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Khaylen Mahdi
10 Khaylen Mahdi
  • Height:
    5'8"
  • Weight:
    165
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Holyoke, Mass.
  • High School:
    MacDuffie School
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Business Economics
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    2.6
  • fg %
    27.4
  • 3pt %
    29.5
  • ft %
    87.0
  • reb/g
    1.5
  • a/g
    2.0
Bio

2019-20: Played in 26 games, 20 of which were starts at the point guard spot … Averaged 2.6 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game … Logged a season-high 10 points versus Wilmington (Nov. 23) … Logged 10 games with at least three assists, headlined by six versus Kenyon (Feb. 5) and five versus Medaille (Nov. 12) … Upped rebounding career-high to seven against Ohio Wesleyan (Feb. 8).

2018-19: Earned a significant spot in the rotation due to his hard work, dedication, and relentless motor as the season progressed … Played at least 12 minutes in the final 21 games of the season after only playing six minutes over three outings during the team’s first nine games … Averaged 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game, while contributing 33 assists and 11 steals … Regularly assigned to guard the opposition’s primary ball handler … One of the heroes in Wooster 91-89 win over Allegheny (Feb. 19) in the quarterfinals of the NCAC Tournament … Scored a season-high 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting, which included a 4-for-6 ledger from beyond the arc … Matched season-high with four assists versus the Gators … Added 10 points two games later versus Wittenberg (Feb. 23) in the championship game of the NCAC Tournament.

Prior to Wooster: Prepped for Jacque Rivera at the MacDuffie School.

Personal: Born Feb. 15, 2000 … Son of Khayyam and Colleen Mahdi … Majoring in business economics with a minor in communication studies.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 19 at Oberlin W, 57-53
Feb 22 DePauw L, 88-87
Feb 25 Allegheny W, 92-66
Feb 28 vs. Denison W, 74-62
Feb 29 at Wittenberg W, 87-63
Mar 6 Grove City L, 67-62
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 26 15
Games started 20 9
Minutes 453 236
Minutes per game 17.4 15.7
FG 17-62 9-33
FG Pct 27.4 27.3
3PT 13-44 7-25
3PT Pct 29.5 28.0
FT 20-23 12-13
FT Pct 87.0 92.3
Off rebounds 17 11
Def rebounds 22 16
Total rebounds 39 27
Rebounds per game 1.5 1.8
Personal fouls 39 23
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 52 32
Turnovers 23 12
Assist to turnover ratio 2.3 2.7
Steals 15 8
Blocks 2 1
Points 67 37
Points per game 2.6 2.5
Points per 40 min 5.9 6.3
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 12 Medaille W, 110-100 1 29 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 20 Hiram W, 98-70 1 14 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 5
Nov 23 Wilmington W, 86-65 1 22 3-7 42.9 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 10
Nov 27 Mount Union L, 81-67 1 25 0-5 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 4 at Allegheny W, 62-61 1 26 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 7 Wabash W, 79-74 1 20 0-4 0.0 0-4 0.0 4-4 100.0 4
Dec 15 vs. St. John Fisher W, 81-80 1 18 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 16 vs. Brockport W, 94-90 1 10 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 28 Keene St. W, 93-76 1 26 2-2 100.0 2-2 100.0 1-2 50.0 7
Dec 29 Whitworth W, 87-82 1 12 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 65-60 - 12 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 8 at Kenyon W, 83-61 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 11 at DePauw W, 70-68 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 15 Oberlin W, 94-92 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Wittenberg W, 98-86 - 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 0
Jan 22 at Denison L, 72-71 - 6 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 25 at Hiram W, 98-76 - 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 29 Allegheny L, 89-84 - 17 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 1 at Wabash L, 68-67 1 33 2-6 33.3 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 8
Feb 5 Kenyon W, 76-57 1 22 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 2
Feb 8 Ohio Wesleyan W, 80-71 1 19 1-6 16.7 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 12 Denison W, 93-72 1 20 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 15 at Wittenberg L, 88-81 - 14 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 7
Feb 19 at Oberlin W, 57-53 1 8 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 22 DePauw L, 88-87 1 20 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 25 Allegheny W, 92-66 1 25 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 28 vs. Denison W, 74-62 1 29 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 29 at Wittenberg W, 87-63 1 14 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 4
Mar 6 Grove City L, 67-62 1 7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 12 Medaille W, 110-100 1 29 1 1 2 5 4 1 0
Nov 20 Hiram W, 98-70 1 14 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Nov 23 Wilmington W, 86-65 1 22 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Nov 27 Mount Union L, 81-67 1 25 0 1 1 4 0 1 0
Dec 4 at Allegheny W, 62-61 1 26 3 0 3 3 0 1 0
Dec 7 Wabash W, 79-74 1 20 0 0 0 3 1 1 1
Dec 15 vs. St. John Fisher W, 81-80 1 18 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
Dec 16 vs. Brockport W, 94-90 1 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dec 28 Keene St. W, 93-76 1 26 0 1 1 4 2 1 0
Dec 29 Whitworth W, 87-82 1 12 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Jan 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 65-60 - 12 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Jan 8 at Kenyon W, 83-61 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 11 at DePauw W, 70-68 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 15 Oberlin W, 94-92 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Wittenberg W, 98-86 - 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jan 22 at Denison L, 72-71 - 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Jan 25 at Hiram W, 98-76 - 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jan 29 Allegheny L, 89-84 - 17 1 2 3 3 1 1 0
Feb 1 at Wabash L, 68-67 1 33 2 2 4 3 1 0 0
Feb 5 Kenyon W, 76-57 1 22 1 2 3 6 3 1 0
Feb 8 Ohio Wesleyan W, 80-71 1 19 2 5 7 0 0 0 0
Feb 12 Denison W, 93-72 1 20 0 0 0 3 1 2 0
Feb 15 at Wittenberg L, 88-81 - 14 0 2 2 2 1 0 0
Feb 19 at Oberlin W, 57-53 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Feb 22 DePauw L, 88-87 1 20 2 0 2 3 0 1 0
Feb 25 Allegheny W, 92-66 1 25 1 0 1 2 0 2 0
Feb 28 vs. Denison W, 74-62 1 29 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Feb 29 at Wittenberg W, 87-63 1 14 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Mar 6 Grove City L, 67-62 1 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 12 Medaille W, 110-100 1 2 0 1.3
Nov 20 Hiram W, 98-70 1 3 - -
Nov 23 Wilmington W, 86-65 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 27 Mount Union L, 81-67 1 3 - -
Dec 4 at Allegheny W, 62-61 1 3 - -
Dec 7 Wabash W, 79-74 1 2 0 3.0
Dec 15 vs. St. John Fisher W, 81-80 1 0 0 -
Dec 16 vs. Brockport W, 94-90 1 0 0 0.0
Dec 28 Keene St. W, 93-76 1 1 0 2.0
Dec 29 Whitworth W, 87-82 1 3 0 1.0
Jan 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 65-60 - 0 0 0.0
Jan 8 at Kenyon W, 83-61 - - - -
Jan 11 at DePauw W, 70-68 - - - -
Jan 15 Oberlin W, 94-92 - - - -
Jan 18 Wittenberg W, 98-86 - 0 - -
Jan 22 at Denison L, 72-71 - 0 - -
Jan 25 at Hiram W, 98-76 - 0 - -
Jan 29 Allegheny L, 89-84 - 2 0 3.0
Feb 1 at Wabash L, 68-67 1 4 0 3.0
Feb 5 Kenyon W, 76-57 1 1 0 2.0
Feb 8 Ohio Wesleyan W, 80-71 1 1 0 -
Feb 12 Denison W, 93-72 1 1 0 3.0
Feb 15 at Wittenberg L, 88-81 - 1 - 2.0
Feb 19 at Oberlin W, 57-53 1 4 0 0.0
Feb 22 DePauw L, 88-87 1 1 0 -
Feb 25 Allegheny W, 92-66 1 0 0 -
Feb 28 vs. Denison W, 74-62 1 4 0 0.0
Feb 29 at Wittenberg W, 87-63 1 1 - -
Mar 6 Grove City L, 67-62 1 0 0 -
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 24 19.1 0.9-2.2 0.6-1.8 0.5-0.8 2.9
2019-20 26 17.4 0.7-2.4 0.5-1.7 0.8-0.9 2.6
2021-22 26 4.7 0.3-0.8 0.1-0.4 0.1-0.1 0.8
Total 76 13.6 0.6-1.8 0.4-1.3 0.4-0.6 2.1

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 24 - 458 22-54 40.7 14-44 31.8 11-20 55.0 69
2019-20 26 20 453 17-62 27.4 13-44 29.5 20-23 87.0 67
2021-22 26 0 122 8-22 36.4 2-11 18.2 2-2 100.0 20
Total 76 20 1033 47-138 34.1 29-99 29.3 33-45 73.3 156

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 24 458 19.1 1.9-4.7 1.2-3.8 31.8 1.0-1.7 6.0
2019-20 26 453 17.4 1.5-5.5 1.1-3.9 29.5 1.8-2.0 5.9
2021-22 26 122 4.7 2.6-7.2 0.7-3.6 18.2 0.7-0.7 6.6
Total 76 1033 13.6 1.8-5.3 1.1-3.8 29.3 1.3-1.7 6.0

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 24 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.5 0.1
2019-20 26 0.7 0.8 1.5 2.0 0.9 0.6 0.1
2021-22 26 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Total 76 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2018-19 24 - 20 18 38 33 16 11 2
2019-20 26 20 17 22 39 52 23 15 2
2021-22 26 0 4 9 13 7 7 0 1
Total 76 20 41 49 90 92 46 26 5

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 24 1.7 1.6 3.3 2.9 1.4 1.0 0.2
2019-20 26 1.5 1.9 3.4 4.6 2.0 1.3 0.2
2021-22 26 1.3 3.0 4.3 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.3
Total 76 1.6 1.9 3.5 3.6 1.8 1.0 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 26 17.4 0.7-2.4 0.5-1.7 0.8-0.9 2.6
Conference 15 15.7 0.6-2.2 0.5-1.7 0.8-0.9 2.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 15 18.7 0.8-2.5 0.6-1.7 0.8-1.0 3.0
Away 8 14.5 0.6-2.0 0.5-1.5 1.0-1.0 2.8
Neutral 3 19.0 0.0-2.7 0.0-2.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result            
Wins 18 17.7 0.7-2.3 0.5-1.7 0.8-0.9 2.7
Losses 8 16.8 0.6-2.5 0.5-1.8 0.6-0.8 2.4
Month            
November 4 22.5 1.2-4.2 1.0-3.0 1.0-1.0 4.5
December 6 18.7 0.3-2.2 0.3-2.2 0.8-1.0 1.8
January 5 8.0 0.2-1.0 0.2-0.8 0.0-0.2 0.6
February 10 20.4 0.9-2.6 0.6-1.5 1.0-1.0 3.4
March 1 7.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-0.0 1.0-2.0 1.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 26 20 453 17-62 27.4 13-44 29.5 20-23 87.0 67
Conference 15 9 236 9-33 27.3 7-25 28.0 12-13 92.3 37
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 15 13 280 12-38 31.6 9-26 34.6 12-15 80.0 45
Away 8 4 116 5-16 31.3 4-12 33.3 8-8 100.0 22
Neutral 3 3 57 0-8 0.0 0-6 0.0 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 18 16 319 12-42 28.6 9-30 30.0 15-17 88.2 48
Losses 8 4 134 5-20 25.0 4-14 28.6 5-6 83.3 19
Month                    
November 4 4 90 5-17 29.4 4-12 33.3 4-4 100.0 18
December 6 6 112 2-13 15.4 2-13 15.4 5-6 83.3 11
January 5 - 40 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 3
February 10 9 204 9-26 34.6 6-15 40.0 10-10 100.0 34
March 1 1 7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 26 453 17.4 1.5-5.5 1.1-3.9 29.5 1.8-2.0 5.9
Conference 15 236 15.7 1.5-5.6 1.2-4.2 28.0 2.0-2.2 6.3
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 15 280 18.7 1.7-5.4 1.3-3.7 34.6 1.7-2.1 6.4
Away 8 116 14.5 1.7-5.5 1.4-4.1 33.3 2.8-2.8 7.6
Neutral 3 57 19.0 0.0-5.6 0.0-4.2 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 18 319 17.7 1.5-5.3 1.1-3.8 30.0 1.9-2.1 6.0
Losses 8 134 16.8 1.5-6.0 1.2-4.2 28.6 1.5-1.8 5.7
Month                
November 4 90 22.5 2.2-7.6 1.8-5.3 33.3 1.8-1.8 8.0
December 6 112 18.7 0.7-4.6 0.7-4.6 15.4 1.8-2.1 3.9
January 5 40 8.0 1.0-5.0 1.0-4.0 25.0 0.0-1.0 3.0
February 10 204 20.4 1.8-5.1 1.2-2.9 40.0 2.0-2.0 6.7
March 1 7 7.0 0.0-5.7 0.0-0.0 - 5.7-11.4 5.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 26 0.7 0.8 1.5 2.0 0.9 0.6 0.1
Conference 15 0.7 1.1 1.8 2.1 0.8 0.5 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 15 0.7 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.9 0.8 0.1
Away 8 0.8 0.9 1.6 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.0
Neutral 3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.3
Result                
Wins 18 0.6 0.7 1.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 0.1
Losses 8 0.8 1.3 2.0 2.1 0.6 0.4 0.0
Month                
November 4 0.5 0.8 1.3 3.0 1.3 0.5 0.0
December 6 0.7 0.2 0.8 2.2 1.0 0.8 0.2
January 5 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.0
February 10 0.9 1.3 2.2 2.0 0.9 0.7 0.1
March 1 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 26 20 17 22 39 52 23 15 2
Conference 15 9 11 16 27 32 12 8 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 15 13 10 14 24 38 14 12 1
Away 8 4 6 7 13 12 6 2 0
Neutral 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 1
Result                  
Wins 18 16 11 12 23 35 18 12 2
Losses 8 4 6 10 16 17 5 3 0
Month                  
November 4 4 2 3 5 12 5 2 0
December 6 6 4 1 5 13 6 5 1
January 5 - 1 4 5 7 3 1 0
February 10 9 9 13 22 20 9 7 1
March 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 26 1.5 1.9 3.4 4.6 2.0 1.3 0.2
Conference 15 1.9 2.7 4.6 5.4 2.0 1.4 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 15 1.4 2.0 3.4 5.4 2.0 1.7 0.1
Away 8 2.1 2.4 4.5 4.1 2.1 0.7 0.0
Neutral 3 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.4 2.1 0.7 0.7
Result                
Wins 18 1.4 1.5 2.9 4.4 2.3 1.5 0.3
Losses 8 1.8 3.0 4.8 5.1 1.5 0.9 0.0
Month                
November 4 0.9 1.3 2.2 5.3 2.2 0.9 0.0
December 6 1.4 0.4 1.8 4.6 2.1 1.8 0.4
January 5 1.0 4.0 5.0 7.0 3.0 1.0 0.0
February 10 1.8 2.5 4.3 3.9 1.8 1.4 0.2
March 1 5.7 5.7 11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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