2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster

3 Lauren Saiki

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Monterey Park, Calif.
  • Highschool Mark Keppel HS
  • Prev School West Virginia

Biography

2019-20 (Senior)
• Named to the All-Big West First Team
• Started all 31 games, averaging 11.6 points, 6.9 assists, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.9 steals 
• Her assist average ranked first in the conference and third in all of NCAA Division I
• Broke a single-season school record with 215 assists
• Also led the squad in total points (359) and steals (59) 
• Logged back-to-back double-doubles vs. Hawai’i (11 points/12 assists) on Feb. 27 and vs. UC Riverside (13 points/12 assists) on March 5
• Had her first double-double at Cal Poly (Jan. 18) with 12 points and 11 assists 
• Totaled 11 helpers at Long Beach State on Feb. 20, and 10 vs. UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 16
• Hit double figures in scoring 20 times
• Finished with a season-high 20 points vs. Loyola Marymount on Nov. 19
• Recorded 18 points with nine assists vs. San Francisco (Dec. 21) 
• Also had 18 points vs. Davidson, at UCSB and vs. Cal State Fullerton
• Notched a career-high six steals against Long Beach State on Jan. 25
• Made her way into UCI’s all-time top-10 with 447 career assists (2nd), 170 steals (8th) and 107 threes made (10th)
• Earned all-tournament honors at the Husky Classic, Pioneer Thanksgiving Classic and Preseason WNIT (Kansas City Site)
• Landed on the Big West All-Academic Team for the third time in her career

2018-19 (Junior)
• Earned All-Big West honorable mention recognition
• Started all 31 games, averaging 11.9 points, 4.3 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.9 steals per contest
• Ranked second in the Big West in steals (60) and fourth in assists (134)
• Had a 10-game streak of dishing out at least five assists including two with 10+ helpers
• Scored 10 points to go along with a career-high 13 assists vs. Indiana State (Nov. 24)
• Made her first career double-double even more impressive by committing only one turnover against the Sycamores
• Notched her second double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 assists at Portland State on Dec. 18
• Totaled 20+ points three times with a career high 25 vs. Cal Poly on Jan. 5
• Also finished with 23 points vs. Long Beach State (March 9) and 22 at Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 27)
• Filled the stat sheet with 19 points, eight assists, five rebounds, five steals, and one block against CSU Bakersfield on Nov. 29
• Named to the Big West All-Academic Team

2017-18 (Sophomore)
• Started all 32 games, averaging 7.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.6 steals per contest
• Ranked first on the team and ninth in the Big West with 98 assists
• Dished out at least three helpers on 18 occasions with a season-high eight at New Mexico on Nov. 25
• Went 12-for-16 at the free throw line and finished with a season-best 17 points at UC Riverside (Jan. 25)
• Registered 15 points (7-12 FG), to go along with seven assists and only one turnover vs. Pepperdine on Nov. 30
• Had 14 points and four assists in 15 minutes played against Chapman (Dec. 19)
• Notched 14 points, a season-high seven rebounds, and five assists in a win over UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 13)
• Put up 12 points on 60 percent shooting at Nevada in the first round of the Women's Basketball Invitational on March 15
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors

2016-17 (Redshirt)
• Sat out the 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules

2015-16 (Freshman at West Virginia)
• Played in six contests, averaging 4.7 minutes per game
• Finished the season with six assists, two points and two steals
• Had four assists in a season-high eight minutes played vs. Grand Canyon (Nov. 24)

High School
• Four-year starting point guard and three-time team captain at Mark Keppel High School
• Selected to the 2015 Los Angeles Times and Pasadena Star-News All-Star Team
• Tabbed the 76th-best guard in the 2015 class by ESPN HoopGurlz
• Ranked as California's 13th-best player in the class of 2015 by All-Star Girls Report
• Led the Aztecs to a runner-up finish at the CIF Division 2 State Championships as a senior
• Named MVP of the 2015 CIF Southern California Regional Championship
• Earned second-team All-CIF honors as a freshman
• Three-time All-Almont League selection
• Missed the majority of her junior season with an injury

Personal
• Majoring in sociology with a minor in management
• Played AAU basketball for California Storm Team Taurasi
• Helped her squad to the inaugural Nike Elite Youth Basketball National Championship

UCI CAREER HIGHS
Points: 25, at Cal Poly (1/5/19)
Rebounds: 7, vs. UC Santa Barbara (1/13/18)
Assists: 13, vs. Indiana State (11/24/18)
Steals: 6, vs. Long Beach State (1/25/20)
Blocks: 2, at Cal Poly (1/5/19)
FG Made: 9, at Cal State Fullerton (2/27/19)
FG Att.: 19, 2x, last vs. Cal Poly (3/11/20)
3FG Made: 4, 4x, last vs. Long Beach State (1/25/20)
3FG Att.: 9, 3x, last at CSUN (1/11/20)
FT Made: 12, at UC Riverside (1/25/18)
FT Att.: 16, at UC Riverside (1/25/18)
Minutes: 40, 2x, last at UC Davis (2/15/20)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Guard
    5'3"
  • 3

    2017-18Sophomore

    Guard
    5'3"
    3
  • 3

    2018-19Junior

    Guard
    5'3"
    3
  • 3

    2019-20Senior

    Guard
    5'3"
    3