University of Memphis Athletics
2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
Lomax, Alex
Jersey Number 2
Alex Lomax
- Position:
- G
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
Bio
2022-23 (RS-Senior)
- Played in 24 games and started his first 16 games before suffering a groin injury at UCF (1/11), causing him to miss the next nine games before returning at Houston (2/19)
- Averaged 6.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.3 steals per game
- Finished second on the Tigers with 55 steals and third with 76 dimes
- Scored double figures in a career-best eight games
- 15 times he dished 3+ assists with a season-high eight against North Alabama (N30)
- Recorded first-career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Vanderbilt (N7) in the season opener
- Swiped 3+ steals in 11 games, including a career-high seven against ECU (J11)
- Scored a career-high 16 points with six assists against South Florida (D29) in the AAC opener
- Finished his Tiger career sixth in steals (218), and eighth in assists (489) and games played (137)
- Ranked third all-time in the AAC in steals and sixth in dimes
- Played in 28 games with 23 starts while averaging 6.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game
- Led the Tigers with 114 assists and 48 steals
- Dished out nine assists with no turnovers Feb. 15 at Cincinnati, the first such game by a Tiger in at least 12 seasons
- Had five assists and no turnovers Feb. 9 against Tulane
- In second game back from missing five games due to injury, had seven assists and no turnovers in 32 stellar minutes at Tulsa (Jan. 23)
- Played 20 key minutes off the bench against Virginia Tech (Nov. 24)
- Missed the final nine games of the season, save for one minute on the court at the end of the NIT championship game, due to an ankle injury
- Played in 21.7 minutes per game over 19 contests
- Dished out 4.2 assists per game
- Had a career-high 11 assists against Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 8), the most by a Tiger in a game since Jeremiah Martin had 11 on Jan. 19, 2019
- Made a career-high four 3-pointers against UCF (Feb. 1)
- Was one assist shy of Memphis’ first points-assists double-double since Jeremiah Martin at Cincinnati on Feb. 23, 2017 (Feb. 6)
- Was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll Feb. 8
- Averaged 10.7 points, 6.0 assists and 3.7 steals per game
- Shot 64.7 percent from the floor (11-17) in a pair of Memphis wins over UCF and another against East Carolina
- Only committed a total of three turnovers in 69 minutes of action during the week
- Averaged 6.7 points and 4.3 assists in 31 games and started four games
- Led the team with 132 assists, 44 more than freshman season
- Ranked third in the American Athletic Conference in assists
- Had five or more assists in 13 games, including a season-high seven assists in a Feb. 29 win at Tulane
- Eight assists Dec. 30 against Tulane represented a career-high
- Tied a career-high with five steals in a Jan. 12 win at USF
- Set a career-high with nine rebounds Jan. 9 against Wichita State
- Scored a career-high 17 points in a Dec. 3 home win over Bradley
- Grabbed a clutch rebound off a missed Tennessee free throw with 20 seconds to play and made two free throws with seven seconds to go to secure a 51-47 victory over No. 19 Tennessee
- Named to the AAC weekly honor roll (honorable mention) Dec. 9 after averaging 13.5 points and making 13-of-16 free throws in wins over Bradley and UAB
- Averaged 9.5 points, 4.3 assists and 4.0 steals during the team's 2019 Foreign Tour to The Bahamas in mid-August
- Had five steals in wins over the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Bahamas National Team
- Shot 55.6 percent (15-27) during the four-game exhibition series at the Baha Mar resort in Nassau.
- Averaged 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds during the season
- Started the first 10 games of career and posted double figures during that stretch in victories over Yale (13 points) and South Dakota State (12 points)
- Grabbed eight rebounds in a game on three occasions (Nov. 23 vs. Canisius, Dec. 1 vs. Texas Tech and Jan. 3 vs. Wichita State)
- In the American Athletic Conference opener against Wichita State, scored 8 points (on 4-of-4 shooting) with eight rebounds and five assists
- Finished the season by connecting on five-of-nine 3-pointers in the team's final five games (three games in the AAC Tournament and two in the NIT)
- Played a season-high 35 minutes in the team's double-overtime home victory against Yale on Nov. 17
- Played for Penny Hardaway during four seasons at East High School and has been coached by him since the sixth grade
- Listed as a 4-star recruit by ESPN and ranked among the top-150 players in the country by every national recruiting outlet
- Regarded as an excellent playmaker with above-average court vision and defensive skills
- Was named TSSAA Class AAA Mr. Basketball as a sophomore and junior at East High
- Helped East High to three-straight Class AAA state championships and was twice named tournament MVP
- Was named MVP of the 2018 state tournament and scored 14 points in the 72-50 title-game victory over Whitehaven High School
- Signed a National Letter of Intent with Wichita State in November, but was released from the NLI when Hardaway became the Memphis head coach
- During high school career, scored more than 1,700 points with more than 800 rebounds and 800 assists
- In four seasons at East High, the Mustangs went 122-18
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