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Jersey Number 14
Oliver Kanden
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Loimaa, Finland
- Prev School:
- Kauhajoki
PRIOR TO PEPPERDINE: Played three seasons with Kauhajoki in Korisliiga, Finland's top professional basketball league, from 2023-26 ... Named Korisliiga Rookie of the Year in 2024 ... Helped Kauhajoki win a Finnish Championship silver medal in 2025 and a bronze medal in 2024 ... Averaged 8.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game while shooting 38.1% from 3-point range in 2025-26 ... Averaged 7.3 points per game while shooting 41.9% from beyond the arc in 2024-25 ... Appeared in all 31 games and averaged 5.4 points per game during his rookie Korisliiga season in 2023-24 ... Played three seasons in Finland's Division A and Division B professional leagues from 2020-23 ... Averaged 9.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game for Forssan Koripojat in 2020-21 ... Averaged 21.3 points per game in six contests for Jyvaskyla Weikot in 2021-22 while shooting better than 50% from the field and from 3-point range ... Averaged more than 15 points per game across 36 contests in 2022-23.
FINLAND: Represented Finland at the U18 and U20 European Championships ... Averaged 8.0 points per game while shooting 40% from 3-point range at the 2023 U18 European Championship ... Averaged 12.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while shooting better than 40% from 3-point range at the 2025 U20 European Championship ... Played eight men's challenger international matches for Finland and competed at the Rhine-Ruhr Universiade in 2025.
FINLAND: Represented Finland at the U18 and U20 European Championships ... Averaged 8.0 points per game while shooting 40% from 3-point range at the 2023 U18 European Championship ... Averaged 12.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while shooting better than 40% from 3-point range at the 2025 U20 European Championship ... Played eight men's challenger international matches for Finland and competed at the Rhine-Ruhr Universiade in 2025.
