A Pro Basketball Player Stuck In Ukraine Safely Arrives In Prince George's County

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A pro basketball player from Oxon Hill who found himself caught in the war in Ukraine has safely made it home. The 31-year-old found himself stuck in Mykolaiv, a city located in the southern part of the country.

"I’m just happy to get out of it, I’m just happy to be with my family, my friends and my whole community,” Creek told News4 Washington.

The Prince George's County native shared that he stayed in a bomb shelter in Ukraine surrounded by blasts. He texted his mom and told her, "I love you mom."

“Our son should never have been in the midst of a war,” Pammy Morgan, Creek’s mother, said. “You never would’ve thought in a million years that something like this would happen.”

Creek headed to Moldova, then Romania and eventually in Prince George's County on Thursday.

“There is really no word. I give all thanks and praise to the most high God and that’s all that I can do,” Morgan said.

But he's still concerned about those left behind.

“I just want to pray for them, I’m still sick, I mean I’m here, but I feel bad for them,” he said. “You know, my brothers that I built a bond with, my coaching staff that coached me and tried to make me into the best player I could be.”

Creek starred at Oxon Hill High School before transferring to Hargrave Military Academy. The 6'5 guard played college ball at George Washington University from 2013-2014, then began playing professionally in Ukraine in 2019 with MBC MYKOLAIV, part of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.

More than 30 Americans spent at least part of the basketball season playing in the Ukrainian league, according to team rosters found on EuroBasket.