Outlook
Serves as a steady, calming force when on the floor...Good ballhandler and distributor who will look to improve his outside shot this season.
2008-09
Saw action in all 32 games...Averaged 23.4 minutes per game...Started 16 contests (15 in MAC) and averaged 2.8 points and 2.0 assists per game...Led team with 1.5 assist/turnover ratio with 65 assists and 43 turnovers...Tied for sixth in MAC in assists per game (2.94) and posted 2.04 asst/turnover ratio in conference games only...Posted 6.33 asst./turnover ratio (19:3) in Rockets' last five MAC games...Scored season-high 11 points at Kent State (Feb. 3) with another double-digit outing of 10 points vs. Akron (Jan. 28)...Shot 4-of-4 from the field vs. Golden Flashes and was 2-of-2 from three-point range...Registered season-high five rebounds and five assists vs. Eastern Michigan (1/17)...Also dished out five assists vs. Northern Illinois (3/8)...Tallied season-best two steals at Ohio (2/14) and Central Michigan (3/4)...Registered a steal in a season-high seven straight contests (2/14-3/8)
High School - Towson Catholic H.S.
A 2008 graduate of Towson Catholic High School...Averaged 17.0 points, 7.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game...Helped lead Owls to 22-12 ledger and second straight Baltimore Catholic League and Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference tournament titles...Named to first-team all-conference, second-team Baltimore Catholic League and second-team All-Metro squads...Also earned spot on Baltimore Catholic League all-tournament team and was named Mid-Atlantic Hoops Fall League MVP...Tallied 14.0 points, 5.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game in junior year...Started for team that included future NCAA Division I players Donte Greene (Syracuse) and Malcolm Delaney (Virginia Tech) and was rated No. 13 nationally by USA Today during the season and finished with 32-6 mark...Averaged 10.0 points, 3.0 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game as sophomore.
Personal
Full name: Larry Prince Bastfield Jr...Age: 18 (born February 6, 1990)...Son of Larry and Pauline Bastfield...Has one sister, Nija (22)...Interests include reading and hanging out with friends...Planning to major in communications.
Career Highs
Points: 11 at Kent State (2/3/09)
Rebounds: 5 vs. Eastern Michigan (1/17/09)
Assists: 5 (2 times, last vs. NIU (3/8/09)
Blocks: 1 at Delaware (12/30/08)
Steals: 2 (2 times, last at CMU (3/4/09)
Field Goals: 4 (2 times, last at Kent St. (2/3/09)
Free Throws: 3 (2 times, last vs. NIU (3/8/09)
3-Pt. FGs: (2 times, last at Kent St. (2/3/09)
Minutes: 40 (2 times, last at CMU (3/4/09)
Up Close With Larry Bastfield
Nicknames: "L-Train," LB" and "Lil' Larry."
Favorite all-time athlete: Kobe Bryant.
Favorite website: www.utrockets.com.
Favorite sports broadcaster: Stuart Scott.
Favorite cartoon: Doug.
Favorite musical artists: Yo Gotti, Lil' Boosie, Gucci Man and Jay-Z.
My basketball hero growing up was: My father.
My favorite sports moment was when: Winning championship my senior year in high school.
My biggest pet peeve is: Looking under warmups to see if I have right color on.
Favorite subject in school: Math.
Favorite sports movie: "Above the Rim."
If I were to own a business, it would be a: Nightclub owner.
One thing most people don't know about me is: I have a silly side.
My favorite dinner is: Whatever my mother cooks.
The song I use to pump myself before a game is: Anything by Jay-Z.
My best non-athletic talent is: Making people laugh.
One thing I wish I was better at is: Not showing my emotions.
The best advice I have ever received is: "Do work or get worked."
My biggest fear is: Wasting an opportunity.
The magazine cover I would like to be on is: Slam.
One word to describe myself is: Unpredictable.
The job I want to have 10 years from now is: Sports broadcaster
