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Elijah Meredith
32 Elijah Meredith
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    215
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Lewis Center, Ohio
  • High School:
    Wellington
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Neuroscience
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    13.7
  • fg %
    49.8
  • 3pt %
    36.2
  • ft %
    73.0
  • reb/g
    4.5
  • a/g
    1.0
Bio

2021-22: Played in 26 games, 24 of which were starts … Ranked third on the team with 13.7 points per game … Averaged 22.2 minutes and 4.5 rebounds per contest … Third on the team with 29 steals … Went 147-of-295 (.498) from the floor, 34-of-94 (.362) on three-pointers, and 27-of-37 (.730) at the charity stripe … Led the team in scoring 10 times, including at Allegheny (Feb. 8), in what marked a season-high 27-point night … Seven 20-point games on the year, with first coming versus Allegheny (Dec. 8) … Dropped 25 points in first Wooster-Wittenberg (Jan. 15) game of year … All-Tournament Team for NCAC Tournament after averaging 18.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game … Opened league tournament with 21 points and seven rebounds against Allegheny (Feb. 22) and scored 18 points against DePauw (Feb. 25) and 17 points at Wabash (Feb. 26) … Logged a trio of eight-rebound games and had a career-high four steals at DePauw (Jan. 22).

2020-21: Played in all seven games and really came on late in the season … Averaged 9.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per night … Scored a season-high 29 points on 11-of-18 shooting, which included a 4-of-7 mark from three-point range in first collegiate start at Ohio Wesleyan (March 4) … Followed that up with 16 points, seven rebounds, and five assists against the Battling Bishops (March 6) in the season finale … Added seven points and five rebounds in win over Denison (Feb. 26).

Prior to Wooster: Three-year letterwinner while prepping for Artie Taylor at Wellington High School.

Personal: Born Dec. 17, 2001 … Parents are Maury and Denise Meredith … Neuroscience major.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 12 Wabash L, 97-75
Feb 16 Denison W, 67-56
Feb 19 at Wittenberg W, 77-57
Feb 22 Allegheny W, 86-79
Feb 25 vs. DePauw W, 75-59
Feb 26 at Wabash L, 85-84
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 26 17
Games started 24 16
Minutes 577 406
Minutes per game 22.2 23.9
FG 147-295 109-213
FG Pct 49.8 51.2
3PT 34-94 25-66
3PT Pct 36.2 37.9
FT 27-37 21-27
FT Pct 73.0 77.8
Off rebounds 34 30
Def rebounds 83 57
Total rebounds 117 87
Rebounds per game 4.5 5.1
Personal fouls 50 31
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 27 21
Turnovers 59 41
Assist to turnover ratio 0.5 0.5
Steals 29 24
Blocks 3 2
Points 355 264
Points per game 13.7 15.5
Points per 40 min 24.6 26.0
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 4 at Chattanooga L, 94-60 1 25 5-12 41.7 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 12
Nov 19 Saint Vincent W, 75-57 1 2 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Nov 20 Ripon W, 83-71 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 24 at Mount Union L, 81-68 - 9 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 30 at Oberlin W, 62-51 1 18 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 10
Dec 4 DePauw W, 73-59 1 21 7-9 77.8 2-2 100.0 2-2 100.0 18
Dec 8 Allegheny W, 77-60 1 20 8-16 50.0 2-5 40.0 5-6 83.3 23
Dec 11 Hiram W, 82-53 1 18 3-7 42.9 1-2 50.0 1-4 25.0 8
Dec 18 at UC Santa Cruz W, 80-71 1 12 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 19 vs. Lewis & Clark L, 72-67 1 7 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Dec 29 La Roche   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 Lynchburg W, 88-78 1 30 9-17 52.9 3-5 60.0 2-2 100.0 23
Dec 31 Muskingum L, 68-66 1 17 1-7 14.3 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 4 at Wabash   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 8 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-81 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 Kenyon W, 91-77 0 21 7-12 58.3 0-3 0.0 4-4 100.0 18
Jan 15 Wittenberg W, 83-80 1 23 10-17 58.8 3-6 50.0 2-2 100.0 25
Jan 19 at Denison W, 75-60 1 33 9-14 64.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 19
Jan 22 at DePauw W, 78-69 1 23 4-11 36.4 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 8
Jan 26 Oberlin W, 69-63 1 16 3-7 42.9 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 28 at Hiram L, 83-81 1 27 9-14 64.3 4-7 57.1 4-4 100.0 26
Jan 30 at Wabash L, 94-80 1 18 3-6 50.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 8
Feb 2 at Kenyon W, 84-57 1 25 10-16 62.5 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 22
Feb 5 Ohio Wesleyan W, 74-69 1 33 8-20 40.0 2-7 28.6 1-1 100.0 19
Feb 8 at Allegheny L, 76-65 1 31 12-23 52.2 3-9 33.3 0-1 0.0 27
Feb 12 Wabash L, 97-75 1 27 2-9 22.2 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 5
Feb 16 Denison W, 67-56 1 31 5-13 38.5 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 11
Feb 19 at Wittenberg W, 77-57 1 21 5-11 45.5 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 11
Feb 22 Allegheny W, 86-79 1 28 8-15 53.3 3-7 42.9 2-4 50.0 21
Feb 25 vs. DePauw W, 75-59 1 31 8-13 61.5 1-5 20.0 1-2 50.0 18
Feb 26 at Wabash L, 85-84 1 35 7-13 53.8 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 17
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 4 at Chattanooga L, 94-60 1 25 0 4 4 1 1 0 0
Nov 19 Saint Vincent W, 75-57 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 20 Ripon W, 83-71 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 24 at Mount Union L, 81-68 - 9 1 2 3 1 2 0 0
Nov 30 at Oberlin W, 62-51 1 18 3 3 6 1 2 0 0
Dec 4 DePauw W, 73-59 1 21 2 6 8 1 5 0 0
Dec 8 Allegheny W, 77-60 1 20 4 2 6 0 1 0 0
Dec 11 Hiram W, 82-53 1 18 1 3 4 3 0 3 0
Dec 18 at UC Santa Cruz W, 80-71 1 12 0 1 1 0 5 0 0
Dec 19 vs. Lewis & Clark L, 72-67 1 7 0 2 2 1 2 0 0
Dec 29 La Roche   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 Lynchburg W, 88-78 1 30 2 6 8 0 2 1 0
Dec 31 Muskingum L, 68-66 1 17 0 3 3 0 3 1 1
Jan 4 at Wabash   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 8 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-81 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 Kenyon W, 91-77 0 21 2 5 7 2 2 2 0
Jan 15 Wittenberg W, 83-80 1 23 1 3 4 0 6 3 0
Jan 19 at Denison W, 75-60 1 33 3 2 5 0 2 1 0
Jan 22 at DePauw W, 78-69 1 23 1 5 6 0 4 4 1
Jan 26 Oberlin W, 69-63 1 16 1 1 2 1 4 1 1
Jan 28 at Hiram L, 83-81 1 27 2 2 4 0 2 2 0
Jan 30 at Wabash L, 94-80 1 18 1 2 3 1 1 1 0
Feb 2 at Kenyon W, 84-57 1 25 1 5 6 2 1 2 0
Feb 5 Ohio Wesleyan W, 74-69 1 33 2 6 8 1 0 1 0
Feb 8 at Allegheny L, 76-65 1 31 2 5 7 3 6 1 0
Feb 12 Wabash L, 97-75 1 27 3 4 7 1 2 0 0
Feb 16 Denison W, 67-56 1 31 0 2 2 4 1 2 0
Feb 19 at Wittenberg W, 77-57 1 21 1 1 2 1 2 1 0
Feb 22 Allegheny W, 86-79 1 28 0 7 7 3 2 1 0
Feb 25 vs. DePauw W, 75-59 1 31 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Feb 26 at Wabash L, 85-84 1 35 1 4 5 0 1 2 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 4 at Chattanooga L, 94-60 1 3 0 1.0
Nov 19 Saint Vincent W, 75-57 1 0 0 -
Nov 20 Ripon W, 83-71 - - - -
Nov 24 at Mount Union L, 81-68 - 3 0 0.5
Nov 30 at Oberlin W, 62-51 1 0 0 0.5
Dec 4 DePauw W, 73-59 1 2 0 0.2
Dec 8 Allegheny W, 77-60 1 0 0 0.0
Dec 11 Hiram W, 82-53 1 1 0 -
Dec 18 at UC Santa Cruz W, 80-71 1 4 - 0.0
Dec 19 vs. Lewis & Clark L, 72-67 1 1 - 0.5
Dec 29 La Roche   - - - -
Dec 30 Lynchburg W, 88-78 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 31 Muskingum L, 68-66 1 2 0 0.0
Jan 4 at Wabash   - - - -
Jan 8 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-81 - - - -
Jan 12 Kenyon W, 91-77 0 0 0 1.0
Jan 15 Wittenberg W, 83-80 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 19 at Denison W, 75-60 1 2 0 0.0
Jan 22 at DePauw W, 78-69 1 4 0 0.0
Jan 26 Oberlin W, 69-63 1 0 0 0.3
Jan 28 at Hiram L, 83-81 1 1 - 0.0
Jan 30 at Wabash L, 94-80 1 5 1 1.0
Feb 2 at Kenyon W, 84-57 1 0 - 2.0
Feb 5 Ohio Wesleyan W, 74-69 1 2 - -
Feb 8 at Allegheny L, 76-65 1 1 - 0.5
Feb 12 Wabash L, 97-75 1 3 0 0.5
Feb 16 Denison W, 67-56 1 3 0 4.0
Feb 19 at Wittenberg W, 77-57 1 4 - 0.5
Feb 22 Allegheny W, 86-79 1 3 0 1.5
Feb 25 vs. DePauw W, 75-59 1 0 0 1.0
Feb 26 at Wabash L, 85-84 1 4 0 0.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2020-21 7 16.3 3.6-7.0 1.1-2.4 1.3-1.4 9.6
2021-22 26 22.2 5.7-11.3 1.3-3.6 1.0-1.4 13.7
2022-23 26 24.5 4.3-10.8 2.1-6.6 0.8-1.2 11.4
Total 59 22.5 4.8-10.6 1.6-4.8 0.9-1.3 12.2

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2020-21 7 2 114 25-49 51.0 8-17 47.1 9-10 90.0 67
2021-22 26 24 577 147-295 49.8 34-94 36.2 27-37 73.0 355
2022-23 26 24 638 111-280 39.6 55-171 32.2 20-32 62.5 297
Total 59 50 1329 283-624 45.4 97-282 34.4 56-79 70.9 719

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2020-21 7 114 16.3 8.8-17.2 2.8-6.0 47.1 3.2-3.5 23.5
2021-22 26 577 22.2 10.2-20.5 2.4-6.5 36.2 1.9-2.6 24.6
2022-23 26 638 24.5 7.0-17.6 3.4-10.7 32.2 1.3-2.0 18.6
Total 59 1329 22.5 8.5-18.8 2.9-8.5 34.4 1.7-2.4 21.6

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2020-21 7 1.0 2.3 3.3 1.0 1.4 1.1 0.0
2021-22 26 1.3 3.2 4.5 1.0 2.3 1.1 0.1
2022-23 26 1.0 3.4 4.4 1.5 1.7 0.5 0.2
Total 59 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.2 1.9 0.9 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2020-21 7 2 7 16 23 7 10 8 0
2021-22 26 24 34 83 117 27 59 29 3
2022-23 26 24 26 89 115 39 44 14 4
Total 59 50 67 188 255 73 113 51 7

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2020-21 7 2.5 5.6 8.1 2.5 3.5 2.8 0.0
2021-22 26 2.4 5.8 8.1 1.9 4.1 2.0 0.2
2022-23 26 1.6 5.6 7.2 2.4 2.8 0.9 0.3
Total 59 2.0 5.7 7.7 2.2 3.4 1.5 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 26 22.2 5.7-11.3 1.3-3.6 1.0-1.4 13.7
Conference 17 23.9 6.4-12.5 1.5-3.9 1.2-1.6 15.5
Exhibition 1 25.0 5.0-12.0 2.0-7.0 0.0-0.0 12.0
Location            
Home 13 22.1 5.5-11.5 1.4-3.8 1.5-2.0 13.9
Away 11 22.9 5.8-11.5 1.4-3.5 0.6-0.8 13.6
Neutral 2 19.0 5.5-9.5 0.5-3.0 0.5-1.0 12.0
Result            
Wins 18 22.6 6.1-11.7 1.2-3.6 1.2-1.6 14.6
Losses 8 21.4 4.8-10.5 1.5-3.8 0.6-1.0 11.6
Month            
November 3 9.7 2.0-5.0 0.0-0.3 0.7-0.7 4.7
December 7 17.9 4.4-9.4 1.1-2.7 1.4-2.0 11.4
January 7 23.0 6.4-11.6 1.4-3.6 1.4-1.4 15.7
February 9 29.1 7.2-14.8 1.8-5.4 0.6-1.2 16.8

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 26 24 577 147-295 49.8 34-94 36.2 27-37 73.0 355
Conference 17 16 406 109-213 51.2 25-66 37.9 21-27 77.8 264
Exhibition 1 1 25 5-12 41.7 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 12
Location                    
Home 13 12 287 72-150 48.0 18-49 36.7 19-26 73.1 181
Away 11 10 252 64-126 50.8 15-39 38.5 7-9 77.8 150
Neutral 2 2 38 11-19 57.9 1-6 16.7 1-2 50.0 24
Result                    
Wins 18 17 406 109-211 51.7 22-64 34.4 22-29 75.9 262
Losses 8 7 171 38-84 45.2 12-30 40.0 5-8 62.5 93
Month                    
November 3 2 29 6-15 40.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 14
December 7 7 125 31-66 47.0 8-19 42.1 10-14 71.4 80
January 7 6 161 45-81 55.6 10-25 40.0 10-10 100.0 110
February 9 9 262 65-133 48.9 16-49 32.7 5-11 45.5 151

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 26 577 22.2 10.2-20.5 2.4-6.5 36.2 1.9-2.6 24.6
Conference 17 406 23.9 10.7-21.0 2.5-6.5 37.9 2.1-2.7 26.0
Exhibition 1 25 25.0 8.0-19.2 3.2-11.2 28.6 0.0-0.0 19.2
Location                
Home 13 287 22.1 10.0-20.9 2.5-6.8 36.7 2.6-3.6 25.2
Away 11 252 22.9 10.2-20.0 2.4-6.2 38.5 1.1-1.4 23.8
Neutral 2 38 19.0 11.6-20.0 1.1-6.3 16.7 1.1-2.1 25.3
Result                
Wins 18 406 22.6 10.7-20.8 2.2-6.3 34.4 2.2-2.9 25.8
Losses 8 171 21.4 8.9-19.6 2.8-7.0 40.0 1.2-1.9 21.8
Month                
November 3 29 9.7 8.3-20.7 0.0-1.4 0.0 2.8-2.8 19.3
December 7 125 17.9 9.9-21.1 2.6-6.1 42.1 3.2-4.5 25.6
January 7 161 23.0 11.2-20.1 2.5-6.2 40.0 2.5-2.5 27.3
February 9 262 29.1 9.9-20.3 2.4-7.5 32.7 0.8-1.7 23.1

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 26 1.3 3.2 4.5 1.0 2.3 1.1 0.1
Conference 17 1.8 3.4 5.1 1.2 2.4 1.4 0.1
Exhibition 1 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 13 1.4 3.7 5.1 1.2 2.2 1.2 0.2
Away 11 1.5 2.9 4.4 0.8 2.5 1.3 0.1
Neutral 2 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 18 1.3 3.3 4.6 1.1 2.2 1.2 0.1
Losses 8 1.3 3.0 4.3 0.9 2.4 0.9 0.1
Month                
November 3 1.3 1.7 3.0 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.0
December 7 1.3 3.3 4.6 0.7 2.6 0.7 0.1
January 7 1.6 2.9 4.4 0.6 3.0 2.0 0.3
February 9 1.1 3.9 5.0 1.8 1.8 1.1 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 26 24 34 83 117 27 59 29 3
Conference 17 16 30 57 87 21 41 24 2
Exhibition 1 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0
Location                  
Home 13 12 18 48 66 16 28 15 2
Away 11 10 16 32 48 9 28 14 1
Neutral 2 2 0 3 3 2 3 0 0
Result                  
Wins 18 17 24 59 83 20 40 22 2
Losses 8 7 10 24 34 7 19 7 1
Month                  
November 3 2 4 5 9 2 4 0 0
December 7 7 9 23 32 5 18 5 1
January 7 6 11 20 31 4 21 14 2
February 9 9 10 35 45 16 16 10 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 26 2.4 5.8 8.1 1.9 4.1 2.0 0.2
Conference 17 3.0 5.6 8.6 2.1 4.0 2.4 0.2
Exhibition 1 0.0 6.4 6.4 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 13 2.5 6.7 9.2 2.2 3.9 2.1 0.3
Away 11 2.5 5.1 7.6 1.4 4.4 2.2 0.2
Neutral 2 0.0 3.2 3.2 2.1 3.2 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 18 2.4 5.8 8.2 2.0 3.9 2.2 0.2
Losses 8 2.3 5.6 8.0 1.6 4.4 1.6 0.2
Month                
November 3 5.5 6.9 12.4 2.8 5.5 0.0 0.0
December 7 2.9 7.4 10.2 1.6 5.8 1.6 0.3
January 7 2.7 5.0 7.7 1.0 5.2 3.5 0.5
February 9 1.5 5.3 6.9 2.4 2.4 1.5 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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