WCC Schedule | Men's Basketball Season Tickets
 
LOS ANGELES – A pair of LMU seniors from the 2018-19 team have each signed professional contracts to continue their basketball careers. James Batemon will play for in Latvia for BK Ogre in the LBL and Petr Herman will return to his home country and start his pro career with EGOE Basket Brno of the Czech Republic's NBL.
 
As seniors, Batemon and Herman led LMU to 22 wins, the third most in program history, and a return to the postseason for just the third time since 1989-90.
 
Batemon capped his career as a member of the All-WCC First Team and scored 1091 points in just two seasons at LMU to move into top 30 all-time at LMU.
 
Herman finished his career with 56 Career Blocked Shots, which is 18^th all-time in program history. His 110 career games played as a Lion is tied for 20^th in school history.
 
The pair each earned their degrees from LMU, with Batemon graduating with a psychology degree and Herman earning his degree in economics.
 
Following the departure of LMU's senior class, the team will rely on seven returning players to lead a group of eight newcomers.
 
The conference schedule has been announced. Season tickets are available at this time as well at the link above.
 
Follow the Lions on social media at @LMULions and @LMULionsMBB.
 
Several former LMU stars are still playing professionally as of 2019, including:
 
Brandon Brown - RILSKI SPORTIST SAMOKOV, Bulgaria-NBL
Steven Haney - KB BASHKIMI PRIZREN, Kosovo-Superliga
Anthony Ireland - AVTODOR SARATOV, Russia-VTB
Ashley Hamilton - LONDON CITY ROYALS, United Kingdom-BBL
Buay Tuach - WESTCHESTER KNICKS, NBA G-League
Sherman Gay - HAKRO MERLINS CRAILSHEIM, Germany-BBL
Marin Mornar - KK MZT SKOPJE AERODROM, North Macedonia-Prva Liga
Dave Humphries - GOLDFIELDS GIANTS, Australia-State League
Vernon Teel - ENOSIS NEON PARALIMNI, Cyprus-OPAP Basket League
Marco Deric - KK DYNAMIC VIP PAY BEOGRAD, Serbia-KLS
Kelvin Amayo - ABKHAZETI TBILISI, Georgia-A League
Damien Martin – PERTH WILDCATS, Australia-NBL