Lee Aaliya (ex Murcia) joins Buckeyes

Ohio State University agreed terms with 21-year old Argentinian international power forward Lee Aaliya (6'9''-2004) for new 2026-27 season. He played last season at Universidad Catolica de Murcia CB in Spanish Liga Endesa. In two FIBA Europe Cup games he had 9.0ppg, 7.0rpg and 1.0bpg.
The previous (2024-25) season he played at Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba (La Liga) in Argentinian league. He also played 49 games in Argentinian La Liga where he recorded 7.3ppg and 3.4rpg in that year. Aaliya helped them to make it to both league and Cup finals.
He has been also a member of the Argentinian international program for some years. Aaliya has regularly played for the Argentinian senior team since 2025 and previously for the Under 18 National Team in 2022.
He also represented Argentina at the FIBA World Cup U19 in Debrecen (Hungary) three years ago. Aaliya's team got to the Semifinals and he had .
Aaliya has played also in Spain (Palmer Basquet Mallorca Palma) and Argentina (Atenas and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata) and Spain.

Ohio State University roster for 2026-27:

Guards:
Justin Pippen
Curtis Givens_III
John Mobley_Jr.
Jimmie Williams
Braylen Nash
Myles Herro

Forwards:
Andrija Jelavic
Joshua Ojianwuna
Lee Aaliya
A'mare Bynum
Anthony Thompson
Alex Smith

Centers:
Vuk Lazarevic
Ivan Njegovan

Coach: Jake Diebler