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Danielle Besancon
11 Danielle Besancon
  • Height:
    5'4"
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Wooster, Ohio
  • High School:
    Smithville
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    22
  • pts/g
    1.4
  • fg %
    17.6
  • 3pt %
    11.1
  • ft %
    69.2
  • reb/g
    0.8
  • a/g
    0.3
Bio

Defensive-minded player with a great work ethic, according to the coaching staff.

2015-16: Entered 24 of Wooster’s 25 games this season, including one start at Ohio Wesleyan (Jan. 6) … Strong defensive instincts, totaling 21 steals on the year, good for fourth-most on team … Posted two blocks and three steals, both career-highs, at Marietta (Nov. 24) ... Scored career-high 12 points against Franciscan (Nov. 14), in addition to grabbing three rebounds and dishing two assists. 

2014-15: Appeared in 24 contests, earning six starts along the way … Finished fifth on the team with 27 assists … Scored season-high eight points against Denison (Feb. 7) … Began February with three consecutive games with at least four rebounds … 2013-14: Played in 23 games as a first-year, averaging nearly 10 minutes as one of first guards off the bench … Had breakout game in win at Hiram (Feb. 12), with season highs in points (6), rebounds (3), and steals (2) … Recorded 10 steals on the year – sixth-most on the team.

Prior to Wooster: Member of the basketball team at nearby Smithville High School, which reached the state semifinals (Div. III) her freshman and junior years … Also a standout pole vaulter who placed seventh in the state as a senior.

Personal: Born on Aug. 30, 1995 … Daughter of Dan and Tonya Besancon … Majoring in sociology.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 4 at Denison L, 63-48
Feb 8 Allegheny W, 70-61
Feb 11 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 75-47
Feb 15 at Kenyon L, 61-43
Feb 18 Wittenberg W, 58-45
Feb 21 at DePauw L, 90-56
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 22 14
Games started 1 1
Minutes 255 155
Minutes per game 11.6 11.1
FG 9-51 7-31
FG Pct 17.6 22.6
3PT 4-36 3-20
3PT Pct 11.1 15.0
FT 9-13 4-7
FT Pct 69.2 57.1
Off rebounds 3 3
Def rebounds 15 9
Total rebounds 18 12
Rebounds per game 0.8 0.9
Personal fouls 22 13
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 7 3
Turnovers 20 8
Assist to turnover ratio 0.3 0.4
Steals 12 5
Blocks 3 1
Points 31 21
Points per game 1.4 1.5
Points per 40 min 4.9 5.4
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 16 at Geneva W, 75-67 - 10 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 19 Berea L, 77-56 - 9 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 20 Albion L, 84-51 - 6 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 22 Marietta L, 69-52 - 9 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 30 at Oberlin L, 68-47 - 8 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 2
Dec 3 Case Western Reserve L, 97-72 - 11 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 4
Dec 7 at Hiram L, 72-60 - 5 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 10 DePauw L, 78-41 - 9 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 18 Muskingum L, 70-68 - 16 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 20 at Bluffton L, 85-64 - 15 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Dec 29 at Baldwin Wallace L, 76-61 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 vs. La Roche L, 88-86 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 Denison L, 63-62 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 7 Ohio Wesleyan L, 83-72 - 7 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 11 at Allegheny L, 73-64 - 4 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 14 at Wittenberg L, 59-48 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Kenyon L, 80-65 - 14 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Jan 25 Hiram L, 74-50 - 15 2-7 28.6 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 6
Jan 28 at DePauw L, 85-49 - 20 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 1 Oberlin L, 62-41 - 14 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 4 at Denison L, 63-48 - 15 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 8 Allegheny W, 70-61 - 9 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 11 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 75-47 - 14 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Feb 15 at Kenyon L, 61-43 - 12 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 18 Wittenberg W, 58-45 1 9 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 21 at DePauw L, 90-56 - 24 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 16 at Geneva W, 75-67 - 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nov 19 Berea L, 77-56 - 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nov 20 Albion L, 84-51 - 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nov 22 Marietta L, 69-52 - 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Nov 30 at Oberlin L, 68-47 - 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 3 Case Western Reserve L, 97-72 - 11 0 1 1 0 2 3 0
Dec 7 at Hiram L, 72-60 - 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Dec 10 DePauw L, 78-41 - 9 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Dec 18 Muskingum L, 70-68 - 16 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
Dec 20 at Bluffton L, 85-64 - 15 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Dec 29 at Baldwin Wallace L, 76-61 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 vs. La Roche L, 88-86 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 Denison L, 63-62 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 7 Ohio Wesleyan L, 83-72 - 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Jan 11 at Allegheny L, 73-64 - 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jan 14 at Wittenberg L, 59-48 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Kenyon L, 80-65 - 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jan 25 Hiram L, 74-50 - 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jan 28 at DePauw L, 85-49 - 20 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Feb 1 Oberlin L, 62-41 - 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 4 at Denison L, 63-48 - 15 0 3 3 0 0 1 0
Feb 8 Allegheny W, 70-61 - 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 11 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 75-47 - 14 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Feb 15 at Kenyon L, 61-43 - 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Feb 18 Wittenberg W, 58-45 1 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Feb 21 at DePauw L, 90-56 - 24 0 4 4 0 4 1 1
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 16 at Geneva W, 75-67 - 2 0 -
Nov 19 Berea L, 77-56 - 1 - -
Nov 20 Albion L, 84-51 - 2 - 0.0
Nov 22 Marietta L, 69-52 - 0 - 1.0
Nov 30 at Oberlin L, 68-47 - 1 - 0.0
Dec 3 Case Western Reserve L, 97-72 - 0 - 0.0
Dec 7 at Hiram L, 72-60 - 1 0 -
Dec 10 DePauw L, 78-41 - 2 - 0.5
Dec 18 Muskingum L, 70-68 - 2 - 0.0
Dec 20 at Bluffton L, 85-64 - 2 - 0.5
Dec 29 at Baldwin Wallace L, 76-61 - - - -
Dec 30 vs. La Roche L, 88-86 - - - -
Jan 4 Denison L, 63-62 - - - -
Jan 7 Ohio Wesleyan L, 83-72 - 1 - 1.0
Jan 11 at Allegheny L, 73-64 - 0 - -
Jan 14 at Wittenberg L, 59-48 - - - -
Jan 18 Kenyon L, 80-65 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 25 Hiram L, 74-50 - 4 - -
Jan 28 at DePauw L, 85-49 - 1 - 0.5
Feb 1 Oberlin L, 62-41 - 0 - -
Feb 4 at Denison L, 63-48 - 0 - -
Feb 8 Allegheny W, 70-61 - 0 - -
Feb 11 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 75-47 - 0 - -
Feb 15 at Kenyon L, 61-43 - 1 - -
Feb 18 Wittenberg W, 58-45 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 21 at DePauw L, 90-56 - 0 - 0.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2013-14 23 9.5 0.4-1.8 0.2-1.4 0.3-0.5 1.3
2014-15 24 17.2 0.8-3.4 0.2-1.7 0.1-0.5 2.0
2015-16 24 13.8 1.0-3.1 0.6-2.0 0.4-0.8 3.0
2016-17 22 11.6 0.4-2.3 0.2-1.6 0.4-0.6 1.4
Total 93 13.1 0.6-2.7 0.3-1.7 0.3-0.6 1.9

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2013-14 23 - 218 9-42 21.4 5-33 15.2 6-12 50.0 29
2014-15 24 6 412 19-82 23.2 6-41 14.6 3-13 23.1 47
2015-16 24 1 331 23-74 31.1 15-48 31.3 10-19 52.6 71
2016-17 22 1 255 9-51 17.6 4-36 11.1 9-13 69.2 31
Total 93 8 1216 60-249 24.1 30-158 19.0 28-57 49.1 178

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2013-14 23 218 9.5 1.7-7.7 0.9-6.1 15.2 1.1-2.2 5.3
2014-15 24 412 17.2 1.8-8.0 0.6-4.0 14.6 0.3-1.3 4.6
2015-16 24 331 13.8 2.8-8.9 1.8-5.8 31.3 1.2-2.3 8.6
2016-17 22 255 11.6 1.4-8.0 0.6-5.6 11.1 1.4-2.0 4.9
Total 93 1216 13.1 2.0-8.2 1.0-5.2 19.0 0.9-1.9 5.9

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2013-14 23 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.0
2014-15 24 0.3 1.8 2.1 1.1 1.8 0.5 0.1
2015-16 24 0.5 0.9 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.1
2016-17 22 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.5 0.1
Total 93 0.3 1.0 1.4 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2013-14 23 - 9 15 24 8 18 10 1
2014-15 24 6 7 43 50 27 43 11 2
2015-16 24 1 12 22 34 18 20 21 3
2016-17 22 1 3 15 18 7 20 12 3
Total 93 8 31 95 126 60 101 54 9

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2013-14 23 1.7 2.8 4.4 1.5 3.3 1.8 0.2
2014-15 24 0.7 4.2 4.9 2.6 4.2 1.1 0.2
2015-16 24 1.5 2.7 4.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 0.4
2016-17 22 0.5 2.4 2.8 1.1 3.1 1.9 0.5
Total 93 1.0 3.1 4.1 2.0 3.3 1.8 0.3

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 22 11.6 0.4-2.3 0.2-1.6 0.4-0.6 1.4
Conference 14 11.1 0.5-2.2 0.2-1.4 0.3-0.5 1.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 12 10.7 0.5-2.6 0.3-1.8 0.4-0.5 1.8
Away 10 12.7 0.3-2.0 0.0-1.4 0.4-0.7 1.0
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 3 9.3 0.3-1.7 0.3-1.3 0.0-0.0 1.0
Losses 19 11.9 0.4-2.4 0.2-1.7 0.5-0.7 1.5
Month            
November 5 8.4 0.4-2.2 0.2-1.4 0.4-0.6 1.4
December 5 11.2 0.0-2.0 0.0-1.8 1.0-1.2 1.0
January 5 12.0 1.0-3.2 0.4-1.8 0.2-0.4 2.6
February 7 13.9 0.3-2.0 0.1-1.6 0.1-0.3 0.9

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 22 1 255 9-51 17.6 4-36 11.1 9-13 69.2 31
Conference 14 1 155 7-31 22.6 3-20 15.0 4-7 57.1 21
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 12 1 128 6-31 19.4 4-22 18.2 5-6 83.3 21
Away 10 - 127 3-20 15.0 0-14 0.0 4-7 57.1 10
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 3 1 28 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
Losses 19 - 227 8-46 17.4 3-32 9.4 9-13 69.2 28
Month                    
November 5 - 42 2-11 18.2 1-7 14.3 2-3 66.7 7
December 5 - 56 0-10 0.0 0-9 0.0 5-6 83.3 5
January 5 - 60 5-16 31.3 2-9 22.2 1-2 50.0 13
February 7 1 97 2-14 14.3 1-11 9.1 1-2 50.0 6

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 22 255 11.6 1.4-8.0 0.6-5.6 11.1 1.4-2.0 4.9
Conference 14 155 11.1 1.8-8.0 0.8-5.2 15.0 1.0-1.8 5.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 12 128 10.7 1.9-9.7 1.2-6.9 18.2 1.6-1.9 6.6
Away 10 127 12.7 0.9-6.3 0.0-4.4 0.0 1.3-2.2 3.1
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 3 28 9.3 1.4-7.1 1.4-5.7 25.0 0.0-0.0 4.3
Losses 19 227 11.9 1.4-8.1 0.5-5.6 9.4 1.6-2.3 4.9
Month                
November 5 42 8.4 1.9-10.5 1.0-6.7 14.3 1.9-2.9 6.7
December 5 56 11.2 0.0-7.1 0.0-6.4 0.0 3.6-4.3 3.6
January 5 60 12.0 3.3-10.7 1.3-6.0 22.2 0.7-1.3 8.7
February 7 97 13.9 0.8-5.8 0.4-4.5 9.1 0.4-0.8 2.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 22 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.5 0.1
Conference 14 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.1
Away 10 0.2 1.1 1.3 0.3 0.9 0.5 0.2
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Losses 19 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.2
Month                
November 5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.0
December 5 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.2
January 5 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.0
February 7 0.1 1.6 1.7 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.3

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 22 1 3 15 18 7 20 12 3
Conference 14 1 3 9 12 3 8 5 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 12 1 1 4 5 4 11 7 1
Away 10 - 2 11 13 3 9 5 2
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0
Losses 19 - 3 13 16 6 19 12 3
Month                  
November 5 - 1 0 1 3 4 1 0
December 5 - 1 3 4 2 7 5 1
January 5 - 0 1 1 2 4 3 0
February 7 1 1 11 12 0 5 3 2

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 22 0.5 2.4 2.8 1.1 3.1 1.9 0.5
Conference 14 0.8 2.3 3.1 0.8 2.1 1.3 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.3 3.4 2.2 0.3
Away 10 0.6 3.5 4.1 0.9 2.8 1.6 0.6
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 0.0 2.9 2.9 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.0
Losses 19 0.5 2.3 2.8 1.1 3.3 2.1 0.5
Month                
November 5 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.9 3.8 1.0 0.0
December 5 0.7 2.1 2.9 1.4 5.0 3.6 0.7
January 5 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.3 2.7 2.0 0.0
February 7 0.4 4.5 4.9 0.0 2.1 1.2 0.8

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min