Ayodeji Egbeyemi

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Class: Sophomore Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria High School: National Christian Academy

Height / Weight: 6-4 / 205 Position: G Birthdate: 07/16/1990 Experience: 1V Major: Business Administration

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• 2010-11 Season Stats

BREIFLY...Ayodeji Egbeyemi is in his second season of collegiate basketball at LMU...

HIGHLIGHTS AT LMU...
IN 2012-12 • Sophomore... enters WCC tournament playing in all 30 games for the Lions, averaging 4.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.7 assists per contest... has added 16 steals... played 41 minutes with eight points, seven rebounds and three assists in overtime win at Idaho State (11/23/11)... has made 14 starts on the year... went for 10 points and six rebounds in win over Northern Arizona (11/26/11)... had nine points and four rebounds in win over No. 23 Saint Louis (11/29/11)... had seven points off the bench in 90-88 comeback win over San Francisco (2/4/12)...

IN 2010-11 • Freshman... played in 28 games, starting 13 as a true freshman... finished averaging 5.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 0.9 assists on the season... in conference play, ranked 12th hitting 35.7 percent from long range, finished the season overall hitting 32.1 percent... Played 13 minutes in first college game, scoring four points with two rebounds and an assist against Morgan State (11/12/10)... Went for 10 points, three rebounds and a steal against La Sierra (11/14/10)... left the game against Rider (11/21/10) with knee injury, and sat out nearly three weeks... returned against Sacramento State (12/7/10) and played 11 minutes, hitting 3-of-4 free throws with two rebounds and a steal... had six points in 10 minutes against Florida State (12/18/10)... had four rebounds, three offensive, at South Dakota (12/11/10)... had nine points in WCC opener against SMC (1/6/11), hitting 3-of-4 from three-point range... had a career-best seven rebounds with four points in 22 minutes in win over USD (1/8/11)... earned first career start against Gonzaga (1/15/11), playing 27 minutes with nine points and a steal... had second straight start at Pepperdine (1/22/11), scoring seven points with three assists, two rebounds and a steal... earned third straight start and had a break-out game with 15 points and 10 rebounds for his frist career double-double, added a pair of assists, hitting 6-for-12 from the field against San Francisco (1/27/11)... had eight points in win over Seattle (1/31/11) and then seven points and five boards at San Diego (2/3/11)... hit all four shots from the field and finished with 13 points and six rebounds in win over Pepperdine (2/16/11)... had 10 points, three rebounds, an assist and a steal in 28 minutes at Portland State (2/19/11)... held the WCC's leading scorer and nation's top three-pointer shooter, SCU's (2/24/11) Kevin Foster, to just 11 points on 4-for-18 shooting, 1-for-11 from the three-point line while forcing him into 10 turnovers. Played 47 of the 50 minutes in double overtime game. Scored six points with career-best five assists and five rebounds...

PRIOR TO LMU... Egbeyemi is from Lagos, Nigeria, and participated in a pair of NBA's Basketball Without Borders camps in Africa, earning MVP honors in 2008. He made his way to National Christian Academy (Washington D.C.) in October of that year, where he earned MVP honors in an east coast tournament. In the final 12 games of the season, he averaged 18.6 points in helping National Christian Academy to win the National Prep Basketball Championship. He was named preseason all-conference by the Washington Post for independent schools in the state of Maryland. In the summer of 2007 at just the age of 16, Egbeyemi played for the Nigeria U19 National Team at the FIBA U19 World Championships in Serbia...

PERSONAL... Ayodeji Egbeyemi was born in Lagos, Nigeria on July 16, 1990. He is the son of Jokotade and Niyi Egbeyemi. He has a brother and a sister. He is a Business Administration major.

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