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EJ Kapihe
23 EJ Kapihe
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    225
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Kaneohe, Hawaii
  • High School:
    Kamehameha Schools
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Business Economics
  • gp
    18
  • pts/g
    6.9
  • fg %
    58.6
  • 3pt %
    0.0
  • ft %
    71.9
  • reb/g
    4.6
  • a/g
    0.9
Bio

2023-24: Played in all 28 games with five starts … One of the team’s top reserves … Played the most minutes per game – 17.1 – outside of the starting five … Averaged 7.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game … Shot 54.4 percent (74-of-136) from the floor … Scored career-high 21 points against Oberlin (Feb. 7), finishing a perfect 9-of-9 from the floor in what marked first time parents watched play in person at Wooster … Showcased significant growth from 2022-23 against Rowan (Nov. 11) with 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting … Logged eight double-digit scoring games, including 16 at DePauw (Dec. 10) … Secured career-high eight rebounds against Rose-Hulman (Nov. 17) and hit that total again against Suffolk (Dec. 19).

2022-23: Made most of opportunities, entering 12 games on the varsity level … Averaged 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds per game … Called upon in the NCAC Tournament and was the glue holding the eventual semifinal victory over Denison (Feb. 24) together late in the first half … Scored four points and had a rebound in 7:36 of action against Denison … Scored two points, had three rebounds, and an assist in collegiate debut versus Mount Aloysius (Nov. 18).

Prior to Wooster: First-team all-state honoree as a senior at Kamehameha Schools … First-team all-conference selection as a senior … Coached by Larry Park. 

Personal: Parents are Ellice and Rebecca Kapihe … Business economics major and religious studies minor.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Jan 4 Wittenberg W, 67-57
Jan 8 at Kenyon W, 84-71
Jan 11 at Wabash L, 54-48
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 73-58
Jan 22 Denison L, 77-65
Jan 25 at Oberlin W, 83-59
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 18 9
Games started 2 0
Minutes 319 160
Minutes per game 17.7 17.8
FG 51-87 26-38
FG Pct 58.6 68.4
3PT 0-3 0-0
3PT Pct 0.0 -
FT 23-32 6-11
FT Pct 71.9 54.5
Off rebounds 32 14
Def rebounds 51 24
Total rebounds 83 38
Rebounds per game 4.6 4.2
Personal fouls 41 21
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 17 12
Turnovers 20 12
Assist to turnover ratio 0.8 1.0
Steals 13 5
Blocks 10 5
Points 125 58
Points per game 6.9 6.4
Points per 40 min 15.7 14.5
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 30 at South Carolina L, 86-60 - 14 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Nov 10 Yeshiva W, 85-64 0 17 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Nov 17 at Otterbein W, 88-77 - 20 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Nov 22 La Roche W, 84-58 - 19 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 7
Nov 23 Mount Union W, 79-73 - 15 4-5 80.0 0-1 0.0 1-3 33.3 9
Nov 30 Oberlin W, 92-80 - 19 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 10
Dec 4 at Hiram W, 74-59 - 32 7-7 100.0 0-0 - 1-5 20.0 15
Dec 7 at Case Western Reserve W, 83-76 - 18 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 2
Dec 15 DePauw W, 84-53 0 16 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 19 vs. Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 84-63 1 16 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 6
Dec 21 at Hawaii Pacific W, 45-43 1 19 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 29 Pitt.-Bradford W, 114-96 - 19 8-11 72.7 0-0 - 8-8 100.0 24
Dec 30 Babson L, 69-61 0 16 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 5
Jan 4 Wittenberg W, 67-57 - 25 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Jan 8 at Kenyon W, 84-71 - 18 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 11 at Wabash L, 54-48 - 10 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 73-58 - 17 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Jan 22 Denison L, 77-65 0 10 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 25 at Oberlin W, 83-59 - 13 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 10
Jan 29 Hiram   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 at Wittenberg   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 Kenyon   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 Wabash   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Denison   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 at DePauw   - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 30 at South Carolina L, 86-60 - 14 1 1 2 2 1 0 1
Nov 10 Yeshiva W, 85-64 0 17 2 2 4 1 1 1 0
Nov 17 at Otterbein W, 88-77 - 20 1 7 8 1 0 3 0
Nov 22 La Roche W, 84-58 - 19 6 1 7 2 1 0 1
Nov 23 Mount Union W, 79-73 - 15 2 5 7 1 1 1 1
Nov 30 Oberlin W, 92-80 - 19 4 3 7 1 3 0 1
Dec 4 at Hiram W, 74-59 - 32 0 3 3 3 1 2 1
Dec 7 at Case Western Reserve W, 83-76 - 18 2 5 7 0 0 0 1
Dec 15 DePauw W, 84-53 0 16 0 6 6 1 0 1 2
Dec 19 vs. Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 84-63 1 16 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
Dec 21 at Hawaii Pacific W, 45-43 1 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Dec 29 Pitt.-Bradford W, 114-96 - 19 2 4 6 0 4 1 1
Dec 30 Babson L, 69-61 0 16 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
Jan 4 Wittenberg W, 67-57 - 25 2 2 4 2 2 1 1
Jan 8 at Kenyon W, 84-71 - 18 3 1 4 2 2 0 0
Jan 11 at Wabash L, 54-48 - 10 0 4 4 1 2 0 0
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 73-58 - 17 2 2 4 0 2 0 0
Jan 22 Denison L, 77-65 0 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Jan 25 at Oberlin W, 83-59 - 13 3 2 5 1 0 1 0
Jan 29 Hiram   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 at Wittenberg   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 Kenyon   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 Wabash   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Denison   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 at DePauw   - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 30 at South Carolina L, 86-60 - 5 1 2.0
Nov 10 Yeshiva W, 85-64 0 2 0 1.0
Nov 17 at Otterbein W, 88-77 - 3 0 -
Nov 22 La Roche W, 84-58 - 3 0 2.0
Nov 23 Mount Union W, 79-73 - 1 0 1.0
Nov 30 Oberlin W, 92-80 - 4 0 0.3
Dec 4 at Hiram W, 74-59 - 3 0 3.0
Dec 7 at Case Western Reserve W, 83-76 - 1 0 -
Dec 15 DePauw W, 84-53 0 2 0 -
Dec 19 vs. Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 84-63 1 2 0 0.0
Dec 21 at Hawaii Pacific W, 45-43 1 3 0 -
Dec 29 Pitt.-Bradford W, 114-96 - 3 0 0.0
Dec 30 Babson L, 69-61 0 2 0 -
Jan 4 Wittenberg W, 67-57 - 5 1 1.0
Jan 8 at Kenyon W, 84-71 - 1 - 1.0
Jan 11 at Wabash L, 54-48 - 1 0 0.5
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 73-58 - 2 0 0.0
Jan 22 Denison L, 77-65 0 3 0 -
Jan 25 at Oberlin W, 83-59 - 0 - -
Jan 29 Hiram   - - - -
Feb 1 at Wittenberg   - - - -
Feb 5 Kenyon   - - - -
Feb 8 Wabash   - - - -
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan   - - - -
Feb 19 at Denison   - - - -
Feb 22 at DePauw   - - - -
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 12 2.8 0.3-0.8 0.0-0.1 0.2-0.2 0.8
2023-24 28 17.1 2.6-4.9 0.1-0.6 1.7-2.3 7.1
2024-25 18 17.7 2.8-4.8 0.0-0.2 1.3-1.8 6.9
Total 58 14.4 2.2-4.0 0.1-0.3 1.3-1.7 5.8

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 12 0 34 4-9 44.4 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 10
2023-24 28 5 480 74-136 54.4 4-16 25.0 48-64 75.0 200
2024-25 18 2 319 51-87 58.6 0-3 0.0 23-32 71.9 125
Total 58 7 833 129-232 55.6 4-20 20.0 73-98 74.5 335

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 12 34 2.8 4.7-10.6 0.0-1.2 0.0 2.4-2.4 11.8
2023-24 28 480 17.1 6.2-11.3 0.3-1.3 25.0 4.0-5.3 16.7
2024-25 18 319 17.7 6.4-10.9 0.0-0.4 0.0 2.9-4.0 15.7
Total 58 833 14.4 6.2-11.1 0.2-1.0 20.0 3.5-4.7 16.1

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 12 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
2023-24 28 1.6 2.3 3.9 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.5
2024-25 18 1.8 2.8 4.6 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.6
Total 58 1.4 2.1 3.5 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 12 0 4 6 10 3 0 0 1
2023-24 28 5 46 63 109 24 33 25 14
2024-25 18 2 32 51 83 17 20 13 10
Total 58 7 82 120 202 44 53 38 25

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 12 4.7 7.1 11.8 3.5 0.0 0.0 1.2
2023-24 28 3.8 5.3 9.1 2.0 2.8 2.1 1.2
2024-25 18 4.0 6.4 10.4 2.1 2.5 1.6 1.3
Total 58 3.9 5.8 9.7 2.1 2.5 1.8 1.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 18 17.7 2.8-4.8 0.0-0.2 1.3-1.8 6.9
Conference 9 17.8 2.9-4.2 0.0-0.0 0.7-1.2 6.4
Exhibition 1 14.0 3.0-5.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 6.0
Location            
Home 9 17.3 3.1-4.9 0.0-0.1 1.7-2.1 7.9
Away 8 18.4 2.6-4.8 0.0-0.1 0.8-1.4 6.0
Neutral 1 16.0 2.0-5.0 0.0-1.0 2.0-2.0 6.0
Result            
Wins 14 19.0 3.3-5.4 0.0-0.2 1.4-2.0 8.0
Losses 4 13.3 1.2-2.8 0.0-0.0 0.8-1.0 3.3
Month            
November 5 18.0 3.4-5.4 0.0-0.2 0.8-1.4 7.6
December 7 19.4 3.0-5.3 0.0-0.3 2.3-3.0 8.3
January 6 15.5 2.2-3.8 0.0-0.0 0.5-0.7 4.8

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 18 2 319 51-87 58.6 0-3 0.0 23-32 71.9 125
Conference 9 0 160 26-38 68.4 0-0 - 6-11 54.5 58
Exhibition 1 - 14 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Location                    
Home 9 0 156 28-44 63.6 0-1 0.0 15-19 78.9 71
Away 8 1 147 21-38 55.3 0-1 0.0 6-11 54.5 48
Neutral 1 1 16 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 6
Result                    
Wins 14 2 266 46-76 60.5 0-3 0.0 20-28 71.4 112
Losses 4 0 53 5-11 45.5 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 13
Month                    
November 5 0 90 17-27 63.0 0-1 0.0 4-7 57.1 38
December 7 2 136 21-37 56.8 0-2 0.0 16-21 76.2 58
January 6 0 93 13-23 56.5 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 29

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 18 319 17.7 6.4-10.9 0.0-0.4 0.0 2.9-4.0 15.7
Conference 9 160 17.8 6.5-9.5 0.0-0.0 - 1.5-2.8 14.5
Exhibition 1 14 14.0 8.6-14.3 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 17.1
Location                
Home 9 156 17.3 7.2-11.3 0.0-0.3 0.0 3.8-4.9 18.2
Away 8 147 18.4 5.7-10.3 0.0-0.3 0.0 1.6-3.0 13.1
Neutral 1 16 16.0 5.0-12.5 0.0-2.5 0.0 5.0-5.0 15.0
Result                
Wins 14 266 19.0 6.9-11.4 0.0-0.5 0.0 3.0-4.2 16.8
Losses 4 53 13.3 3.8-8.3 0.0-0.0 - 2.3-3.0 9.8
Month                
November 5 90 18.0 7.6-12.0 0.0-0.4 0.0 1.8-3.1 16.9
December 7 136 19.4 6.2-10.9 0.0-0.6 0.0 4.7-6.2 17.1
January 6 93 15.5 5.6-9.9 0.0-0.0 - 1.3-1.7 12.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 18 1.8 2.8 4.6 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.6
Conference 9 1.6 2.7 4.2 1.3 1.3 0.6 0.6
Exhibition 1 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0
Location                
Home 9 2.3 2.7 5.0 1.0 1.3 0.6 0.8
Away 8 1.4 3.1 4.5 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.4
Neutral 1 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 14 1.9 3.1 5.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.7
Losses 4 1.3 1.8 3.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Month                
November 5 3.0 3.6 6.6 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.6
December 7 1.0 3.0 4.0 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9
January 6 1.7 2.0 3.7 1.2 1.3 0.3 0.2

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 18 2 32 51 83 17 20 13 10
Conference 9 0 14 24 38 12 12 5 5
Exhibition 1 - 1 1 2 2 1 0 1
Location                  
Home 9 0 21 24 45 9 12 5 7
Away 8 1 11 25 36 8 7 7 3
Neutral 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
Result                  
Wins 14 2 27 44 71 15 16 13 10
Losses 4 0 5 7 12 2 4 0 0
Month                  
November 5 0 15 18 33 6 6 5 3
December 7 2 7 21 28 4 6 6 6
January 6 0 10 12 22 7 8 2 1

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 18 4.0 6.4 10.4 2.1 2.5 1.6 1.3
Conference 9 3.5 6.0 9.5 3.0 3.0 1.3 1.3
Exhibition 1 2.9 2.9 5.7 5.7 2.9 0.0 2.9
Location                
Home 9 5.4 6.2 11.5 2.3 3.1 1.3 1.8
Away 8 3.0 6.8 9.8 2.2 1.9 1.9 0.8
Neutral 1 0.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 2.5 2.5 0.0
Result                
Wins 14 4.1 6.6 10.7 2.3 2.4 2.0 1.5
Losses 4 3.8 5.3 9.1 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.0
Month                
November 5 6.7 8.0 14.7 2.7 2.7 2.2 1.3
December 7 2.1 6.2 8.2 1.2 1.8 1.8 1.8
January 6 4.3 5.2 9.5 3.0 3.4 0.9 0.4

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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