The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

LASHANN Higgs had her most productive outing of the season since she made her return to the Liga Femenina Endesa - the top division of women’s basketball in Spain.

Higgs finished with a season high 20 points and seven rebounds for Lointek Gernika Bizkaia in a 68-63 loss to Estudiantes.

Gernika fell to 8-8 on the season, just outside of the playoff picture - ninth in the standings.

In nine games with the club since she was signed as a mid-season acquisition, Higgs is averaging 9.3 points and 2.3 rebounds in just over 18 minutes per game.

Some of her top performances have included 15 points in a 72-62 loss to Valencia, 10 points and four rebounds in a 85-61 win over Leganes and nine points against her former team Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM.

The Harbour Island native began the year playing in Germany before the move to Spain.

She played just two games with Rutronik Stars Keltern Damen-Basketball- Bundesliga (DBBL), the premier women’s basketball league in Germany.

Higgs averaged just 10.5 minutes per game in the two contests and scored 3.5 points per game for a Rutronik team that claimed the 2020-21 title with a 21-3 regular season record and an undefeated 7-0 run in the playoffs.

She spent her rookie season of pro basketball last year with Bembibre PDM in the Liga Femenina Endesa.

Higgs, the team’s most valuable player, earned several Player of the Week honours and finished as the third leading scorer in the league at 15.8 points per game on 54 percent shooting from the field. She also shot 33 percent from three-point range, 76 percent from the free throw line and was third on the team at 4.2 rebounds per game.

Higgs, the former Texas Longhorn, signed with Sports International Group (SiG) following an accolade-filled collegiate career.

She played in 137 games as a Longhorn with 52 as a starter. She ranked as the seventh all-time in Longhorns’ history for games played and 28th in career points scored with a total of 1,288.