| L.D. Williams |
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One of the most athletic players in the ACC ... Serves as the Deacons' top lockdown defender and is frequently matched up against an opponent's top offensive threat ... Intense player who is one of the leaders on the team ... Possesses an amazing leaping ability and is one of the best dunkers in the ACC ... Able to knock down medium to long-range jumpers ... Solid scorer on offense ... Possesses a good basketball IQ ... Grew up in the Winston-Salem area and attended Forbush High School before completing his high school work in Florida at Montverde Academy ... Joins recent Deacons Chris Paul and Josh Howard as players who grew up in the Winston-Salem area and went on to start for Wake Forest.
In The Wake Forest Record Books
- 3rd (tie) in Freshman season games started (31)
2007-08 (Sophomore)
Served as a team captain ... Saw action in 26 games and made 25 starts ... Missed four games due to a fractured right hand suffered on Jan. 22 at Clemson ... Played an average of 27.7 minutes per contest ... Averaged 8.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game ... Ranked third on the team in scoring and fourth in rebounding ... Fourth on the team with 31 steals ... Shot 43.1 percent (84-of-195) from the floor ... Averaged 7.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in ACC play ... Scored in double figures 12 times and led the team in scoring twice ... Led the team in rebounding two times and pulled down double digit boards once ... Led the Deacs in assists twice ... Had 20 dunks on the year, second-most on the team ... Drew six charges on the defensive end, the third-highest total on the squad ... Scored in double figures in four of the first five games ... Opened with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting Nov. 9 vs. Fairfield ... Followed with 14 points, seven rebounds and a career-high six field goals Nov. 19 against N.C. Central ... Posted his only double-double of the season with career-highs of 19 points and 13 rebounds against Winston-Salem State on Dec. 23 ... Made 7-of-9 free throws against the Rams ... Had 13 points and six boards Nov. 29 at Charlotte ... Dished out a season-high three assists Dec. 1 vs. USC Upstate ... Scored 11 points and went 3-for-4 from beyond the arc at Vanderbilt on Dec. 5 ... Played a season-high 37 minutes Dec. 19 vs. USF, finishing with 10 points, three assists, two blocks and two steals ... Tallied 16 points Dec. 30 vs. Air Force ... Went 6-for-9 from the floor for 14 points against Presbyterian on Jan. 2 ... Had 10 points and two steals on Jan. 15 at Maryland ... Fractured his right hand at Clemson on Jan. 22 ... Dove for a loose ball and had his hand inadvertently stepped on while on the floor ... Scored 14 points before leaving the game with 2:29 remaining in the second half ... Returned to the lineup on Feb. 14 at Florida State, coming off the bench for the first time in his career ... Scored 10 points and went 4-for-5 from the floor in his return ... Re-inserted into the starting lineup the following game against Duke on Feb. 17 ... Had nine points and seven rebounds in Wake Forest's upset of the No. 2-ranked Blue Devils ... Tied his career-high with four steals Mar. 1 at Georgia Tech ... Scored seven points and pulled down four offensive boards against NC State on Mar. 8 ... Finished with six points in 25 minutes against Florida State in the ACC Tournament on Mar. 13.
2006-07 (Freshman)
Started all 31 games ... Only two players in Wake Forest history -- Josh Howard and Tim Duncan -- started more games as freshmen ... Played 26.4 minutes per game ... Sank 21-of-54 three-point field goal attempts (.389) ... Shot just 56.5 percent from the free throw line ... Was a distant second on the team in assists (41) ... Blocked five shots ... Was second on the team in steals with 34 ... Averaged 8.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game ... Averaged 9.9 points and shot 51.3 percent in home games ... Scored in double figures 13 times, ranking second only to Kyle Visser ... Had two double-digit rebound games ... Recorded two double-doubles ... Led the Deacons in rebounding three times ... Ranked second on the team in dunks with 18 ... Drew five charges on defense ... Scored 11 points in his career debut, Nov. 11 vs. James Madison ... Scored 12 points, made 2-of-3 three-point field goals, and grabbed six rebounds Nov. 21 against Vanderbilt ... Recorded 16 points, five rebounds and four steals Dec. 22 vs. Richmond ... Produced a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds with three assists and two steals Jan. 1 against East Carolina ... Played 33 minutes, sank both three-point attempts, pulled down five rebounds and had two steals Jan. 13 against NC State ... Scored 13 points and made 2-of-3 three-point attempts Jan. 27 at Florida State ... Closed out the regular season March 3rd with 13 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and two steals in an upset of Virginia ... Scored a career-high 18 points and went 3-of-4 from behind the arc in March 28 ACC Tournament first round game against Georgia Tech.
High School
Ranked as the No. 26 small forward nationally by Scout.com ... Rated by Rivals.com as the No. 33 shooting guard in the class of 2006 ... Also ranked by Rivals among the top 150 prospects in the country ... Part of a Wake Forest recruiting class that was ranked No. 10 in the country by Rivals ... Graduated from Montverde Academy in Florida in 2006 ... Finished up at Montverde the year prior to fellow Deacon Gary Clark attending the school ... Attended Forbush High School in East Bend, N.C. (a town 30 minutes northwest of Winston-Salem) before transferring to Montverde following his sophomore year ... Played his junior and senior seasons at Montverde under coach Kevin Sutton ... Played on a talent-loaded Montverde team that was nationally ranked both of his years there ... High school teammates included Luc Richard Mbah (UCLA), Franck Ndongo (VCU) and Szymon Lukasiak (Jacksonville) ... Helped the Eagles to a combined 42-14 record in two seasons ... Served as team captain and averaged 17.4 points, 3.4 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game as a senior ... Named second team all-state and to the All-Central Florida second team by the Orlando Sentinel ... Selected as Lake County Player of the Year ... Montverde, a private boarding school that does not compete in the Florida state high school tournament, went 21-6 in 2005 and 21-8 in 2006 ... Named to the Montverde All-Invitational Tournament Team two years in a row ... Attended the Nike All-America Camp ... Ran track for three years, two at Forbush and one at Montverde ... Also played football as a sophomore at Forbush ... Played AAU ball under coach Boo Williams ... His AAU team toured Brazil in the summer of 2005 ... Won the 2006 Senior Showcase slam-dunk contest in Orlando after jumping over a rack of basketballs for a two-handed dunk, followed by leaping over a local radio DJ for the contest-winner ... Was a member of his high school choir and served as president of Logos (Bible club).
Personal
Given name is Larry Demetrius Williams ... Son of Larry and Leslie Williams ... Born May 8, 1988 in McKeesport, Pa. ... Majoring in communication ... Chose Wake Forest over several ACC and SEC schools ... Committed verbally to the Deacons in May 2005 ... Would have worn jersey No. 24, but it has been retired at Wake Forest, so he flipped the numbers and wears No. 42.
