Laurence Ekperigin


Laurence Ekperigin is a British-American professional basketball player for Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball at Le Moyne before playing professionally in South Korea, Italy, Spain, France and Israel.

College career

Ekperigin played four seasons for the Le Moyne College Dolphins, where he averaged 16.8 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Ekperigin began his professional career with Ulsan Mobis Phoebus of the South Korean league, where he played 56 games, averaging 14.3 points and 7.3 rebounds.
In March 2011, he joined Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian league who loaned him to Pallacanestro Biella. He would only play 3 games for Biella before joining CB Gran Canaria of the Spanish ACB league.
On July 4, 2014, he signed with JSF Nanterre for the 2014–15 season. Ekperigin won the 2015 EuroChallenge championship with Nanterre.
On July 1, 2016, he signed with Hermine Nantes of the LNB Pro B. Ekperigin played three seasons with Nantes, averaging 11 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in the 2018–19 season.
On August 26, 2019, he signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin of the Israeli National League.

International career

Ekperigin plays for the Great Britain national basketball team and was part of the team that competed in the London International Basketball Invitational. Born in the United States, Ekperigin holds a British passport through his British mother.