Canes Hoops profile: F Anthony Lawrence II

Hurricanes guard Anthony Lawrence shoots over Virginia Tech Hokies forward Kerry BlackshearAnthony ‘Amp’ Lawrence heads into his fourth and final season at Miami after a trio of phenomenal campaigns so far.

As a freshman off the bench in 2015-16, he averaged just over four points per game and improved that total to just under seven in 2016-17 and just under nine in 2017-18—as a starter both of those years.

With an abundance of guards on the roster over his time at UM such as Angel Rodriguez, Bruce Brown and Lonnie Walker, Lawrence has played mostly as a power or small forward. While he has played well in that role—grabbing 6.5 rebounds per game last year— he is expected to play a larger role…