Lawrence Ghoram Class: Senior Hometown: Zachary, La. High School: Zachary HS Height / Weight: 6-5 / 205 Position: G Experience: 3L

Has played in 89 career games, starting every Conference USA game the past two seasons ... averaging 6.3 points and 3.3 rebounds heading into his senior season ... has logged 83 assists and 55 steals during career.

2008-09
Averaged 8.0 points and 3.3 rebounds as a junior ... second on the team with 25 steals ... scored a team-leading 42 second-chance points during the year ... 19 of his 38 offensive rebounds led to second-chance points ... 103 free throw attempts was one shy of Rodney Foster's team-high 104 ... shot 68.9 percent from the line, raising his career average from the 60.2 percentage prior to his junior season ... in 16 starts in league play, averaged 8.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in 16 games ...provided a spark off the bench with nine points against Cal Poly at the Basketball Travelers Invitational ... connected on both of his three-point attempts in the game ... was able to draw a charge in the game and had two rebounds ... following night led Rice with 10 points and seven rebounds against BYU ... was 4-for-4 from the field against the Cougars ... recorded a 13-point game against Texas State ... was 8-for-8 from the free throw line in the contest ... in back-to-back games against Oklahoma and UALR scored 16 points and both contests ... against the nationally-ranked Sooners converted 5-of-11 shots and also made 5-of-8 free throws ... had three rebounds against Oklahoma ... recorded a 7-for-9 shooting performance en route to the Owls' road win at UALR ... made first start of the season against Texas A&M, scoring six points (3-for-7 shooting) and grabbed two rebounds ... went on to start the Owls' last 20 games ... scored a team-high 10 points, had three rebounds and two steals at Richmond.

Opened Conference USA play with a 17-point game at Tulane ... went 5-for-10 from the field and made 7-of-8 free throws ... also had an assist and a steal in 28 minutes of play .. in a nationally-televised game against SMU the week following the Tulane game also scored 17 points ... knocked down a trio of three-pointers, a career high, during 36 minutes of play ... was 6-for-10 from the field, finishing with 15 points, four rebounds and a season-high three steals against East Carolina ... had six assists in an 88-72 win over Southern Miss to go along with 12 points and seven rebounds ... got into a little foul trouble at UCF but still had eight points in 17 minutes of play in an Owl road victory ... in a 60-59 Conference USA Tournament win over Marshall, scored a season-high 18 points, had five rebounds, three assists and a steal ... was 6-for-13 from the field and also made 5-of-6 free throw attempts.

2007-08
Averaged 8.5 points and 3.9 rebounds while playing all 30 games, starting 27 for Rice as a sophomore ... averaged better than 10 points while starting all 16 Conference USA games ... had two, 20-point games during the year including a 23-point road game at UCF ... made five of the Owls' first six field goals and went on to go 9-for-16 from the field against the Knights ... drained both of his three-point attempts against UCF ... closed out the regular season with a 17-point, seven-rebound game against SMU ... scored in double figures 12 times during the year.

Prior to 2008 C-USA Play: Led Rice to the fourth-largest comeback since 1980 with a career game against TCU in Katy's Merrell Center ... had never scored in double figures during his career at Rice before finishing with 26 points and 10 rebounds in the Owls' 70-65 victory ... was 10-for-16 from the field against TCU, including 2-for-2 from three-point range, and also had three assists in 34 minutes of play ... was named Conference USA's Player of the Week following the performance ... the same day he was named the C-USA co-player of the week, scored 16 points and pulled down six rebounds at Texas A&M ... most extensive playing time early in the season came against Louisiana-Monroe when he played 22 minutes off the bench and started the second half ... was 0-for-3 from the field against ULM but knocked down 3-of-6 free throws and had four rebounds in the game ... prior to the TCU career day, previous season scoring high was an eight-point game against Texas ... was 4-for-7 from the field against the Longhorns and had three rebounds.

2006-07
Played in 27 games for a total of 183 minutes ... for the year averaging 1.9 points and 1.0 rebounds, finishing with 52 points and 27 boards ... shot 40 percent from the field ... matched an early, season-high with eight points and three rebounds in a Conference USA Tournament win over UTEP ... also scored eight against Texas-Permian Basin ... was 4-for-5 from the field against UTPB and also grabbed three rebounds and had a steal ... scored six points at Tulane as well as five points against Belmont and Western Carolina ... had a season-high five rebounds against Paul Quinn College to go along with four points, an assist, a block and a steal in collegiate debut ... played a season-high 15 minutes in the UT-Permian Basin game as well as on the road at Tulane.

Zachary High School
A 2006 graduate of Zachary High School where he was a four-year starter for coach Martin Poché ... averaged 22 points as a senior ... first-team all-district his last three seasons ... an All-State Class 6-4A selection ... also named to the academic all-state team ... LHSAA Coaches' All-State pick ... scored 40 points against Baker ... finished high school career by scoring over 2,000 points ... National Honor Society member.

Personal
Lawrence Clifton Ghoram, III was born Feb. 27, 1988 in Baton Rouge, La. ... son of Lawrence and Denise Ghoram ... has one brother ... economics major at Rice University ... Sid Richardson College.

Ghoram Career Statistics

Sid Richardson College