Laurence Ekperigin (born February 21, 1988) is a British-American professional basketball player who last played for ADA Blois. He played

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at Le Moyne before playing professionally in

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, Italy,

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, France and Israel.

College career

Ekperigin played four seasons for the

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Dolphins, where he averaged 16.8 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Ekperigin began his professional career with

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of the South Korean league, where he played 56 games, averaging 14.3 points and 7.3 rebounds. In March 2011, he joined

Pallacanestro Cantù Pallacanestro Cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Cantù, Lombardy. On the European-wide club competition scene, Cantù is second to Real Madrid – again ...

of the Italian league who loaned him to

Pallacanestro Biella Pallacanestro Biella, known as Angelico Biella for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Biella, Piedmont. It plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season. For past club sponsorship names, see ...

. He would only play 3 games for Biella before joining

CB Gran Canaria Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Gran Canaria Arena. From 2012 until 2021, they have been sponsored by Herbalif ...

of the Spanish ACB league. On July 4, 2014, he signed with

JSF Nanterre Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club pla ...

for the 2014–15 season. Ekperigin won the 2015 EuroChallenge championship with Nanterre. On July 1, 2016, he signed with Hermine Nantes of the

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. Ekperigin played three seasons with Nantes, averaging 11 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in the 2018–19 season. On August 26, 2019, he signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin of the Israeli National League.

International career

Ekperigin plays for the

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and was part of the team that competed in the

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. Born in the

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, Ekperigin holds a British passport through his British mother.Gran Canaria grabs power forward Ekperigin
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