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Lasma Jekabsone
JekabsoneHeight: 6'3" (1.93)
College: Florida International (2007)
Position: Center
Date of Birth: January 30, 1985
Nationality: Latvian












International Career:

2009 - TTT Riga, Latvia:
Averaged 10.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. Stats.
2007 - 2008: Phard Napoli, Italy and Cesis, Latvia
European Championships U20 - 2004, 2005
European Championships U20 2004 - Scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against Finland
European Championship for Young Women - 2002
European Championship for Junior Women - 2002
European Championship for Cadettes - 2001

College Career:
First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference (2006) . . . SBC All-Tournament Team (2006). . .ESPN The Magazine’s Academic 
All-District III Second-Team (2006).

Season  G     MIN  FGM  FGA  PCT.  FTM  FTA  OFF  DEF  TOT  AST  ST  TO  BLK  PTS  RPG  APG  PPG  
2003-04  18  115     7      18   0.389   7      12     14     20     34       0     4      7     8       21    1.9       0     1.2  
2004-05  29  852   100   208  0.481  28      41     85    165   250     27  19    43   60     232   8.6     0.9     8  
2005-06  32  1142  193  396  0.487  112  137   108    217   325    44   25    87   91    504  10.2    1.4   15.8  
2006-07  30  1065  158  345  0.458    86  107    86    197    283    52   25    78   92    413    9.4    1.7   13.8  
Totals    109  3174  458  967  0.474  233  297  293    599    892  123  73   215  251  1170  8.2    1.1    10.7

2005 - 2006
Started all 32 of team’s games, playing 40 minutes in eight of the team’s final 10 regulation games and a career-high 
43 against Cincinnati in the preliminary round of the WNIT... Named First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference, to the SBC 
All-Tournament Team and ESPN The Magazine’s Academic All-District III Second Team... Led team with 15.8 points 
and 10.2 boards per game, while her 91 blocked shots set a new school single-season record that was 14 blocks 
better than Albena Branzova’s previous best total set during the 1992-93 season... Enters her senior year needing 92 
blocks to pass Branzova for the school’s career record... Established career game highs in points, rebounds and 
blocks during the season; 31 points in a loss to Miami (Fla.) in the second round of the WNIT (3/18), 18 boards in the 
win over Arkansas State (2/13) and seven blocks on three occasions... Finished regular season as the league leader 
in blocked shots (3.15 pg), free throw percentage (79.4) and defensive rebounds (6.93 pg)... Averaged 21.0 points, 
10.7 rebounds, 1.3 blocks and 1.0 steal in FIU’s three SBC tournament games, leading the Golden Panthers to the 
semifinals for the first time since 2002... Ranked 11th in the nation in shot blocking and 21st in rebounding... Her 
blocking prowess helped FIU rank seventh in the nation with 5.9 blocks per game... Came up with multiple blocks in 22 
games... Scored 20-plus points in 11 games and 10-plus in 26... Recorded 16 double-doubles, including six-straight 
during conference play (1/21-2/13)... Named to the conference’s Preseason Third Team and was an all-tournament 
selection in each of FIU’s three in-season tourneys, including being named the MVP of the FIU Thanksgiving Classic... 
Named Sun Belt Player of the Week for the first time of her career on Jan. 3... Enters 2006-07 less than 100 points 
shy of entering FIU’s all-time top 20 scoring list.

2004 - 2005
Saw action in all 29 games, making 24 starts... Led the team in blocks and rebounds, wrapping up the season ranked 
38th in the nation and third in the Sun Belt Conference with 2.1 blocked shots per game... Her 60 blocks tied Milena 
Tomova (2003-04) for the then-third-most single-season blocks in FIU history, while her 68 career blocks stood at 
10th in the Golden Panther record books... Put up multiple blocks on 16 occasions, including a season-high six 
versus New Mexico State in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament... Led FIU on the glass and was 
fourth in the conference with 8.6 boards per game... Grabbed double-figure rebounds 12 times, including in six-
straight contests (12/28-1/15)... The team’s fifth-leading scorer, averaging 8.0 points an outing... Scored in double 
figures eight times, including a season-high 18-point performance versus South Alabama (2/19)... Posted six double-
doubles, including a 16-point, 16-rebound outing versus Florida Atlantic (12/11)... Shot 48.1 percent from the field 
and 66.7 percent from long range (4-of-6).

2003 - 2004
Played in 18 games, with a season-high 18-minute outing versus Radford (1/2)... Recorded a season-high seven 
rebounds, five points, two blocks and two steals in that game... Averaged 1.9 boards per game... Recorded at least 
one block in seven games.

Prep Career:
Averaged 12.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots per game... Named team’s best center for three-straight 
years... Team won the Latvian Youth Championship... Won the European Championship as a member of the Latvian 
National Team.
 

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