Lazar Djokovic

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-10
Weight:
230
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Gornji Milanovac, Serbia

AS A MUSKETEER: Started seven games, including all three postseason games ... Eight points and a career-high eight rebounds at Georgia on March 19 ... Grabbed seven rebounds in the win over Butler on March 13 ... Had nine points (one shy of his season high), hitting 3-3 from the field, to go with six rebounds and two assists in 33 minutes vs. Marquette on March 9 ... Scored seven points to go with two rebounds in 15 minutes at Butler on March 6, hitting 2-3 from the field and 2-2 from the free-throw line ... Had five points and a career-high four assists in the DePaul win on Feb. 28 ... Had five points, hitting 2-3 from the field, and three rebounds at DePaul on Feb. 3 ... Contributed six rebounds to go with two assists in 14 minutes vs. UConn on Jan. 10 ... Named the BIG EAST Conference Freshman of the Week on Nov. 27 after scoring 10 points to go with four rebounds and two assists in the win over Bryant on Nov. 24; it marked his first double-figure scoring game as a Musketeer ... Made his Xavier debut in Las Vegas, playing in both games of the Continental Tire Main event.

STANDOUT IN THE FIBA U19 WORLD CUP: Averaged 14.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.0 steals for Serbia in seven games at the FIBA U19 World Cup in June ... He scored in double figures in each of Serbia’s last six games ... He shot 55.4 percent (36-55) from the field, including 37.5 percent (6-16) from 3-point range ... Contributed 16 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in Serbia’s victory over Japan and 18 points with seven rebounds and seven assists in a win over Korea ... Serbia fell to Argentina in the fifth-place game despite 18 points and six rebounds from Djokovic.

BEFORE THE WORLD CUP: His 19-game Serbian KLS averages included 7.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.

PERSONAL: Nicknamed Joker, Lejzr or Zar ... A sport management major ... Parents are Dragana and Nenad ... Siblings are Vladan and Aleksandar ... Studied as a high school student at Graficko-Medijska in Belgrade ... Born April 15, 2004 in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia.

XAVIER CAREER HIGHS
Points	10	Bryant (November 24, 2023)
Field Goals Made	3	Marquette (March 9, 2024), Bryant (November 24, 2023), and Washington (November 17, 2023)
Field Goals Attempted	7	UConn (March 14, 2023) and St. John's (December 20, 2023)
3-Pt Field Goals Made	1	Georgia (March 19, 2024, Butler (March 6, 2024), DePaul (February 3, 2024), St. John's (December 20, 2023), Bryant (November 24, 2023), and Washington (November 17, 2023)
3-Pt Field Goals Attempted	3	St. John's (December 20, 2023)
Free Throws Made	4	UConn (March 14, 2024)
Free Throws Attempted	4	Georgia (March 19, 2024), UConn (March 14, 2024), Marquette (March 9, 2024), DePaul (February 28, 2024), Delaware (December 5, 2023), and Bryant (November 24, 2023)
Rebounds	8	Georgia (March 19, 2024)
Assists	4	DePaul (February 28, 2024)
Blocks	3	Winthrop (December 16, 2023)
Steals	1	Butler (March 13, 2024), DePaul (February 28, 2024), Cincinnati (December 9, 2023), Delaware (December 5, 2023), Bryant (November 24, 2023), and Washington (November 17, 2023)