over Ohio (11/25/25)… Set a career-high mark for rebounds against a Division I opponent with 10 boards in the final game of the regular season against Seattle U (2/28/26)… Recorded four steals in the conference game at Seattle U (1/21/26).
2024-25 (GRAD): Played in 26 games, including starting the final 17 games of the season… Averaged 14.5 minutes per game after playing a total of 377 minutes. Scored 3.0 points per game with 78 points on a team-high 68 percent (34-for-50) shooting… Third on the team with 3.1 rebounds per game after grabbing 80 boards… Led the Lions with 28 blocks and ranked seventh in the WCC with 1.08 blocks per game… Scored nine points on 3-for-3 shooting in the win over Portland (1/30/25)… Grabbed seven rebounds both against Nevada (12/7/24) and at Santa Clara (2/20/25)… Blocked four shots in a game against both Portland (1/30/25) and at Santa Clara (2/20/25), and three blocks against both San Diego (2/1/25) on the road and Saint Mary’s (2/27/25) at home… Named to the WCC All-Academic Team
2023-24 (R-SENIOR): Played in 10 games, making three starts, while battling injuries during the majority of the season… Led the team with 1.0 blocks per game and third on the team with 10 blocks despite playing less than a third of the games… Scored 17 points (1.7 points per game) and grabbed 39 rebounds (3.9 rebounds per game)… Scored a season-high six points on 2-for-2 shooting and seven rebounds in the win against Detroit Mercy (12/18/23)… Recorded a block in seven of 10 games played… Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds against UC Santa Barbara on a neutral court.
2022-23 (R-JUNIOR): Played in 28 of 31 games, making 24 starts… Scored 101 points to average 3.0 points per game… Fourth on the team with 4.2 rebounds per game and 118 total rebounds… Led the Lions with 27 blocks on the year… Averaged 16.0 minutes per game… Scored a season-high 10 on 5-for-6 shooting to help LMU win the opening game of the Jamaica Classic against Georgetown (11/18/23)… Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds in the opening night win over LIFE Pacific (11/7/22).
Prior to LMU
Oklahoma
2021-22 (R-SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 12 games (one start) ... Averaged 0.7 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.1 points per game ... Blocked lone shot of the season in the season opener against Northwestern State (11/9) ... Wrangled a season-best four rebounds against UTSA (11/12) ... Tallied a career-high seven points and three field goals made against East Carolina (11/18) ... First career start against Kansas State in Big 12 opener (1/1) ... Appeared in NIT first round game against Missouri State (3/15).
2020-21 (R-FRESHMAN): Appeared in five games … Made first career appearance at OU at Xavier (12/9), logging 4:27 minutes of action with his first career rebound … Finished 2-for-4 from the free throw line against Florida A&M (12/12) for his first two career points …Logged a season-high six rebounds with one block against the Rattlers … Added two points on his first career field goal made against Houston Baptist (12/19) … First Big 12 appearance at Kansas (1/9) … Played 5:23 minutes against TCU (1/12), recording two rebounds, one block and steal.
2019-20 (FRESHMAN): Sat out from competition as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit according to Rivals ... Ranked as a top-40 center in the 2019 class by Rivals ... Comes to Oklahoma from Bella Vista Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... As a high school senior, averaged 11.0 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.8 blocks while shooting 64 percent from the field.
PERSONAL: Born in Kinshasa, Congo ... Son of Moniques and Jacques Issanza ... One of nine children ... Has five brothers: Jamon, Ken, Gordon, Chris and Dan ... Has three older sisters: Tylda, Elikya and Jennifer ... Plans to major in computer science.
