Viktor Lakhin

2023-24 (at Cincinnati)

• Started 24 games with 29 total appearances.
• Missed UCF home win due to illness and exited Kansas State game late due to ankle injury, which kept him out till Big 12 Quarterfinals 12 days later.
• Posted 11 points and nine rebounds off the bench at No. 1 Houston.
• Scored season-high 26 points (with 11 rebounds) against Eastern Washington, the first of six-straight double-figure scoring games early in the season.
• Those 26 points were the most for a Cincinnati big since Kyle Washington’s 27 against UConn in 2017.
• Followed the EWU game with a 14-point, 14-rebound double-double against Northern Kentucky.
• Had 13 double-figure scoring games for the year and three with double-digit rebounds.
• Was 5-for-6 from deep in the blowout win over Georgia Tech for 15 points, a new development in his game after he had 11-such attempts his first two years.

2022-23 (at Cincinnati)

• Earned degree in May 2023, needing only three years.
• Academic All-AAC.
• Became one of the most-improved players in the AAC, averaging 11.6 points and 7.1 rebounds (team-high) while starting 32 of the 33 games in which he appeared.
• 15 nationally (and tops in the AAC) with a 61.7 percent shooting clip.
• Fourth in the league for blocks (1.4 per game) and seventh for rebounding.
• Played the first seven minutes at Tulane on Feb. 7 before suffering a lower-body injury that kept him out of the next three, and he battled it the rest of the season.
• His eight blocks at SMU were sixth in UC history (and most since Eric Hicks’ triple-double against Marquette in 2006) and the most in the AAC since 2017.
• Swatted seven more against Temple in AAC Quarterfinal win that tied the league’s tourney record.
• Collected 20 double-figure scoring games with 13 in a row at one point … Notched seven double-doubles as well, including a career-high 22 points with 10 boards against Memphis.
• Other double-doubles came against Cleveland State (14/12), NJIT (10/10), Bryant (16/11), Detroit Mercy (18/15) and Tulane (13/13).
• The 15 boards against the Titans were UC’s most since Tre Scott in Feb. 2020 versus UCF.
• Second on the team with 39 steals despite missing three-plus games.

2021-22 (at Cincinnati)

• Appeared in 29 games, all in reserve duty, averaging 4.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game on 53.8 percent shooting, recording 19 steals and nine blocks.
• Battled injury throughout the season as well.
• Scored in double-figures twice (beginning with 10 against Presbyterian), including a season-high 13 against NEC champ Bryant.
• Also had a career-high 11 rebounds in that one to earn AAC Freshman of the Week honors, UC’s first since Jarron Cumberland in 2016-17.
• Went 5-for-7 at Houston and SMU to close regular-season, his highest scoring output since the first two AAC games.
• Also added eight points and six boards at Xavier on the heels of his Freshman of the Week honor.
• Held top bench press improvement on the team (adding 10 reps).

2020-21 (at Cincinnati)

• Did not see time due to injury.

High School 

• Averaged 9.8 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 47.2 percent from the field at the 2019 FIBA Under 18 European Championship where he helped guide the Russians to a sixth-place finish.
• Saw four seasons of play as a member of the CSKA-2 Moscow club team.
• Averaged 12.0 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks while shooting 47.2 percent from the field in 12 games as a junior playing in the U-21 Youth Championship.

Personal

• Born July 30, 2001 in Anapa, Russia
• Son of Olga and Alexander Lakhin
• Has two brothers, Alexander and Vasiliy