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45 Muhammed Lasege Class: Senior Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria High School: Jibril Martin, HS Height / Weight: 6-11 / 225 Position: Center Birthdate: 05/06/1980 Experience: HS

High School: Sat out last season after enrolling at U of L while awaiting word from the NCAA on his eligibility, posting a perfect 4.0 GPA ... Declared academically eligible by the NCAA Clearinghouse on July 24. He is awaiting word on an issue of his amatuer status after a short time with a professional team in Russia ... Has been compared favorably to NBA Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon, also a native of Nigeria ... His name is pronounced la-SHAY-geh ... Played for Nigeria at an international tournament in France in May of 1999 ... Gained first international competition with the Nigerian junior team at the African Junior Nationals in Egypt in August of 1998 ... Competed with the Nigerian team in the World Junior Championship on July 15-25 in Portugal ... Played soccer as a defensive midfielder in high school and competed in the high jump and long jump for his high school track team. Also participated in table tennis ... Represented his high school at a regional JETS workshop (Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientists) ... His father is an aeronautics engineer in Lagos ... Chose U of L after also considering Auburn, Houston and UCLA ... Other Cardinals who have worn No. 45 under Denny Crum: Danny Mitchell (1981-85.

Personal: Born May 6, 1980 ... Son of A.M. Lasege ... Major is economics ... Enjoys surfing the web in his spare time ... Chose to attend U of L because "the coaches were cool" ... Best basketball advice given to him was to "work harder than everybody" ... Few people know that he's "been speaking English all my life" ... When he played basketball as a kid, he pretended he was The Dream.

Favorites: Basketball Player: Hakeem Olajuwon ... NBA Team: Toronto Raptors ... Movies: Devil's Advocate, action movies ... TV Shows: Change of Heart ... Musical Group/Singer: Jay Z ... Best Athlete Ever Faced: Ben Eze.