2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster

NCAA MBB Div1: Bulldogs 77 vs Eagles 74 (Final)
Photo by: Keith Kountz
NCAA MBB Div1: Bulldogs 77 vs Eagles 74 (Final)
Photo by: Keith Kountz
NCAA MBB Div1: Bulldogs 77 vs Eagles 74 (Final)
Photo by: Keith Kountz
Mustafa Lawrence
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Mustafa Lawrence

  • Position:
    G
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    180
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Newark, N.J.
  • High School:
    Forest Trail Prep School/Essex County V-Tech School
  • Prev School:
    Missouri State/Tallahassee Community College
Last Updated: March 20, 2020

2019-20 (JUNIOR): Played in 18 games (eight starts) ... averaged 6.4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game ... posted a total of 115 points, 25 rebounds, 53 assists and 14 steals ... logged a total of 364 minutes for an averaged of 20.2 minutes per game ... scored a season-high 16 points twice, which included games against UNLV (Dec. 4) and at California (Dec. 11) ... scored in double figures in six contests ... made the buzzer-beating 3-point field goal on a pass from Jarred Hyder, which sealed the Bulldogs’ 77-74 home-opening win over Winthrop, who later went on to win the Big South tournament championship as a Big South regular season co-champion ... made at least four field goals in six games ... made multiple 3-point field goals in four contests ... shot 37 percent from the field (40-108 FG) and 72.7 percent at the free throw line (16-22 FT) ... made multiple 3-point field goals in four games ... collected a season-high four rebounds in home game versus San Francisco (Dec. 23)  ... had at least three rebounds four contests ... registered a season-high three steals twice, which included season-opener at Oregon (Nov. 5) ... had a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio (53-35 A-TO).

PRIOR TO FRESNO STATE: Played his freshman season at Missouri State and sophomore season at Tallahassee Community College ... at Missouri State, played in 22 games, which included starts in the Bears’ final nine games of the season, and averaged 4.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio during that freshman campaign ... the fifth-most efficient 3-point shooter by hitting 42.0 percent (21-for-50) of his 3-point field goal attempts during Missouri Valley play in the 2017-18 season ... transferred to TCC for his sophomore season, when he averaged 13.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per contest in 29 games ... earned All-American and all-conference honors at TCC.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Forest Trail Prep School (2016-17) after a four-year hall of fame high school career at Essex County Vo-Tech School in Newark (2012-16) ... scored more than 1,900 career points as a four-year starter and won three New Jersey state championships ... a 2016 McDonald's All-America nominee ... received All-State and All-Conference honors in basketball and all-state honors for football ... scored 50 points on senior night in 2016 ... also an all-state wide receiver and defensive back in football.

PERSONAL: Full name is Mustafa Al-sadat Lawrence ... parents are Vanessa and Mustafa Lawrence ... has six siblings, Miyyada, Hassan, Mubarak, Rajonn, Moe, and Mirah ... has three relatives playing professional basketball: Isaiah Briscoe, Keyon Lawrence, and Corey Chandler.