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Jersey Number 43
Lawrence Boston
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cleveland, Ohio
- High School:
- John F. Kennedy
Lawrence Boston is one of the leading shooters returning in Collegiate Basketball this year. He ranked sixteenth in field goal percentage with .598 as a junior and only 12 of those ahead of him return. He is the ACC's 2nd top FG percentage leader returning. In two years with the Terps Boston has taken 446 shots from the field and hit 256 for a fine .574 percentage. He was the Terrapins leading rebounder as a sophomore with 249 after moving underneath to replace the injured Larry Gibson. He played in all 28 games as a sophomore, starting 15 of them and started 25 of the 26 games he played in as a junior. As a forward last year he was the teams second leading rebounder with 174, the second leading scorer with a 13 point average and named the team's best defensive player by the coaching staff. His 338 points were the most by a Terrapin last year. Against East Carolina in his first game for the Terps he scored 17 points and pulled in 17 rebounds. He hit his career high with 23 points against North Carolina in Cole Field House on January 22 last year as he hit all 11 of his shots from the field and led the Terps with eight rebounds. He followed that with a six for seven field goal performance against N.C. State five days later. Boston came to Maryland from Vincennes Junior College after just one year at the J.C. powerhouse. Having entered Maryland as a sophomore he had three years with the Terps. During his senior year at John F. Kennedy High he averaged 25 points, 18 rebounds and seven blocked shots per game and was one of the most sought after big men. While at Vincennes he averaged 12 points a game and 10.7 rebounds leading the team to a 29-5 record. He is a native of Cleveland with his home now in Warrensville, Ohio. He Captained his high school team. He was an All-American in high and the second ranked J.C. player in the nation while at Vincennes. He played for the Ohio All-Stars against the Pennsylvania All-Stars in the 1974 Dapper Dan Classic. One of two seniors on the team, Boston will be team Co-Captain this season.
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