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Ella Dean
12 Ella Dean
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • High School:
    Saline
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • gp
    10
  • pts/g
    12.6
  • fg %
    37.6
  • 3pt %
    35.6
  • ft %
    77.4
  • reb/g
    2.4
  • a/g
    1.4
Bio

2023-24: Started the first 10 games of the season before suffering season-ending injury … Averaged 12.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game … Still finished tied for second on the squad with 1.4 assists per contest … Was shooting 37.6 percent from the floor and 35.6 percent from beyond the arc at the time of the injury… Added seven steals and three blocks … Scored 20-plus points in four different contests, including a career-high of 23 points against Olivet (Dec. 13) … Contributed 21 points as part of the team’s single-game scoring record against Miami-Hamilton (Dec. 1) … Shot 50 percent from the three-point line in back-to-back games against Olivet and Pitt.-Greensburg (Dec. 16) … Member of the AD Honor Roll for the fall 2023 semester… Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll. 

2022-23: One of only three players to appear in all 26 games … Made 10 starts and averaged 24.1 minutes per game … Averaged 3.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per contest … Third on the team with 1.2 assists per night … Scored a season-best 10 points in collegiate debut vs. Franciscan (Nov. 9) … Grabbed season-high five rebounds in back-to-back contests vs. Capital (Nov. 22) and vs. Penn State Behrend (Nov. 30) … Dished out a team-leading and season-best five assists vs. Hiram (Feb. 11).

Prior to Wooster: Lettered in basketball and track and field at Saline H.S. … 2x district champions in basketball … 2x Regional finalist … 1x district finalist.

Personal: Parents are Corey and Neha Dean … Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major ... Health Coach, Goodwill volunteer, game operations worker.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 3 Kenyon W, 55-49
Feb 7 Oberlin L, 51-41
Feb 10 at Wittenberg L, 74-38
Feb 14 Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-37
Feb 17 at DePauw L, 83-41
Feb 20 at DePauw L, 82-47
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 10 -
Games started 10 -
Minutes 313 -
Minutes per game 31.3 -
FG 38-101 0-0
FG Pct 37.6 -
3PT 26-73 0-0
3PT Pct 35.6 -
FT 24-31 0-0
FT Pct 77.4 -
Off rebounds 6 -
Def rebounds 18 -
Total rebounds 24 -
Rebounds per game 2.4 -
Personal fouls 16 -
Disqualifications 0 -
Assists 14 -
Turnovers 18 -
Assist to turnover ratio 0.8 -
Steals 7 -
Blocks 3 -
Points 126 0
Points per game 12.6 -
Points per 40 min 16.1 -
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 10 Houghton L, 46-42 1 34 4-8 50.0 3-6 50.0 2-3 66.7 13
Nov 11 Franciscan L, 64-61 1 23 1-9 11.1 1-5 20.0 2-4 50.0 5
Nov 15 Heidelberg L, 94-66 1 26 7-9 77.8 5-6 83.3 2-2 100.0 21
Nov 18 Defiance W, 74-60 1 33 3-11 27.3 2-9 22.2 4-6 66.7 12
Nov 21 at Capital L, 78-53 1 33 1-6 16.7 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 3
Dec 1 Miami-Hamilton W, 111-100 1 43 6-12 50.0 3-8 37.5 6-6 100.0 21
Dec 9 at Carnegie Mellon L, 81-31 1 28 1-7 14.3 0-5 0.0 2-4 50.0 4
Dec 13 Olivet W, 81-58 1 27 7-13 53.8 5-10 50.0 4-4 100.0 23
Dec 16 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 80-69 1 33 6-16 37.5 6-12 50.0 2-2 100.0 20
Dec 19 at FDU-Florham L, 77-63 1 33 2-10 20.0 0-6 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 3 at Kenyon L, 63-44 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 6 at Denison L, 81-39 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 10 Hiram L, 87-78 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 13 Wittenberg L, 90-32 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 17 at Oberlin L, 61-50 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 20 DePauw L, 68-43 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 Waynesburg W, 68-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 24 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 81-43 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 27 Denison L, 75-42 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 at Hiram L, 63-47 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 3 Kenyon W, 55-49 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Oberlin L, 51-41 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 10 at Wittenberg L, 74-38 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-37 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 17 at DePauw L, 83-41 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 at DePauw L, 82-47 - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 10 Houghton L, 46-42 1 34 0 2 2 1 2 0 0
Nov 11 Franciscan L, 64-61 1 23 1 1 2 2 5 1 0
Nov 15 Heidelberg L, 94-66 1 26 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Nov 18 Defiance W, 74-60 1 33 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
Nov 21 at Capital L, 78-53 1 33 0 1 1 1 2 0 0
Dec 1 Miami-Hamilton W, 111-100 1 43 1 4 5 3 1 3 0
Dec 9 at Carnegie Mellon L, 81-31 1 28 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Dec 13 Olivet W, 81-58 1 27 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
Dec 16 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 80-69 1 33 3 3 6 1 1 1 2
Dec 19 at FDU-Florham L, 77-63 1 33 0 3 3 2 3 0 1
Jan 3 at Kenyon L, 63-44 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 6 at Denison L, 81-39 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 10 Hiram L, 87-78 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 13 Wittenberg L, 90-32 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 17 at Oberlin L, 61-50 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 20 DePauw L, 68-43 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 Waynesburg W, 68-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 24 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 81-43 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 27 Denison L, 75-42 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 at Hiram L, 63-47 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 3 Kenyon W, 55-49 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Oberlin L, 51-41 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 10 at Wittenberg L, 74-38 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-37 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 17 at DePauw L, 83-41 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 at DePauw L, 82-47 - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 10 Houghton L, 46-42 1 2 - 0.5
Nov 11 Franciscan L, 64-61 1 2 0 0.4
Nov 15 Heidelberg L, 94-66 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 18 Defiance W, 74-60 1 0 0 3.0
Nov 21 at Capital L, 78-53 1 1 - 0.5
Dec 1 Miami-Hamilton W, 111-100 1 2 - 3.0
Dec 9 at Carnegie Mellon L, 81-31 1 1 0 -
Dec 13 Olivet W, 81-58 1 1 0 0.5
Dec 16 Pitt.-Greensburg W, 80-69 1 1 - 1.0
Dec 19 at FDU-Florham L, 77-63 1 4 - 0.7
Jan 3 at Kenyon L, 63-44 - - - -
Jan 6 at Denison L, 81-39 - - - -
Jan 10 Hiram L, 87-78 - - - -
Jan 13 Wittenberg L, 90-32 - - - -
Jan 17 at Oberlin L, 61-50 - - - -
Jan 20 DePauw L, 68-43 - - - -
Jan 22 Waynesburg W, 68-55 - - - -
Jan 24 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 81-43 - - - -
Jan 27 Denison L, 75-42 - - - -
Jan 31 at Hiram L, 63-47 - - - -
Feb 3 Kenyon W, 55-49 - - - -
Feb 7 Oberlin L, 51-41 - - - -
Feb 10 at Wittenberg L, 74-38 - - - -
Feb 14 Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-37 - - - -
Feb 17 at DePauw L, 83-41 - - - -
Feb 20 at DePauw L, 82-47 - - - -
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 26 24.1 1.2-4.0 0.5-2.1 0.8-1.2 3.7
2023-24 10 31.3 3.8-10.1 2.6-7.3 2.4-3.1 12.6
2024-25 22 28.2 2.2-6.8 1.2-4.1 1.4-1.8 7.0
Total 58 26.9 2.0-6.1 1.1-3.8 1.3-1.8 6.5

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 26 10 626 32-105 30.5 12-55 21.8 21-32 65.6 97
2023-24 10 10 313 38-101 37.6 26-73 35.6 24-31 77.4 126
2024-25 22 19 620 48-149 32.2 26-91 28.6 31-40 77.5 153
Total 58 39 1559 118-355 33.2 64-219 29.2 76-103 73.8 376

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 26 626 24.1 2.0-6.7 0.8-3.5 21.8 1.3-2.0 6.2
2023-24 10 313 31.3 4.9-12.9 3.3-9.3 35.6 3.1-4.0 16.1
2024-25 22 620 28.2 3.1-9.6 1.7-5.9 28.6 2.0-2.6 9.9
Total 58 1559 26.9 3.0-9.1 1.6-5.6 29.2 1.9-2.6 9.6

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 26 0.2 1.9 2.1 1.2 1.5 0.7 0.2
2023-24 10 0.6 1.8 2.4 1.4 1.8 0.7 0.3
2024-25 22 0.4 2.4 2.8 1.2 2.1 0.6 0.2
Total 58 0.3 2.1 2.4 1.2 1.8 0.7 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 26 10 5 50 55 31 40 18 6
2023-24 10 10 6 18 24 14 18 7 3
2024-25 22 19 8 53 61 27 47 13 5
Total 58 39 19 121 140 72 105 38 14

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 26 0.3 3.2 3.5 2.0 2.6 1.2 0.4
2023-24 10 0.8 2.3 3.1 1.8 2.3 0.9 0.4
2024-25 22 0.5 3.4 3.9 1.7 3.0 0.8 0.3
Total 58 0.5 3.1 3.6 1.8 2.7 1.0 0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 10 31.3 3.8-10.1 2.6-7.3 2.4-3.1 12.6
Conference - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 7 31.3 4.9-11.1 3.6-8.0 3.1-3.9 16.4
Away 3 31.3 1.3-7.7 0.3-5.7 0.7-1.3 3.7
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 4 34.0 5.5-13.0 4.0-9.8 4.0-4.5 19.0
Losses 6 29.5 2.7-8.2 1.7-5.7 1.3-2.2 8.3
Month            
November 5 29.8 3.2-8.6 2.4-6.4 2.0-3.0 10.8
December 5 32.8 4.4-11.6 2.8-8.2 2.8-3.2 14.4

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 10 10 313 38-101 37.6 26-73 35.6 24-31 77.4 126
Conference - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 7 7 219 34-78 43.6 25-56 44.6 22-27 81.5 115
Away 3 3 94 4-23 17.4 1-17 5.9 2-4 50.0 11
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 4 4 136 22-52 42.3 16-39 41.0 16-18 88.9 76
Losses 6 6 177 16-49 32.7 10-34 29.4 8-13 61.5 50
Month                    
November 5 5 149 16-43 37.2 12-32 37.5 10-15 66.7 54
December 5 5 164 22-58 37.9 14-41 34.1 14-16 87.5 72

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 10 313 31.3 4.9-12.9 3.3-9.3 35.6 3.1-4.0 16.1
Conference - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 7 219 31.3 6.2-14.2 4.6-10.2 44.6 4.0-4.9 21.0
Away 3 94 31.3 1.7-9.8 0.4-7.2 5.9 0.9-1.7 4.7
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 4 136 34.0 6.5-15.3 4.7-11.5 41.0 4.7-5.3 22.4
Losses 6 177 29.5 3.6-11.1 2.3-7.7 29.4 1.8-2.9 11.3
Month                
November 5 149 29.8 4.3-11.5 3.2-8.6 37.5 2.7-4.0 14.5
December 5 164 32.8 5.4-14.1 3.4-10.0 34.1 3.4-3.9 17.6

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 10 0.6 1.8 2.4 1.4 1.8 0.7 0.3
Conference - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 7 0.9 1.9 2.7 1.6 1.9 0.9 0.3
Away 3 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.0 1.7 0.3 0.3
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 4 1.3 2.0 3.3 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.5
Losses 6 0.2 1.7 1.8 1.0 2.2 0.3 0.2
Month                
November 5 0.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 2.2 0.4 0.0
December 5 1.0 2.4 3.4 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.6

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 10 10 6 18 24 14 18 7 3
Conference - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 7 7 6 13 19 11 13 6 2
Away 3 3 0 5 5 3 5 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 4 5 8 13 8 5 5 2
Losses 6 6 1 10 11 6 13 2 1
Month                  
November 5 5 1 6 7 7 11 2 0
December 5 5 5 12 17 7 7 5 3

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 10 0.8 2.3 3.1 1.8 2.3 0.9 0.4
Conference - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 7 1.1 2.4 3.5 2.0 2.4 1.1 0.4
Away 3 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 2.1 0.4 0.4
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 4 1.5 2.4 3.8 2.4 1.5 1.5 0.6
Losses 6 0.2 2.3 2.5 1.4 2.9 0.5 0.2
Month                
November 5 0.3 1.6 1.9 1.9 3.0 0.5 0.0
December 5 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.7 1.7 1.2 0.7

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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