UC Santa Barbara
2018-2019
Ami Lakoju posted his first double-double of the season with 16 oints and 11 rebounds in 16 minutes as a starter on Jan. 2 vs. Bethesda...The 16 points tied his career-high...Had scored 12 points in 10 games prior to Bethesda...Played four minutes and did not attempt a shot on Dec. 22 vs. Idaho State...Made his only field goal attempt and had two points on Dec. 19 at Omaha...The basket against Omaha is his only field goal over a six game span...Was scoreless and missed his only shot on Dec. 15 at Rice...Also scoreless and 0-for-1 from the field on Dec. 8 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff...Had one point, two rebounds and his first assist of the season in 11 minutes at Washington on Dec. 2...The 11 minutes against the Huskies were his second highest total of the season...Was scoreless in four minutes on Nov. 29 vs. Sacramento State...Made his only field goal attempt finishing with three points and one rebound on Nov. 23 vs. Portland State...Made his only field goal and finished with two points, two rebounds and two blocked shots on Nov. 24 vs. Idaho...Had two points and one rebound in five minutes on Nov. 17 vs. Montana State...Scored a career-high 16 points in just 12 minutes on Nov. 13 vs. Cal Lutheran...Made 8-of-13 field goal attempts and added four rebounds vs. CLU...Battled foul trouble and was limited to eight total minutes in the Nov. 6 game at Wyoming and the Nov. 11 game at North Dakota State...Scoreless and without a rebound in the first two games.
2017-2018
Lakoju averaged 4.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game while leading the team at 58.6% shooting from the field...Lakoju scored in double-figures three times...Tallied a season-high 12 on Dec. 19 vs. San Diego Christian...Had 10 points, to go along with eight rebounds, as a starter on Feb. 3 vs. CSUN...Had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in a Big West Tournament win over Cal Poly...Scored five or more points 12 times on the season, including five times in seven starts late in the season...Tied his season-high with 10 rebounds on Feb. 24 at CSUN...Added eight rebounds on Feb. 17 vs. UC Davis...Collected five or more rebounds seven times...51 of his 106 rebounds were offensive...Blocked 19 shots on the season, including a high of three in just seven minutes on Jan. 4 at Cal Poly...Also swatted a trio of shots on Feb. 3 vs. CSUN...Played in all 32 games while making seben starts...Averaged 12.0 minutes per gmae, but over the final 10 games he averaged 15 per game.
2016-2017
Until he was deemed ineligible after the season's first 10 games in 2016-17, Lakoju was one of the most improved players on the Gauchos' roster...Averaged 6.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while making 61.2% of his field goal attempts...Scored a career-high 12 points in games against Omaha and USC...Made all six of his field goal attempts vs. Omaha and was 6-for-7 against USC...Had his first career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds at UCLA...Scored eight or more points five times...Had five or more rebounds six times...Averaged 16.9 minutes but played 24 or more minutes three times.
2015-2016
As a redshirt freshman, Ami Lakoju played 79 minutes in 15 games for UCSB...Averaged 0.5 points and 0.9 rebounds per games...He also blocked eight shots in his limited time...Scored a high of four points at Cal...Had three rebounds at Cal and vs. Point Loma...Logged a season-high 13 minutes at Seattle...Had 21 fouls in his 79 minutes, one for every 3.76 minutes of action...Lakoju actually fouled out in an eight minute stint vs. Point Loma.
2014-2015
Lakoju redshirted the 2014-15 season...Played in three games and a total of 27 minutes before he was redshirted...Hit 3-of-6 shots and had four rebounds.
High School
Lakoju averaged 15 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots per game as a senior at St. Luke's School...Named First Team All-Fairchester Athletic Association and Second Team All-New England Prepatory School Athletic Council Class C...Scored a career-high 28 points in a game against Hamden Hall Country Day School...Pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds...As a junior, Lakoju averaged averaged 9.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots per game...Following his junior campaign, he was named Second Team All-Fairchester Athletic Association...Made the only three-pointer that he attempted in his career...Played for Brian Krifcher...Prior to attending St. Luke's, Lakoju attended Manhattan Village Academy in Manhattan and All Hallows High School in the Bronx.
Personal
Aminenye-jesu Ohabamewo Lakoju was born November 22, 1995 in Manhattan, New York City...The son of Alex and Agatha Lakoju...Nickname is AJ...Roots for the New York Giants, Mets and Islanders, as well as the Brooklyn Nets...Favorite movies include Inception, Top Gun and Batman: Dark Knight Rises...Lakoju's favorite author is Walter Dean Myers...Favorite athletes are Rudy Gay, Reggie Bush and David Wright...Originally signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Fairfield University...Hopes to major in history at UCSB.
