custom31Lnumber2weight190positionGuardhighschoolFairfield HSfirst_nameLavaryearSeniorhometownFairfield, Calif.height6-1collegeDelta Collegelast_nameNeufville<p><strong>2008-09 (Junior):</strong><br> Lavar started three games for the Tigers, appearing in all 34 games ... He was third on the team with 72 assists and scored 127 points ... Lavar had a career-high eight rebounds against Cal Poly on Jan. 22 ... He had a career-high eight assists against Fresno State on Dec. 3 ... Neufville led the team in scoring with 10 points, all in the second half, in his first game for the Tigers against California in the season opener ... Neufville He finished with a combined 20 points and was third on the team with 13 rebounds during Pacific's three-game fall trip to Canada.</p><p><strong>Delta </strong><strong>College:</strong><br> A transfer from Stockton's Delta College, Neufville played for the Mustangs during both of his years at the college ... In his sophomore season, the Mustangs finished the season with a commanding 27-6 overall record, improving upon their already respectable 22-10 finish from the 2006-07 season ... After averaging 12 points, seven assists and nine rebounds a season his final year at Delta, Lavar earned an All-Big 8 League award in 2008.</p><p><strong>High </strong><strong>School:</strong><br> Lavar graduated from Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Calif., in 2006 ... Playing basketball for the Falcons, Lavar broke two school records for career assists (349) and single-season assists (142) ... As a senior he averaged 14 points, eight assists and seven rebounds a game ... In the Solano County Athletic Conference (SCAC), Neufville received honorable mention as a sophomore, he was named the MVP of the SCAC as a junior and closed out his high school career with a spot on the All-League SCAC team as a senior.</p><p><strong>Personal:</strong><br> Lavar Neufville was born in Manhattan, N.Y. ... He is the son of Laretta Dawson and Horace Neufville, and has two siblings, Larrell Dawson and Antoine Neufville ... In his free time, Lavar enjoys rapping and spending time with his family ... He is a communication major in his second year at Pacific.</p><p><strong>Coach Thomason on Neufville:</strong><br> "Lavar has really improved a lot this last season. I think his decision making and ball handling has improved, and his shooting has improved a lot. I think he's got a perspective about how to play better and that's relaxing, leading, playing great defense, being really strong, driving the ball to the basket, and just taking care of the ball at a high level and being a great leader, and that's the key to the point guard position."</p>