Lawrence Westbrook

For Colonel Lawrence Westbrook, see Lawrence Westbrook (politician).

Lawrence Westbrook

Personal information
Born	(1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 Chandler, Arizona, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Chandler (Chandler, Arizona) Winchendon Prep (Winchendon, Massachusetts)
College	Minnesota (2006–2010)
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–2014
Position	Point guard
Career history
2010–2011	Maine Red Claws
2011	Dakota Wizards
2011	Texas Legends
2012–2013	Kazrin/Galil
2013	Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg
2014	U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca

Lawrence Westbrook (born January 17, 1988) is an American professional basketball point guard. As a senior with the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team, he averaged 12.2 points per game in the 2008–09 season, and was the Golden Gophers' leading scorer.

He is also the cousin of former NFL player Brian Westbrook.

High school career

As a junior at Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona, he led the nation in scoring with 41.0 points per contest. He had 883 points in just 22 games that season. He then transferred to Winchendon Prep High in Winchendon, Massachusetts as a senior, where he averaged 19.0 points per game as a senior. Rivals.com named him the 75th best high school basketball player of the decade. He signed with the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the fall of 2005.

College career

Westbrook was leading scorer for the Gophers in the 2008–09 season. He has started almost every game in both his sophomore and junior seasons. In a January 15, 2009 overtime win against the Wisconsin Badgers at the Kohl Center, he had a season-high 29 points, including nine in the extra session, while going 10-for-16 from the field (including 7-of-7 from the free-throw line and 2-for-2 from beyond the arc). He also hit the game-tying 3-pointer with 2 seconds remaining in regulation.

College statistics

College Statistics

Legend   GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2006–07 Minnesota 21 2 10.8 .370 .303 .529 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 3.5 2007–08 Minnesota 34 34 23.5 .420 .393 .798 3.3 2.4 0.9 0.1 8.5 2008–09 Minnesota 29 23 24.1 .421 .361 .857 2.6 1.6 0.7 0.1 12.2

External links

• Lawrence Westbrook- Gophersports.com bio
• Profile at Eurobasket.com
• NBA D-League Profile