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Ella Biondi
25 Ella Biondi
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Mentor, Ohio
  • High School:
    Mentor
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Classical Studies and Archaeology
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    6.2
  • fg %
    49.6
  • 3pt %
    -
  • ft %
    44.9
  • reb/g
    6.2
  • a/g
    0.3
Bio

2024-25: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection for the second consecutive season … One of only four Scots to play in all 25 games on the year … Fourth-leading scorer with 6.2 points per game … Cleaned up off the glass at a team-high 6.2 rebounds per contest … Team- and NCAC-leader with 1.6 blocks per game … Also added seven assists and 11 steals on the year … Posted double figures in five games on the year … Led the Scots at both ends of the floor with a season-best 19 points and 10 rebounds to complete the season sweep of Kenyon (Feb. 19) … Had additional double-doubles in back-to-back wins over Thiel (Nov. 9) and Franciscan (Nov. 13) … Went for 18 points, 13 boards vs. Thiel and 14 points, season-high 19 boards at Franciscan … Was a fierce rim protector with four blocked shots in four separate games … Member of the fall semester AD Honor Roll.  

2023-24: CSC Academic All-District selection … Tied school record for most field goals in a game with 16 in the team’s double overtime victory over Miami-Hamilton (Dec. 1) … Led team with a career-best 36 points in the school’s record-breaking performance win which saw the Scots score 111 points … Her 36 points also ranked her fifth in school history in single game scoring … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Dec. 5 following that performance …  Appeared in all 26 games, making 25 starts … Tied for team lead with seven rebounds per game … Fourth on the team with 10.0 points per game … Shot 38.9 percent from the floor on the season … Led the team in blocks with 23 and also recorded 10 steals … Scored in double figures in 15 games this season, which included three separate four-game stretches … Had five double-doubles, including a 19 point, 14 rebound effort in the season opener against Houghton (Nov. 10) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll. 

2022-23:?Third-team All-NCAC pick after a stellar first-year campaign … Appeared in 24 games with 22 starts … Averaged 25.3 minutes per game … Led the conference and was 11th in the country with 2.71 blocks per game … Also led the NCAC, finished third in program history and tied for 17th in Division III with 65 total blocks … Second on the team with 11.6 points per contest … Team leader with 8.8 rebounds per night … Also led the team with a 40.9 field goal percentage … Tied the school record for most blocked shots in a game with eight at Denison (Feb. 15) … Finished the season with seven double-doubles … Had 14 games with at least 10 points and another nine games with at least 10 rebounds … Debuted with a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds vs. Franciscan (Nov. 9) … Scored a season-high 22 points on two occasions, against Penn State Behrend (Nov. 30) and vs. DePauw (Feb. 18) … Nabbed a season-best 16 rebounds in final game of the season at Wittenberg (Feb. 21).?? 

Prior to Wooster:?Two-year letter winner in women’s basketball at Mentor H.S. … GCBCA All-Star (’22) … Honor Roll all four years … Also involved with Sparkle Cheerleading, Rachel’s Challenge, Future Leaders and volunteered with Special Skate. 

Personal:?Parents are Michelle and Raymond Biondi … Classical Studies and archaeology major and enrolled in the museum and archival studies pathway program ... Member of Alpha Gamma Phi, the archaeology student colloquium and Eta Sigma Phi. 

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 5 at Oberlin L, 63-41
Feb 8 Denison L, 91-56
Feb 12 at Hiram L, 79-46
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan L, 86-45
Feb 19 at Kenyon W, 71-60
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 73-39
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 25 14
Games started 25 14
Minutes 450 226
Minutes per game 18.0 16.1
FG 67-135 29-55
FG Pct 49.6 52.7
3PT 0-0 0-0
3PT Pct - -
FT 22-49 12-23
FT Pct 44.9 52.2
Off rebounds 47 18
Def rebounds 108 47
Total rebounds 155 65
Rebounds per game 6.2 4.6
Personal fouls 48 23
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 7 5
Turnovers 51 27
Assist to turnover ratio 0.1 0.2
Steals 11 6
Blocks 40 18
Points 156 70
Points per game 6.2 5.0
Points per 40 min 13.9 12.4
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Carlow L, 64-59 1 27 4-9 44.4 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 8
Nov 9 Thiel W, 79-70 1 30 7-13 53.8 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 18
Nov 13 at Franciscan W, 71-64 1 34 7-15 46.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 14
Nov 18 at Waynesburg L, 59-55 1 20 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 1-5 20.0 3
Nov 26 Capital L, 75-48 1 16 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 4 Oberlin L, 64-52 1 20 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Dec 6 Carnegie Mellon L, 69-43 1 14 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Dec 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 74-64 1 21 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 6
Dec 17 at Kalamazoo L, 65-57 1 15 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 1-4 25.0 5
Dec 18 at Alma L, 63-52 1 20 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 2-5 40.0 12
Dec 30 Earlham L, 71-63 1 16 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 4 at Wittenberg L, 83-55 1 16 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 6 Heidelberg W, 73-64 1 11 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 6
Jan 11 at Denison L, 75-53 1 8 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 15 Hiram L, 96-68 1 13 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 78-38 1 13 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 22 Kenyon W, 66-57 1 14 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 2
Jan 25 DePauw L, 92-39 1 22 5-5 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 10
Feb 1 Wittenberg L, 90-45 1 15 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 7
Feb 5 at Oberlin L, 63-41 1 15 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 4
Feb 8 Denison L, 91-56 1 16 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 12 at Hiram L, 79-46 1 16 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 2
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan L, 86-45 1 17 3-3 100.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 7
Feb 19 at Kenyon W, 71-60 1 26 9-13 69.2 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 19
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 73-39 1 15 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 8 Carlow L, 64-59 1 27 3 7 10 0 3 0 4
Nov 9 Thiel W, 79-70 1 30 5 8 13 0 4 0 3
Nov 13 at Franciscan W, 71-64 1 34 6 13 19 2 2 0 1
Nov 18 at Waynesburg L, 59-55 1 20 4 6 10 0 3 1 4
Nov 26 Capital L, 75-48 1 16 0 7 7 0 1 1 2
Dec 4 Oberlin L, 64-52 1 20 0 3 3 0 2 0 0
Dec 6 Carnegie Mellon L, 69-43 1 14 2 5 7 0 3 2 1
Dec 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 74-64 1 21 3 4 7 0 2 0 0
Dec 17 at Kalamazoo L, 65-57 1 15 2 1 3 0 2 1 0
Dec 18 at Alma L, 63-52 1 20 2 4 6 0 1 0 0
Dec 30 Earlham L, 71-63 1 16 2 4 6 0 1 0 3
Jan 4 at Wittenberg L, 83-55 1 16 2 3 5 1 2 0 0
Jan 6 Heidelberg W, 73-64 1 11 0 2 2 0 2 0 4
Jan 11 at Denison L, 75-53 1 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Jan 15 Hiram L, 96-68 1 13 1 2 3 0 3 0 1
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 78-38 1 13 2 6 8 0 4 0 0
Jan 22 Kenyon W, 66-57 1 14 2 3 5 1 2 0 1
Jan 25 DePauw L, 92-39 1 22 1 0 1 0 4 0 1
Feb 1 Wittenberg L, 90-45 1 15 1 3 4 1 0 1 0
Feb 5 at Oberlin L, 63-41 1 15 2 3 5 0 0 0 4
Feb 8 Denison L, 91-56 1 16 1 6 7 0 2 2 1
Feb 12 at Hiram L, 79-46 1 16 0 5 5 1 1 1 3
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan L, 86-45 1 17 2 2 4 0 2 2 3
Feb 19 at Kenyon W, 71-60 1 26 4 6 10 1 3 0 3
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 73-39 1 15 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 Carlow L, 64-59 1 3 0 0.0
Nov 9 Thiel W, 79-70 1 2 0 0.0
Nov 13 at Franciscan W, 71-64 1 3 0 1.0
Nov 18 at Waynesburg L, 59-55 1 3 0 0.0
Nov 26 Capital L, 75-48 1 3 0 0.0
Dec 4 Oberlin L, 64-52 1 2 0 0.0
Dec 6 Carnegie Mellon L, 69-43 1 3 0 0.0
Dec 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 74-64 1 0 0 0.0
Dec 17 at Kalamazoo L, 65-57 1 3 0 0.0
Dec 18 at Alma L, 63-52 1 2 0 0.0
Dec 30 Earlham L, 71-63 1 2 0 0.0
Jan 4 at Wittenberg L, 83-55 1 2 0 0.5
Jan 6 Heidelberg W, 73-64 1 1 0 0.0
Jan 11 at Denison L, 75-53 1 1 0 0.0
Jan 15 Hiram L, 96-68 1 3 0 0.0
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 78-38 1 0 0 0.0
Jan 22 Kenyon W, 66-57 1 1 0 0.5
Jan 25 DePauw L, 92-39 1 3 0 0.0
Feb 1 Wittenberg L, 90-45 1 0 0 -
Feb 5 at Oberlin L, 63-41 1 3 0 -
Feb 8 Denison L, 91-56 1 1 0 0.0
Feb 12 at Hiram L, 79-46 1 2 0 1.0
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan L, 86-45 1 2 0 0.0
Feb 19 at Kenyon W, 71-60 1 1 0 0.3
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 73-39 1 2 0 0.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 24 25.3 4.6-11.2 0.0-0.2 2.4-3.5 11.6
2023-24 26 22.6 3.9-10.1 0.0-0.1 2.1-3.2 10.0
2024-25 25 18.0 2.7-5.4 0.0-0.0 0.9-2.0 6.2
Total 75 21.9 3.7-8.9 0.0-0.1 1.8-2.9 9.2

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 24 22 606 110-269 40.9 1-5 20.0 57-83 68.7 278
2023-24 26 25 587 102-262 38.9 0-2 0.0 55-83 66.3 259
2024-25 25 25 450 67-135 49.6 0-0 - 22-49 44.9 156
Total 75 72 1643 279-666 41.9 1-7 14.3 134-215 62.3 693

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 24 606 25.3 7.3-17.8 0.1-0.3 20.0 3.8-5.5 18.3
2023-24 26 587 22.6 7.0-17.9 0.0-0.1 0.0 3.7-5.7 17.6
2024-25 25 450 18.0 6.0-12.0 0.0-0.0 - 2.0-4.4 13.9
Total 75 1643 21.9 6.8-16.2 0.0-0.2 14.3 3.3-5.2 16.9

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 24 3.3 5.5 8.8 1.1 3.1 0.8 2.7
2023-24 26 3.0 4.1 7.0 0.5 2.9 0.4 0.9
2024-25 25 1.9 4.3 6.2 0.3 2.0 0.4 1.6
Total 75 2.7 4.6 7.3 0.6 2.7 0.5 1.7

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 24 22 80 131 211 27 74 20 65
2023-24 26 25 77 106 183 14 76 10 23
2024-25 25 25 47 108 155 7 51 11 40
Total 75 72 204 345 549 48 201 41 128

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 24 5.3 8.6 13.9 1.8 4.9 1.3 4.3
2023-24 26 5.2 7.2 12.5 1.0 5.2 0.7 1.6
2024-25 25 4.2 9.6 13.8 0.6 4.5 1.0 3.6
Total 75 5.0 8.4 13.4 1.2 4.9 1.0 3.1

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 18.0 2.7-5.4 0.0-0.0 0.9-2.0 6.2
Conference 14 16.1 2.1-3.9 0.0-0.0 0.9-1.6 5.0
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 14 18.0 2.7-5.5 0.0-0.0 1.1-1.9 6.6
Away 11 18.0 2.6-5.3 0.0-0.0 0.5-2.0 5.8
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 5 23.0 5.4-10.0 0.0-0.0 1.0-2.6 11.8
Losses 20 16.8 2.0-4.2 0.0-0.0 0.8-1.8 4.8
Month            
November 5 25.4 4.2-8.8 0.0-0.0 1.0-2.4 9.4
December 6 17.7 2.7-6.0 0.0-0.0 1.2-2.3 6.5
January 7 13.9 1.7-3.3 0.0-0.0 0.3-0.9 3.7
February 7 17.1 2.6-4.6 0.0-0.0 1.1-2.4 6.3

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 25 450 67-135 49.6 0-0 - 22-49 44.9 156
Conference 14 14 226 29-55 52.7 0-0 - 12-23 52.2 70
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 14 14 252 38-77 49.4 0-0 - 16-27 59.3 92
Away 11 11 198 29-58 50.0 0-0 - 6-22 27.3 64
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 5 5 115 27-50 54.0 0-0 - 5-13 38.5 59
Losses 20 20 335 40-85 47.1 0-0 - 17-36 47.2 97
Month                    
November 5 5 127 21-44 47.7 0-0 - 5-12 41.7 47
December 6 6 106 16-36 44.4 0-0 - 7-14 50.0 39
January 7 7 97 12-23 52.2 0-0 - 2-6 33.3 26
February 7 7 120 18-32 56.3 0-0 - 8-17 47.1 44

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 450 18.0 6.0-12.0 0.0-0.0 - 2.0-4.4 13.9
Conference 14 226 16.1 5.1-9.7 0.0-0.0 - 2.1-4.1 12.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 14 252 18.0 6.0-12.2 0.0-0.0 - 2.5-4.3 14.6
Away 11 198 18.0 5.9-11.7 0.0-0.0 - 1.2-4.4 12.9
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 5 115 23.0 9.4-17.4 0.0-0.0 - 1.7-4.5 20.5
Losses 20 335 16.8 4.8-10.1 0.0-0.0 - 2.0-4.3 11.6
Month                
November 5 127 25.4 6.6-13.9 0.0-0.0 - 1.6-3.8 14.8
December 6 106 17.7 6.0-13.6 0.0-0.0 - 2.6-5.3 14.7
January 7 97 13.9 4.9-9.5 0.0-0.0 - 0.8-2.5 10.7
February 7 120 17.1 6.0-10.7 0.0-0.0 - 2.7-5.7 14.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 1.9 4.3 6.2 0.3 2.0 0.4 1.6
Conference 14 1.3 3.4 4.6 0.4 1.9 0.4 1.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 14 1.6 4.0 5.6 0.1 2.2 0.6 1.7
Away 11 2.2 4.7 6.9 0.5 1.8 0.3 1.5
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 5 3.4 6.4 9.8 0.8 2.6 0.0 2.4
Losses 20 1.5 3.8 5.3 0.1 1.9 0.6 1.4
Month                
November 5 3.6 8.2 11.8 0.4 2.6 0.4 2.8
December 6 1.8 3.5 5.3 0.0 1.8 0.5 0.7
January 7 1.1 2.4 3.6 0.3 2.6 0.0 1.1
February 7 1.4 4.1 5.6 0.4 1.3 0.9 2.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 25 47 108 155 7 51 11 40
Conference 14 14 18 47 65 5 27 6 18
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 14 14 23 56 79 2 31 8 24
Away 11 11 24 52 76 5 20 3 16
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 5 5 17 32 49 4 13 0 12
Losses 20 20 30 76 106 3 38 11 28
Month                  
November 5 5 18 41 59 2 13 2 14
December 6 6 11 21 32 0 11 3 4
January 7 7 8 17 25 2 18 0 8
February 7 7 10 29 39 3 9 6 14

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 25 4.2 9.6 13.8 0.6 4.5 1.0 3.6
Conference 14 3.2 8.3 11.5 0.9 4.8 1.1 3.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 14 3.7 8.9 12.5 0.3 4.9 1.3 3.8
Away 11 4.8 10.5 15.4 1.0 4.0 0.6 3.2
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 5 5.9 11.1 17.0 1.4 4.5 0.0 4.2
Losses 20 3.6 9.1 12.7 0.4 4.5 1.3 3.3
Month                
November 5 5.7 12.9 18.6 0.6 4.1 0.6 4.4
December 6 4.2 7.9 12.1 0.0 4.2 1.1 1.5
January 7 3.3 7.0 10.3 0.8 7.4 0.0 3.3
February 7 3.3 9.7 13.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 4.7

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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