Wingate University Athletics

2016-17: Zeriq Lolar was one of two Bulldogs to start all 31 games in the 2016-17 season, averaging 11.4 points per game during his junior season to go along with 4.4 rebounds per contest...Added 59 assists and 17 steals on the year...Finished third on the team with 50 three-pointers on the year, shooting 37.6 percent from beyond the arc, while shoooting 84.4 percent at the free throw line...Scored in double figures 20 times, including each of the first seven games...Had 28 points on 11-of-18 shooting against Belmont Abbey...Went seven-for-11 from the field at UNCP scoring 22 points...Hit four-of-nine shots from beyond the arc at Newberry, scoring 20 points, while collecting 20 points and seven boards against LMU...Scored 18 points on three-of-five shooting from three-point range against Tusculum...Hit six-of-nine shots from beyond the arc at Brevard, scoring 23 points.

2015-16: Lolar appeared in all 33 games for the Bulldogs during his sophomore season, averaging 7.5 points per game…Finished third on the team with 37 threes, shooting 34.9 percent from three-point range…Collected 68 rebounds, 37 assists and 12 steals on the season…Had 11 points in the season-opening win over Limestone, going three-for-five from beyond the arc…Registered 11 points and three steals in the win over No. 6 Mount Olive…Had 14 points and six assists in the win over Newberry…Went five-for-seven from the field in the win at Brevard, scoring 15 points…Had 12 points in the victory against Tusculum…Followed an 11-point effort at Newberry with 14 points against LMU…Scored 11 points in the victory against Brevard…Had 10 points against LMU in the SAC title game.

2014-15: Lolar appeared in all 29 games during his freshman season at Wingate, making 16 starts…Averaged 8.2 points per game, adding 3.3 rebounds per contest…Collected 34 assists and 22 steals to go along with eight blocks…Knocked down 37 triples on the year, good for second on the team while shooting 35.9 percent from beyond the arc…Shot 78.9 percent from the free throw line…Scored 11 points in the win at Catawba, followed by a 13-point effort at Tusculum…Had 12 points, four boards and three steals at Mars Hill…Went three-for-four from three-point range against Johnson C. Smith, scoring 10 points while adding three rebounds and two steals…Had 12 points at Carson-Newman…Closed his freshman campaign by scoring in double figures in seven of his last eight games…Had 15 points and seven boards against Newberry, going five-for-eight from the field…Piled up 17 points, five rebounds and three assists in win at Anderson, while compiling 11 points and five rebounds at LMU…Had 15 points, four rebounds and two assists against Brevard.

Prior to Wingate: Zeriq Lolar was a two-year team captain and two-time team MVP at Orangewood Christian School...Earned all-conference accolades his final two seasons of high school...Averaged 22 points per game his senior season, adding six assists and five rebounds per game...Led his AAU team CF Edge to a state title, leading the team with 25 points, eight assists and six rebounds per game...His father Mark played college basketball at Central Missouri State and played professionally for the Seattle Super Sonics. 

Personal:  Full name is Zeriq Andrés Lolar… Born April 12, 1996 in Minneapolis, Minnesota…Son of Mark and Adriana Lolar…Majoring in Communications…Favorite class at Wingate: Improv...Favorite athlete: Kobe Bryant…Favorite sports teams: Los Angeles Lakers…Favorite movie: Glory Road…Favorite TV Show: The Office…Zeriq can’t imagine a week without: his phone… Favorite Food: "Errythang"... Most memorable sports moment: Hitting the game winning shot to go to the state finals in AAU…Favorite sport to play other than basketball: Football…People Zeriq most admires: Family and friends…How Zeriq gets ready for a game: watches Kobe Bryant videos, listens to music, and prays during the National Anthem… Something people don't know about you: I was a model and an actor… Nickname: Zeebo…Zeriq thinks the fastest person on the team is Jarren, strongest is Zeriq, and funniest is my son Blake Bailey… Favorite quote: Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. -John Wooden

Why Zeriq chose Wingate: Basketball and the nice state of NC