CAREER OVERVIEW | Career Statistics
Career-High Points: 12, 2x, Last vs. Texas State (1/27/22)
Career-High Rebounds: 13 @ Little Rock (1/22/22)
Career-High Blocks: 3 @ Little Rock (1/22/22)
AWARDS
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021-22) | Game-By-Game Stats
Averaged 3.8 points and 2.6 rebounds … shot 48.7 percent (37-76) from the floor … first-career double-double with career bests of 12 points and 13 rebounds at Little Rock (Jan. 22) ... also added a career-high three blocks in that contest ... matched that scoring high with a second-straight 12-point outing versus Texas State (Jan. 27) ... eight points at South Alabama (Feb. 25) ... eight-point, six-rebound performance at Utah State (Nov. 27) … tied a then-season high with eight points at Oral Roberts (Dec. 16) ... then-season-best seven rebounds against Howard Payne (Dec. 22); also went 2-2 from 3-point range in that game for his first-career triples (was 0-7 entering the game) … four contests of 5+ rebounds … had a pair of multiple-block games … played in 25 games, making two starts … suffered an eye injury in practice before the UC Santa Barbara game (Nov. 29) and did not play in that contest ... did not play versus Louisiana (Jan. 13) nor ULM (Jan. 15) due to COVID protocols … averaged 10.5 minutes per game.
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2020-21) | Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared in 12 games, making two starts versus Hardin-Simmons (Dec. 11) and Arkansas State (Feb. 27) … suffered a leg injury in the 2nd half at Little Rock (Jan. 2) and missed 13 games ... returned on Feb. 26 … averaged 4.1 points and 3.2 rebounds ... scored 30 of his 49 points on the year in a three-game stretch (Dec. 11-22) … just missed what would have been his first-career double-double with a season-high-tying 11 points and season-best nine rebounds opposite Hardin-Simmons (Dec. 11) ... shot a perfect 5-5 from the floor against Howard Payne (Dec. 22) as part of an 11-point outing … tallied eight points versus Dallas Christian (Dec. 17), going 4-4 from the free-throw line … scored five points against Arkansas State (Feb. 27), his most versus a Division-I team during the year ... pulled down six rebounds – his most against a D-I opponent – in the Sun Belt Tournament opposite Troy (Mar. 5) … had four games of 5+ rebounds … posted four blocks … secured 15 offensive rebounds … shot 63 percent from the floor in limited attempts (19-30).
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT FRESNO STATE (2019-20) | Game-By-Game Stats
Played in 10 games .. posted a total of 10 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block ... logged a total of 51 minutes ... shot 50 percent from the field (4-8 FG).
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT FRESNO STATE (2018-19) | Game-By-Game Stats
Played in 27 games with two starts (first two games of the season) ... averaged 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game ... posted a total of 72 points, 56 rebounds, five assists, five steals and 11 blocks ... logged a total of 220 minutes for an average of 8.1 minutes per game ... scored a career-high 10 points in the Bulldogs’ 71-52 win over Weber State (Dec. 5) ... recorded a career-high nine rebounds in the Bulldogs’ 81-78 overtime win over Pacific (Nov. 28) in a career-best 19 minutes off the bench.
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT FRESNO STATE (2017-18) | Game-By-Game Stats
Played in eight games ... posted a total of two points, four rebounds and one assist ... logged a total of 17 minutes ... scored in the Bulldogs' 86-65 win over Colorado State (Feb. 17) ... grabbed a rebound in four games.
AS A FRESHMAN AT FRESNO STATE (2016-17)
Utilized a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Score Academy in Florida during the 2015-16 season.
PERSONAL
Born on Nov. 18, 1996 ... son of Eliadny Rodrigues Leal and Ricardo Silva Rojas … has two sisters, Rafaela and Barbara, one younger brother, Artur … goes by “Laz” … favorite athlete is Lamarcus Aldridge … most admires his mother and father because he appreciates all they sacrificed to raise him … lived in Brazil until he was 15 years old; lived in Italy with his mother from ages 15-18 before returning to Brazil to play club basketball in advance of moving to Florida and graduating from Score Academy … father now lives in McKinney, about an hour from campus ... also recruited by Alabama, Colorado State, Maryland, North Carolina State and Ohio State out of high school.
