| Lasma Jekabsone |
Height: 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. |