2016-17 (Junior): Reserve guard appeared in 21 games…averaged 1.8 ppg in 6.5 minutes per game off the bench…majority of production came in non-conference play when he scord 32 of his 37 points…provided a spark in UH’s win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 27).…played 13 minutes—all in the second half—and tallied a season-high 10 points, three rebounds, and a steal vs. the Golden Lions…played a season-high 22 minutes vs. Seton Hall in the Pearl Harbor Invitational (Dec. 6)…finished with seven points, two rebounds, two assists, and a steal...also had six points and a rebound vs. Delaware State (Dec. 29).
2016-17 Game-by-Game Statistics
Prior To UH: Played 2015-16 season at Odessa Community College in Texas…earned first-team all-conference honors and helped Odessa to a Region V championship and appearance in the NJCAA Championships…averaged 11.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game….scored in double figures 19 times while shooting 49.1 percent from the field and 40.7 percent from three-point range (48-of-118)...prior to Odessa, attended Texas-San Antonio for two seasons… appeared in 24 games and started seven games as a redshirt freshman in 2014-15 for the Division I Roadrunners….averaged 4.5 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game and shot 41.2 percent from the field…started the first seven games with five double-figure scoring games while averaging 26.9 minutes played during that stretch…redshirted at UTSA in 2013-14.
Prep: A 2012 graduate of Arcadia High School in Phoenix, Ariz…a four-year starter in basketball…rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals and one of the state of Arizona’s top prospects for the class of 2012…selected as the state’s Division II Player of the Year and Section III Player of the Year as a senior…averaged 23.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.6 steals per game…led the school to the Division II state semifinals…as a junior, averaged 25.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.2 steals per game and led the school to a 26-2 mark and state quarterfinal appearance….named the All-East Sky Region Player of the Year that season…following Arcadia, attended Westwind Prep Academy in Phoenix…averaged 21 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.9 steals per game in 2012-13…played AAU ball for the Arizona Magic.
Personal: Born in Milwaukee, Wisc…nickname is “L-Boogie”…major is sociology…has one older brother and two older sisters…older brother Charles Ward played collegiately for the University of Sioux Falls and has played professionally in Germany, Mexico and Portugal…mother is Cheryl Reynolds of Phoenix, Ariz.
