Elijah Olaniyi, a former college basketball player and Newark native, died Thursday following a battle with brain cancer, Stony Brook announced.

Former Stony Brook and Miami basketball player Elijah Olaniyi has died after a battle with brain cancer. He was 26 years old. Olaniyi spent three years with Stony Brook, transferred to Miami for one season and finished his college career with the Seawolves in 2021-22.

Elijah Olaniyi was a college basketball star and had hoped to play overseas professionally - but he has tragically died at the age of just 26

The college basketball community is mourning the loss of former Stony Brook and University of Miami star Elijah Olaniyi. Olaniyi passed away Thursday at the too-young age of 26 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

Elijah Olaniyi, a former Stony Brook University men’s basketball star, died on Thursday after a fight with brain cancer. He was 26. On Nov. 30, 2023, Olaniyi was diagnosed with a tumor on his brain. After undergoing three surgeries to remove it,

A former college basketball star has died from cancer at 26 years old. The 2024-25 NCAA men's basketball season is heating up. We're a little more than two weeks away from Selection Sunday and less than three weeks away from the start of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.