CAREER
• Transferred to Purdue in the spring of 2024
• Played in 130 career games with 63 starts
• Averaged 7.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 21.1 minutes per game
• Posted 42 games in double-digit scoring, knocked down a triple in 64 outings with 29 multi-triple games and posted three or more steals 32 times
• Played three seasons at Stephen F. Austin, going 77-24 with two postseason appearances
• Averaged 6.4 points and 2.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.6 steals over 97 games at SFA
• 2024 WAC Defensive Player of the Year, WAC All-Defensive Team
• Started career at LSU for one year
2024-25 / AS A FIFTH YEAR
• Appeared in 29 games with 27 starts
• Averaged a team-high 9.9 points per night while shooting 45% from the field, becoming one of 20 guards in Purdue history to average over nine points and shoot better than 45% from the field
• Knocked down 42 3-pointers at a 37.8% clip
• Added 3.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.9 steals per night
• Totaled 55 steals for 1.9 per game, which ranked eighth in the Big Ten
• Finished in double figures in 16 games with a career-high 24 point-performance against South Carolina (Nov. 30)
• Twice hauled down a career-high 13 rebounds against UT Arlington (Nov. 24) and Maine (Dec. 4)
• Recorded six steals against Iowa (Dec. 29)
2023-24 / AS A SENIOR (AT SFA)
• WAC Defensive Player of the Year
• WAC All-Defensive Team
• Started all 34 games for the Ladyjacks
• Set career highs with 10.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.6 steals per game
• Led the WAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.16), steals (89) and steals per game
• Finished second in the WAC in assists (136) and third in assists per game
• Ended the year ranked 18th in the nation in steals with 89
• One of seven players in the nation to average 10 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game
•One of 10 players in the country with 130 assists and 85 steals
• One of 20 players since 2018-19 to post 140 rebounds, 130 assists and 85 steals in a season
• Was the No. 1-ranked guard in the nation in RAM, an efficiency metric that factors in stats on both sides of the ball, per Cerebro Sports
• Shot 48% from the field and scored in double figures 17 times
• Dropped a career-high 19 points at Alabama
2022-23 / AS A JUNIOR (AT SFA)
• Appeared in 34 games, starting one, and averaged 19.0 minutes played per game
• Averaged 6.5 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.2 assists on the year
• Finished with 18 points on 6/7 shooting, and was a perfect 4/4 from the free throw line against UT Arlington (1/21/23)
• Grabbed a season high five rebounds and added eight points against Texas State (3/16/23) in the first round of the WNIT Tournament
2021-22 / AS A SOPHOMORE (AT SFA)
• Played in 29 games, averaging 6.8 minutes/game and in those 29 games averaged 1.8 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.6 assists/game
• Scored a season high 14 points on 6/11 shooting including two made three pointers on 11/20/21 against Arlington Baptist
• Posted a strong defensive game against UTRGV (12/30/21) by snagging five rebounds and adding in one block, two steals, and four points
• Recorded a season high four steals and four assists along with four points against Chicago State (2/10/22)
2019-20 / AS A FRESHMAN (AT LSU)
• Appeared in four games, made her debut against BYU
• Scored first career points at West Virginia
PREP
• Four-year letterwinner in basketball and track & field at Fort Bend Hightower High School
• TABC 5A All-State selection – 2020
• TABC 5A All-Region III – 2019, 2020
• Four-time All-District Team – 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Scored 1,182 points, 661 rebounds, 478 steals, 315 assists and 215 blocked shots over her four-year career at Hightower
• Averaged 13.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.5 steals, 2.9 assists and 1.8 blocked shots per game as a senior while leading team to a regional semifinal berth
• During junior season averaged 9.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.5 assists per game as the team advanced to the Texas state tournament semifinals
• Also a strong jumper and sprinter for the track and field team before senior season was shutdown
• As a junior finished fourth in the Texas UIL 5A State Championship in the long jump at 18-1 after posting a season-best 19-3 at the UIL 5A Region III meet
• Ran third leg of 4×200 relay and 4×400 relay teams at the 2019 state championships, finishing fourth in the 4×2 and sixth in the 4×4
• Four-time Academic All-District in basketball
• A-B Honor Roll at Hightower
PERSONAL
• Full name: Destini Lashae Lombard
• Birthdate: Jan. 22, 2002
• Birthplace: New Iberia, La.
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• Parents: Marlon and Latoya Alexander
• Siblings: Devin