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2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster (Returners)

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14 Casen Lawrence

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • Highschool Westminster Christian

Biography

Spent three years at Truman State prior to transferring to Illinois Wesleyan ahead of the 2025-26 season with two years of eligibility remaining …

Career Highs
Points - 31 (Feb. 20, 2025 vs. Maryville) #
Rebounds - 8 (Feb. 15, 2025 at Missouri S&T) #
Assists - 6 (Jan. 7, 2026 vs. Augustana)
Steals - 5 (Feb. 18, 2026 at North Park)

# - denotes recorded at Truman State

Academic Awards
CSC Academic All-District (2026)
Academic All-CCIW (2026)

2025-26: Played in all 31 games in his first season donning the Green and White, starting 27 games ... Averaged 29.5 minutes per game ... Fourth on the team in scoring at 10.0 points per game ... Tacked on 47 rebounds, 37 assists, and 35 steals ... Made 90 three-pointers, the seventh-most across Division III and the most in the CCIW ... Shot 40.0 percent from beyond the arc, good for the 28th-best clip in the country ... His 90 triples made are third-most in single season program history, trailing only Jordan Zimmer (107 in 2011-12) and Keelan Amelianovich (97 in 2005-06) ... Knocked down 8-of-12 three-point tries in a win over Wheaton, Feb. 4, tying for the second-most in a single game in program history ... Scored double-digit points 16 times ... Posted three 20+ point showings, including a season-high 24 points against Wheaton, Feb. 4 ... 

2024-25 (AT TRUMAN STATE): Played in 29 games ... Knocked down 66 three-pointers on a 39.52 percent clip ... Dished out 29 assists and snagged 17 steals ... Scored in double figures nine times with two games of 20+ point efforts ... Scored a career-high 31 points on 10-of-16 shooting with nine three-point makes against Maryville, Feb. 20 ... 

2023-24 (AT TRUMAN STATE): Hit over 52 three-pointers on the season and made 44 percent of his long-range shots in 28 games played … Scored in double-figures in eight games with a high of 17 on five triples in a win over Avila on November 19 … Scored 6.4 points per game with a 43 percent shooting percentage and a free throw shooting percentage of 83 … Added 25 assists and 16 steals …College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Academic All-GLVC honoree … Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar for a 4.0 grade-point average for the academic year and was the team’s representative on the Spalding Sportsmanship Award list …

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Westminster Christian Academy, where he was a four-year letterwinner on the basketball team … Voted Metro League Player of the Year in 2022 … All-state selection … 


PERSONAL: Majoring in kinesiology and allied health … Mom played basketball at UC Irvine … Dad was a golfer at UC Irvine … Other interests include golf … 
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2025-26Junior

    Guard
    5'10"
    14
  • 14

    2026-27Senior

    Guard
    5'10"
    14