2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Honors
MVC Newcomer of the Week: 2/17/20
Preseason All-MVC: 2020 (3rd)
MVC Honor Roll: 2020
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2020
2019-20
Scored in double figures 16 times as a senior and averaged 9.5 points in 33 appearances with 19 starts in his only season at Missouri State ... His .912 free throw percentage (52-of-57) ranked 5th on MSU single-season list and best among all players in program history other than Blake Ahearn who holds the top four positions ... Ranked 2nd in the MVC in FT percentage ... Finished second on the squad in 3-pointers (46) and 3-point attempts (139) and was third on the team in offensive rebounds (39) and field goal attempts (247) ... Led team in scoring 5 times and finished fourth on the team in total points (312) ... Including his three seasons at West Virginia, he finished his collegiate career with 1,257 points in 142 games with 200 3-pointers on 598 attempts ... Scored 15 points against Valpo (3/7/20) in MVC semifinals with a pair of 3-pointers and 5 rebounds ... Dropped 14 points on Indiana State (3/6/20) in MVC Tournament opener on 7-of-11 field goals with 5 rebounds ... Scored game-high 20 points for second straight game with 3 blocks and 3 steals in starting role at Bradley (2/19/20) and eclipsed 1,200 career points ... ... Named MVC Newcomer of the Week (2/17/20) ... Produced season-high and game-high 22 points with 9 rebounds in win at Indiana State (2/16/20) with 3 dunks, 3 treys and 7-for-7 effort at the FT line ... ... Dropped 15 points vs. Drake (2/12/20) with team-high 7 rebounds ... Made 23 consecutive free throws, from 11/5/19 to 1/15/20, plus 2 more at the end of his last season while at West Virginia ... Made 4 treys with 14 pts. in first reserve appearance (1/15/20) vs. Bradley ... Knocked down a 3-pointer in 13 straight games (11/15/19 to 1/7/20) ... Eclipsed 1,100 career points with 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists in road win at Illinois State (1/7/20), including 5-of-5 at the FT line ... Kicked off Valley play with 13 points and team-high 6 boards in win over Evansville (12/31/19) with 3 treys ... Scored team-high 14 points at Oral Roberts (12/21/19) on 4-of-9 from three ... Posted 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting in win over Arkansas State (12/11/19) ... Produced 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 triples vs. MVSU (12/6/19) ... Scored 11 points and had 6 rebounds vs. Buffalo (11/24/19) in Charleston ... Snagged team-high 9 rebounds vs. St. Joseph’s (11/22/19) in Charleston ... Scored 13 points and snagged 7 boards while collecting his 1000th career point vs. Miami in first round of Charleston Classic (11/21/19) ... Produced team-high 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting at #21 Xavier with 3 treys ... Notched team-highs 12 points, 3 treys and 3 assists in his MSU debut vs. Little Rock (11/5/19) while earning MSU Coors Player of the Week laurels ... Named to Preseason All-MVC third team ... Earned MVC Honor Roll laurels ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for spring 2020 semester.
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2018-19 (West Virginia)
Made 36 appearances at WVU in 2018-19 with 20 starts for coach Bob Huggins' Mountaineers ... Scored a team-best 400 points, averaging 11.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game as a junior ... Scored in double figures 21 times ... Also knocked down 64 3-pointers and converted 78 percent of his field goals for a 15-21 squad that played in the CBI ... Ranked 22nd in the Big 12 in scoring average (11.1), 7th in free throw percentage (.780), and 12th in 3-pointers per game (1.8) ... Also ranked 23rd in scoring in conference games (10.8), 12th in FT percentage (.742) and 13th in 3-pointers (1.7) against Big 12 foes ... Named to Academic All Big 12 first team ... Ended season with six consecutive games with multiple 3-pointers and seven straight games scoring in double figures ... Logged 21 points against Coastal Carolina (3/25/19) in CBI ... Finished with 11 points and 5 rebounds vs. Grand Canyon (3/20/19) in the opening round of the CBI ... Had 16 points against Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament (3/15/19) ... Had 10 points and 5 rebounds against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tourney (3/14/19) and a team-high 15 points against Oklahoma (3/13/19) in the opening round ... Scored 16 points, including 5 threes at Oklahoma State (3/9/19) ... Posted a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds against Iowa State (3/6/19) ... Scored 17 points in the triple overtime win over TCU (2/25/19) ... Had 16 points at Baylor (2/23/19) and 16 points with 7 rebounds and 3 steals against Kansas State (2/18/19) ... Finished with 11 points and 5 rebounds at Kansas (2/16/19) ... Scored a team-high 24 points at Iowa State (1/30/19) ... Had 13 points and 5 rebounds against Oklahoma State (1/12/19) ... Scored a team-high 21 points with 5 triples at Kansas State (1/9/19) ... Finished with 22 points and 7 rebounds vs. Final Four participant Texas Tech (1/2/19) ... Tallied 18 points and 5 rebounds against Jacksonville State (12/22/18) ... Finished with 9 points and 8 rebounds against Rhode Island (12/16/18) ... Scored 20 points and grabbed 7 rebounds against Rider (11/28/18) ... Finished with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists against Valparaiso (11/24/18) ... Had a career-high 27 points on 7-of-11 shooting from 3-point range against Saint Joseph’s (11/18/18) ... Scored 22 points to go with 9 rebounds against Buffalo (11/9/18) in season opener.
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2017-18 (West Virginia)
As a sophomore, West played in 36 games and earned 20 starts and averaged 9.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game for a 26-11 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 squad ... Made 55 3-pointers and notched double figures in the scoring column 16 times ... Shot 41.1 percent from the field and 76.3 percent from the free throw line ... Had 8 points against Villanova (3/23/18) in the NCAA Tournament ... Logged first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds against Marshall (3/18/18) in the NCAA Tournament ... Scored a team-high 15 points at Texas (3/3/18) ... Had 11 points at Kansas (2/17/18) with 3 treys ... Had 10 points against Oklahoma State (2/10/18) ... Produced 17 points on 5 3-point field goals at Oklahoma (2/5/18) ... Scored 11 points at TCU with 3 triples (1/22/18) ... Had 12 points and 7 rebounds in 39-minute assignment against Baylor (2/9/18) ... Finished with 17 points against Oklahoma (2/6/18) with 3 3-pointers and a 4-for-4 day at the line ... Scored 19 points at Kansas State (1/1/18) on a 7-for-10 day from the field ... Had 11 points at Oklahoma State (12/29/17) and scored 15 points with 9 rebounds against Fordham (12/23/17) ... Had 13 points and 8 boards in 36 minutes at Pitt (12/9/17) ... Matched season high with 22 points against Virginia (12/5/17) ... Had 13 points against NJIT (11/30/17) to start a streak of eight straight double-figure scoring games ... Scored 22 points, including 5-of-10 threes, to go with 8 rebounds vs. Long Beach State (11/20/17) ... Had 12 points, including 10-of-13 from the free throw line and 7 caroms vs. American (11/15/17) ... Made his first career start vs. Texas A&M (11/11/17) and finished with 8 points and 5 rebounds.
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2016-17 (West Virginia)
Played in 37 games his freshman year for a 28-9 WVU team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 ... Posted a 5.6 scoring average, 1.8 rebounds and 35 treys ... Shot 76.5 percent from the free throw line (39-of-51) ... Scored 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting against Bucknell (3/16/17) in the NCAA Tournament opening round ... Dropped 23 points vs. Texas (2/20/17) on 7-of-10 from the field with 6 treys ... Produced 21 points against Oklahoma State (2/4/17) with 6-of-12 from 3-point range ... Had 6 points and season-high 9 rebounds against Kansas State (2/11/17) ... Scored 10 points at Texas Tech (1/3/17) ... Produced 10 points in 12 minutes against Kansas City (12/17/16) ... Had 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting with 3 assists in 18 minutes against New Hampshire (11/20/15) ... Scored 12 points in 9 minutes against Mississippi Valley State (11/14/16) ... Scored 7 points in his collegiate debut vs. Mount St. Mary's (11/11/16) ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men's Basketball second team.
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2015-16 (West Virginia)
Redshirted his first season at West Virginia ... Mountaineers were 26-9 and made the NCAA Tournament.
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High School
Attended Miller Grove High School in Lithonia, Ga. ... Averaged 17.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.6 blocks per game as a senior in 2015 ... Led coach Sharman White's Wolverines to a 27-4 record and a 14-0 mark in 5A Region ... Shot 59 percent from the field and 73 percent from the free throw line as a prep senior ... Was a Georgia 5A all-state honorable mention pick in 2015 while being selected to the DeKalb County Boys All-Star Team ... Played his first three high school seasons at Withrow University High in Cincinnati, Ohio for coach Tyron Gibert.
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Personal
Lamont Lavell West was born 6/2/97 in Lafayette, Ind. ... Son of Tonya Kirk West of Lithonia, Ga., who played college basketball at Purdue (1993-96) and helped the Boilermakers to the Final Four in 1994 ... Earned his undergraduate degree from West Virginia in Sport Management (2019) ... Pursuing his Masters in Professional Studies at Missouri State.
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