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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 2
Lucas Monroe
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Abington, Pa.
- High School:
- Abington Senior
Bio
2023-24 / Graduate Season
Appeared in 30 games in his only season at Drexel…moved into the starting lineup and the Dragons proceeded to win nine of their next 10 games…led the team in field-goal percentage at .599…shot .646 from the floor in league games…averaged 6.7 points and was second on the team with 5.2 rebounds…scored 10 or more points on seven occasions, six of those coming in CAA games…recorded 18 points and was 9-for-10 from the floor on Senior Day vs. Northeastern…added nine rebounds in the game…had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Delaware…grabbed 11 rebounds at North Carolina A&T…scored 12 of his 14 points in Drexel’s come-from-behind win against Hofstra…is completing a master’s degree in sport business…named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 / Senior
Named Academic All-Ivy…two-time captain of the Quakers…appeared in every game during his career…averaged 4.9 points and a team-best 6.0 rebounds in his final year at Penn…started 25 games…finished seventh in the Ivy in rebounding and 10th in blocked shots per game…handed out 62 assists and had 19 steals…had his first double-double of the season against Dartmouth, scoring a season-high 13 points and grabbing 10 rebounds…picked up his second double-double of the year vs. Cornell…scored 12 points, had 13 boards and tied a career high with five assists in the game…scored 10 points in the win against Temple…led the team in rebounding 10 times…had a career-high 16 rebounds against Saint Joseph’s and grabbed 10 or more boards on six occasions…picked up 11 rebounds against his future team at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.
2021-22 / Junior
Played in every game and started nine times…averaged 4.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game… led the Quakers with 12 blocked shots and was ninth in the Ivy in that category…grabbed 5.4 rebounds per game in Ivy League play…scored in double figures three times, including a career-high 14 points at Arkansas…snared a career-high 14 rebounds with three assists against Princeton…recorded 12 points, seven rebounds and two assists vs. Saint Joseph’s…had 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds vs. Cornell…led Penn with nine rebounds and added seven points in Ivy win at Brown…scored nine points and grabbed a team-high seven boards in win vs. Harvard.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Ivy League winter sports did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Played in all 27 games as a freshman, one of three players to play in every game…started four times…averaged 3.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game…handed out 24 assists while blocking 12 shots and contributing 16 steals and 12 blocked shots…had his first career double-double with 13 points and a team-high 13 rebounds against Widener…scored 12 points and had six boards at Dartmouth…began his career with seven points and seven rebounds in win at SEC-foe Alabama…grabbed a team-high nine rebounds in victory at Brown.
Background
Three-time captain at Abington, where his team won three straight District One Class 6A titles…scored more than 1,100 points and graduated as seventh leading scorer…second all-time at Abington with more than 400 assists and also had more than 600 rebounds in high school…his squad won four Suburban One League (SOL) championships, winning the National Division three times and the American Division once while going 51-1 overall in league play…Third-Team Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class 6A All-State as a senior and fourth-team as a junior…named First-Team All-SOL as a junior and senior…was a Third-Team All-SOL as a sophomore…USA Today Player of the Week nominee his senior year…National Honor Society member…was also involved in the Mentoring Program, Athletes Helping Athletes and the Abington Reading Clinics.
Personal
Son of Tracy and Raymond Monroe…one of four children…graduated from Penn with a political science degree and a minor in African studies.
Appeared in 30 games in his only season at Drexel…moved into the starting lineup and the Dragons proceeded to win nine of their next 10 games…led the team in field-goal percentage at .599…shot .646 from the floor in league games…averaged 6.7 points and was second on the team with 5.2 rebounds…scored 10 or more points on seven occasions, six of those coming in CAA games…recorded 18 points and was 9-for-10 from the floor on Senior Day vs. Northeastern…added nine rebounds in the game…had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Delaware…grabbed 11 rebounds at North Carolina A&T…scored 12 of his 14 points in Drexel’s come-from-behind win against Hofstra…is completing a master’s degree in sport business…named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 / Senior
Named Academic All-Ivy…two-time captain of the Quakers…appeared in every game during his career…averaged 4.9 points and a team-best 6.0 rebounds in his final year at Penn…started 25 games…finished seventh in the Ivy in rebounding and 10th in blocked shots per game…handed out 62 assists and had 19 steals…had his first double-double of the season against Dartmouth, scoring a season-high 13 points and grabbing 10 rebounds…picked up his second double-double of the year vs. Cornell…scored 12 points, had 13 boards and tied a career high with five assists in the game…scored 10 points in the win against Temple…led the team in rebounding 10 times…had a career-high 16 rebounds against Saint Joseph’s and grabbed 10 or more boards on six occasions…picked up 11 rebounds against his future team at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.
2021-22 / Junior
Played in every game and started nine times…averaged 4.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game… led the Quakers with 12 blocked shots and was ninth in the Ivy in that category…grabbed 5.4 rebounds per game in Ivy League play…scored in double figures three times, including a career-high 14 points at Arkansas…snared a career-high 14 rebounds with three assists against Princeton…recorded 12 points, seven rebounds and two assists vs. Saint Joseph’s…had 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds vs. Cornell…led Penn with nine rebounds and added seven points in Ivy win at Brown…scored nine points and grabbed a team-high seven boards in win vs. Harvard.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Ivy League winter sports did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Played in all 27 games as a freshman, one of three players to play in every game…started four times…averaged 3.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game…handed out 24 assists while blocking 12 shots and contributing 16 steals and 12 blocked shots…had his first career double-double with 13 points and a team-high 13 rebounds against Widener…scored 12 points and had six boards at Dartmouth…began his career with seven points and seven rebounds in win at SEC-foe Alabama…grabbed a team-high nine rebounds in victory at Brown.
Background
Three-time captain at Abington, where his team won three straight District One Class 6A titles…scored more than 1,100 points and graduated as seventh leading scorer…second all-time at Abington with more than 400 assists and also had more than 600 rebounds in high school…his squad won four Suburban One League (SOL) championships, winning the National Division three times and the American Division once while going 51-1 overall in league play…Third-Team Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class 6A All-State as a senior and fourth-team as a junior…named First-Team All-SOL as a junior and senior…was a Third-Team All-SOL as a sophomore…USA Today Player of the Week nominee his senior year…National Honor Society member…was also involved in the Mentoring Program, Athletes Helping Athletes and the Abington Reading Clinics.
Personal
Son of Tracy and Raymond Monroe…one of four children…graduated from Penn with a political science degree and a minor in African studies.
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