MERCED, Calif. – University of California, Merced women's basketball senior forward Nicole Lukito will be competing with the Indonesia Women's Basketball National Team at the 2026 Asian Games September 16-October 4 in Aichi – Nagoya, Japan.
The Bobcats three-time All-Conference First Team player and 2025 Third Team All-American has averaged 13.6 points and a program-record 12.6 rebounds per game for UC Merced in her career.
Lukito is also the only player in program history with over 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. She has tallied a program-record 50 double-double's and is also top three in UC Merced history in field goal percentage, blocks, and minutes per game.
The Fremont, Calif., native is also a 2X UC Merced Georgette "Ma" Kelley Female Athlete of the Year.
As a sophomore in UC Merced's final year in the Cal Pac and NAIA, Lukito led the Bobcats to a Cal Pac Regular Season and Tournament Championship.
She has played in 82 games and has earned 70 starts for UC Merced.
The Asian Games are the biggest sports competition in Asia, held once every four years. The games are organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and have 45 participating countries or regions.
Indonesia Women's Basketball advanced to the quarterfinals in 2022. Lukito and Indonesia will begin group play against Thailand on Wednesday, September 16 at 9:00pm PST and China on Friday, September 18 at 6:00pm PST.
