Lawrence Westbrook (born January 17, 1988) is an American professional

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. 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

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High school career

As a junior at Chandler High School in

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, 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

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as a senior, where he averaged 19.0 points per game as a senior.

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named him the 75th best high school basketball player of the decade. He signed with the

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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

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at the

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, 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.Westbrook hits tying 3-pointer, then scores nine in OT to lift Gophers
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College statistics

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External links

Lawrence Westbrook- Gophersports.com bioProfile
at Eurobasket.com
NBA D-League Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Westbrook, Lawrence 1988 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Romania American men's basketball players Basketball players from Arizona Dakota Wizards players Maine Red Claws players Riesen Ludwigsburg players Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball players Point guards Sportspeople from Chandler, Arizona Texas Legends players U-BT Cluj-Napoca players Chandler High School (Arizona) alumni