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#1 Lamar Washington

Lamar Washington - Men's Basketball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Experience TR
Height 6-4
Weight 200
Hometown Portland, Ore.
High School Arizona Compass Prep
Last School Pacific
Major undeclared
Year Senior
Lamar Washington - Men's Basketball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  • West Coast Conference All-Conference second-team – 2024-25
  • WCC Player of the Week – 1/13/25
  • Pacific’s single-season assists record holder (191)
  • Pacific’s single-game assists record holder (15)

General

All-West Coast Conference guard who transferred to Tech from the University of the Pacific … Proven scorer and distributor with three seasons of collegiate experience … Has excellent size, experience and scoring versatility … Spent two seasons at Texas Tech before transferring to Pacific … Majored in Media X at Pacific

2024-25 (junior at Pacific)

Represented Pacific on the WCC All-Conference teams by earning second-team nod … Broke the school record for assists in a season with 191, topping the previous mark of 178 that was set in 1973-74 … Ranked top-25 in the nation in both assists and assists per game… averaged 13.5 points and 5.8 assists per outing … Led the WCC in steals with 1.7 per game … Turned in three double doubles, including two in points and assists and one in points and rebounds … Won WCC Player of the Week after a heroic 40-point effort at Washington State which included a game-winning three at the buzzer in overtime as he played all 45 minutes and was a whopping 16-of-22 from the field and 4-of-6 from three … Became the first Pacific student-athlete to win WCC Player of the Week in over two years … Turned in 23 double-figure scoring games … tallied at least 20 points three times … Registered at least 30 points twice and 40 points once … Career-high 10 rebounds to go along with 31 points in a win at LMU … Dished out at least 10 assists three times including a career-high and school record 15 against Jessup … Ranked top-five in the WCC in minutes (34.4 mpg) and free throw percentage (.840) … Started in all 33 games and played 40 minutes (or more) six times

2023-24 (sophomore at Texas Tech)

Played in all 30 games and averaged 2.1 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game… scored a season-high eight points in a home win over Omaha … Recorded a season-high five rebounds, three assists and four points against No. 1 Houston in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals … Dished out a season-high four assists in the season opener against Texas A&M-Commerce… tallied seven points and three assists against Villanova in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

2022-23 (freshman at Texas Tech)

Played in all 32 games during his first season at Tech with three starts … Averaged 3.4 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 0.9 steals for the season … Had a career-high 13 points and five steals in a win over No. 13 Kansas State at home on Feb. 11 … Was 4-for-7 from the field with two 3-pointers in the 13-point performance where he also had two steals … Scored in double figures in two games during the season after also having 12 points against Nicholls in non-conference play where he was 12-for-17 from the free-throw line … Made his first career start against Oklahoma on January 7 and finished with six points and six rebounds … Washington had eight points in the regular-season finale against Oklahoma State and finished the Big 12 schedule averaging 3.1 points per conference game … Recorded a career-high seven rebounds in wins over Nicholls and Louisville … He had three games with five assists (Nicholls, at Baylor, and OSU) and finished third on the team in total assists (57) and total steals (29) … Finished the season shooting 34-for-80 (42.5 percent) with seven 3-pointers.

High School

Averaged 13.3 points, 4.5 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game as a senior at Arizona Compass Prep … A Portland, Oregon native and ESPN 4-star recruit, Washington had a junior season where he averaged 31.2 points, 10.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game at Jefferson High School … Played his senior season at Arizona Compass Prep School before enrolling at Texas Tech … Named the 2021 Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year along with Oregon Max Prep Player of the Year after a junior season where in the first game of the year he went for 52 points with nine 3-pointers to go along with 11 rebounds and seven assists … Scored 2,135 points in his high school career along with having 705 rebounds and 823 assists … Also had a 48-point performance as a junior and scored 30 or more points in nine games … Named the Portland Interscholastic League Player of the Year and to its first team playing for head coach Pat Strickland … Along with his high school career, played for Dream Vision which won the 2021 Adidas 3SSB 17U Championship. He was named the MVP of the tournament … Also played football in high school and was coached by Houston Lillard, the older brother of Damian Lillard

Coach Stoudamire says“Lamar brings a lot of experience to our backcourt. He is poised and under control, a two-way player who can set the tone on both ends of the floor. We’re excited to have him here on The Flats!”

Coach Stoudamire says“Lamar brings a lot of experience to our backcourt. He is poised and under control, a two-way player who can set the tone on both ends of the floor. We’re excited to have him here on The Flats!”

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