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Jersey Number 12
LJ Figueroa
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lawrence, Mass.
- High School:
- West Oaks Academy
- Prev School:
- Odessa JC / St. John's
Bio
2020-21 | SENIOR SEASON
Played in 26 games with 21 starts ... Was third on the team in scoring at 12.3 points per game ... Led the team and ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in rebounds (6.1 per game) ... Was second on the squad and fourth in the league in steals (1.6 per game) ... Made almost two three-pointers per game (1.8) ... Matched his season-high with 21 points in the NCAA Second Round win over Iowa and led team with seven steals and three assists ... Season-best 21 points in Pac-12 Tournament opener versus Arizona State ... 18 points and four steals March 3 against UCLA ... Career game Feb. 27 at California with a career-high 14 rebounds to go with 20 points and five steals ... 14 points on 4-of-6 3-pointers Feb. 22 at USC ... 13 points and six rebounds Feb. 13 at Arizona ... 16 points Feb. 11 at Arizona State ... Led team with 9 rebounds in Feb. 6 win versus Washington ... Had his second double-double in four games with 12 points and 11 rebounds Feb. 2 against Washington State ... Scored 15 points in Oregon’s Jan. 9 win at Utah ... Big game Jan. 7 at Colorado where he scored 27 points with six rebounds, four steals and two blocks ... On Jan. 2, it was his rebound dunk to tie the game at 41-41 with 12:43 to go that sparked the Ducks; Oregon outscored Stanford 32-15 the rest of the way ... Made first start of the season Dec. 19 versus Portland and responded with 15 points and six rebounds ... Also scored his 1,000th career point as a collegian against Portland ... First double-double as a Duck was 12 points and 10 rebounds versus Eastern Washington ... NCAA transfer waiver approved on Dec. 3 after sitting out the season-opening Missouri game.
BEFORE OREGON
As a junior (2019-20), led St. John’s in scoring the team at 14.5 points per game (12th in the Big East) … Led the league and ranked 36th nationally with 1.9 steals per game … Scored in double figures a team-high 22 times with six showings of 20-plus points … Netted 15 or more points 17 times … 12 games with three or more steals ... Made 72 triples which tied for third on the program’s single-season list … Ranked eighth in the Big East with 2.3 made three-point field goals per game … Shot 36.5 percent from three-point range … Started all 32 games … Tallied 18 points and four steals in his season debut against Mercer … Had 25 points against New Hampshire … Recorded his first double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 boards against Vermont … Netted 23 points against Brown … Tallied a team-high 21 points and three steals in the Red Storm’s win over No. 16 Arizona State in San Francisco … Scored 23 points at Georgetown … Made seven three-pointers and finished with a career-high 28 points at DePaul … Scored 19 points and came away with four steals in the Red Storm’s win over Providence … Tallied 16 points and 12 rebounds in the victory over No. 10 Creighton … Scored a game-high 22 points in the Red Storm’s Big East Tournament win over Georgetown … As a sophomore (2018-19), ranked third on the team and 14th in the Big East in scoring at 14.4 points per game … Led all first-year Big East players in scoring … Topped the team and ranked 10th in the conference in rebounding (6.4 per game) … Second on the team and third in the conference in steals per game (1.8) … Played in all 34 games and made 32 starts … Shot a team-best 51.3 percent from the floor, including a 38.3 percent effort from beyond the arc … Had a team-best six double-doubles … Scored in double figures 27 times with six 20-point efforts … Collected his first St. John’s double-double with 23 points and 11 boards at Rutgers … Tallied season-highs with 25 points and 13 rebounds against Maryland-Eastern Shore … Matched a season-high 13 rebounds and scored 16 points in a win over Creighton … Sparked a thrilling comeback win for St. John’s against defending national champion No. 13 Villanova at Madison Square Garden, scoring 16 of his 22 points in the second half and corralling 12 boards … Registered a double-double in the NCAA Tournament against Arizona State with 19 points and 10 rebounds … Played at Odessa Junior College as a freshman (2017-18) where he was a NJCAA Division I first team all-American … Averaged 21.4 points per game and led the Wranglers to a 28-5 record … Helped Odessa secure a spot in the NJCAA Division I Basketball Championship … Shot 55.5 percent from the floor, including a blistering 48.2 percent from beyond the three-point arc … Reached double figures in all but one game for the Wranglers … Tallied 19 20-point outings and four 30-point performances … Grabbed 5.5 boards and dished out 3.7 assists per game … Scored a season-high 38 points on 15-of-26 shooting against New Mexico Military.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the No. 71 recruit in the high school class of 2017 according to 247Sports … Also listed as the No. 6 recruit in Orlando and the No. 14 small forward in the nation … Four-star prospect had a rating of 94 byy 247Sports … Four-star player with a grade of 81 from ESPN … Played his senior year of high school at West Oaks Academy in Orlando, Fla. … Has extensive international experience, playing with the Dominican Republic U18 team during the 2016 FIBA Americas Tournament, where he averaged 14.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 22 minutes per game.
PERSONAL
Born Lionel J. Figueroa in Lawrence, Mass. … Son of Gleny Mercado … Has a brother, Joenel, and a sister, Jessica.
Played in 26 games with 21 starts ... Was third on the team in scoring at 12.3 points per game ... Led the team and ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in rebounds (6.1 per game) ... Was second on the squad and fourth in the league in steals (1.6 per game) ... Made almost two three-pointers per game (1.8) ... Matched his season-high with 21 points in the NCAA Second Round win over Iowa and led team with seven steals and three assists ... Season-best 21 points in Pac-12 Tournament opener versus Arizona State ... 18 points and four steals March 3 against UCLA ... Career game Feb. 27 at California with a career-high 14 rebounds to go with 20 points and five steals ... 14 points on 4-of-6 3-pointers Feb. 22 at USC ... 13 points and six rebounds Feb. 13 at Arizona ... 16 points Feb. 11 at Arizona State ... Led team with 9 rebounds in Feb. 6 win versus Washington ... Had his second double-double in four games with 12 points and 11 rebounds Feb. 2 against Washington State ... Scored 15 points in Oregon’s Jan. 9 win at Utah ... Big game Jan. 7 at Colorado where he scored 27 points with six rebounds, four steals and two blocks ... On Jan. 2, it was his rebound dunk to tie the game at 41-41 with 12:43 to go that sparked the Ducks; Oregon outscored Stanford 32-15 the rest of the way ... Made first start of the season Dec. 19 versus Portland and responded with 15 points and six rebounds ... Also scored his 1,000th career point as a collegian against Portland ... First double-double as a Duck was 12 points and 10 rebounds versus Eastern Washington ... NCAA transfer waiver approved on Dec. 3 after sitting out the season-opening Missouri game.
BEFORE OREGON
As a junior (2019-20), led St. John’s in scoring the team at 14.5 points per game (12th in the Big East) … Led the league and ranked 36th nationally with 1.9 steals per game … Scored in double figures a team-high 22 times with six showings of 20-plus points … Netted 15 or more points 17 times … 12 games with three or more steals ... Made 72 triples which tied for third on the program’s single-season list … Ranked eighth in the Big East with 2.3 made three-point field goals per game … Shot 36.5 percent from three-point range … Started all 32 games … Tallied 18 points and four steals in his season debut against Mercer … Had 25 points against New Hampshire … Recorded his first double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 boards against Vermont … Netted 23 points against Brown … Tallied a team-high 21 points and three steals in the Red Storm’s win over No. 16 Arizona State in San Francisco … Scored 23 points at Georgetown … Made seven three-pointers and finished with a career-high 28 points at DePaul … Scored 19 points and came away with four steals in the Red Storm’s win over Providence … Tallied 16 points and 12 rebounds in the victory over No. 10 Creighton … Scored a game-high 22 points in the Red Storm’s Big East Tournament win over Georgetown … As a sophomore (2018-19), ranked third on the team and 14th in the Big East in scoring at 14.4 points per game … Led all first-year Big East players in scoring … Topped the team and ranked 10th in the conference in rebounding (6.4 per game) … Second on the team and third in the conference in steals per game (1.8) … Played in all 34 games and made 32 starts … Shot a team-best 51.3 percent from the floor, including a 38.3 percent effort from beyond the arc … Had a team-best six double-doubles … Scored in double figures 27 times with six 20-point efforts … Collected his first St. John’s double-double with 23 points and 11 boards at Rutgers … Tallied season-highs with 25 points and 13 rebounds against Maryland-Eastern Shore … Matched a season-high 13 rebounds and scored 16 points in a win over Creighton … Sparked a thrilling comeback win for St. John’s against defending national champion No. 13 Villanova at Madison Square Garden, scoring 16 of his 22 points in the second half and corralling 12 boards … Registered a double-double in the NCAA Tournament against Arizona State with 19 points and 10 rebounds … Played at Odessa Junior College as a freshman (2017-18) where he was a NJCAA Division I first team all-American … Averaged 21.4 points per game and led the Wranglers to a 28-5 record … Helped Odessa secure a spot in the NJCAA Division I Basketball Championship … Shot 55.5 percent from the floor, including a blistering 48.2 percent from beyond the three-point arc … Reached double figures in all but one game for the Wranglers … Tallied 19 20-point outings and four 30-point performances … Grabbed 5.5 boards and dished out 3.7 assists per game … Scored a season-high 38 points on 15-of-26 shooting against New Mexico Military.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the No. 71 recruit in the high school class of 2017 according to 247Sports … Also listed as the No. 6 recruit in Orlando and the No. 14 small forward in the nation … Four-star prospect had a rating of 94 byy 247Sports … Four-star player with a grade of 81 from ESPN … Played his senior year of high school at West Oaks Academy in Orlando, Fla. … Has extensive international experience, playing with the Dominican Republic U18 team during the 2016 FIBA Americas Tournament, where he averaged 14.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 22 minutes per game.
PERSONAL
Born Lionel J. Figueroa in Lawrence, Mass. … Son of Gleny Mercado … Has a brother, Joenel, and a sister, Jessica.
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