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Ella Dean
12 Ella Dean
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • High School:
    Saline
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • gp
    22
  • pts/g
    7.0
  • fg %
    32.2
  • 3pt %
    28.6
  • ft %
    77.5
  • reb/g
    2.8
  • a/g
    1.2
Bio

2024-25: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection … Shined in return to court, finishing third on the team with 7.0 points and 0.6 steals per game … Fifth on the team in three-point shooting percentage at .286 … Third-best free throw shooter, making 31-of-40 attempts on the year (.775) … Added 61 rebounds, 21 assists and seven blocks … Scored 11 points in just third game back from injury against Oberlin (Dec. 4) … Led the Scots with season-best 22 points in loss to Wittenberg (Feb. 1) … Reached double figures in two additional games … Snagged a season-best seven boards off the glass at Oberlin (Feb. 5) … Member of the fall semester AD Honor Roll. 

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 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 through partnership with Wooster Community Hospital … Treasurer of the biology club and tutor for organic chemistry … Student assistant for game operations for varsity home contests. 

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 22 14
Games started 19 13
Minutes 620 399
Minutes per game 28.2 28.5
FG 48-149 35-105
FG Pct 32.2 33.3
3PT 26-91 19-63
3PT Pct 28.6 30.2
FT 31-40 22-29
FT Pct 77.5 75.9
Off rebounds 8 4
Def rebounds 53 37
Total rebounds 61 41
Rebounds per game 2.8 2.9
Personal fouls 24 11
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 27 19
Turnovers 47 36
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.5
Steals 13 10
Blocks 5 0
Points 153 111
Points per game 7.0 7.9
Points per 40 min 9.9 11.1
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Carlow L, 64-59 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Thiel W, 79-70 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 at Franciscan W, 71-64 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at Waynesburg L, 59-55 - 15 0-4 0.0 0-4 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Nov 26 Capital L, 75-48 0 22 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 3-3 100.0 7
Dec 4 Oberlin L, 64-52 0 27 4-8 50.0 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 11
Dec 6 Carnegie Mellon L, 69-43 1 25 1-6 16.7 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
Dec 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 74-64 1 25 0-4 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 17 at Kalamazoo L, 65-57 1 34 3-4 75.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 8
Dec 18 at Alma L, 63-52 1 32 0-5 0.0 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 30 Earlham L, 71-63 1 31 3-6 50.0 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 9
Jan 4 at Wittenberg L, 83-55 1 27 7-15 46.7 5-8 62.5 3-4 75.0 22
Jan 6 Heidelberg W, 73-64 1 37 4-8 50.0 1-3 33.3 5-6 83.3 14
Jan 11 at Denison L, 75-53 1 27 0-4 0.0 0-4 0.0 5-6 83.3 5
Jan 15 Hiram L, 96-68 1 29 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 2
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 78-38 1 26 2-7 28.6 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 8
Jan 22 Kenyon W, 66-57 1 33 3-11 27.3 0-6 0.0 1-1 100.0 7
Jan 25 DePauw L, 92-39 1 26 2-6 33.3 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 7
Feb 1 Wittenberg L, 90-45 1 27 2-7 28.6 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Feb 5 at Oberlin L, 63-41 1 30 3-7 42.9 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 9
Feb 8 Denison L, 91-56 1 26 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 7
Feb 12 at Hiram L, 79-46 1 32 5-12 41.7 2-6 33.3 2-2 100.0 14
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan L, 86-45 1 32 1-6 16.7 1-5 20.0 4-4 100.0 7
Feb 19 at Kenyon W, 71-60 1 31 2-8 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 73-39 1 26 1-6 16.7 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 2
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 Carlow L, 64-59 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Thiel W, 79-70 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 at Franciscan W, 71-64 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at Waynesburg L, 59-55 - 15 0 3 3 0 1 0 1
Nov 26 Capital L, 75-48 0 22 1 1 2 1 2 1 1
Dec 4 Oberlin L, 64-52 0 27 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Dec 6 Carnegie Mellon L, 69-43 1 25 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Dec 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 74-64 1 25 0 1 1 2 3 0 0
Dec 17 at Kalamazoo L, 65-57 1 34 1 4 5 2 3 0 0
Dec 18 at Alma L, 63-52 1 32 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Dec 30 Earlham L, 71-63 1 31 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Jan 4 at Wittenberg L, 83-55 1 27 2 3 5 0 4 0 0
Jan 6 Heidelberg W, 73-64 1 37 1 3 4 1 1 1 2
Jan 11 at Denison L, 75-53 1 27 0 1 1 2 4 1 0
Jan 15 Hiram L, 96-68 1 29 0 3 3 3 2 1 0
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 78-38 1 26 0 2 2 1 3 0 0
Jan 22 Kenyon W, 66-57 1 33 0 3 3 3 2 1 0
Jan 25 DePauw L, 92-39 1 26 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Feb 1 Wittenberg L, 90-45 1 27 0 4 4 2 3 1 0
Feb 5 at Oberlin L, 63-41 1 30 0 7 7 1 1 0 0
Feb 8 Denison L, 91-56 1 26 0 3 3 2 6 1 0
Feb 12 at Hiram L, 79-46 1 32 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan L, 86-45 1 32 1 2 3 2 5 0 0
Feb 19 at Kenyon W, 71-60 1 31 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 73-39 1 26 1 3 4 1 2 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 Carlow L, 64-59 - - - -
Nov 9 Thiel W, 79-70 - - - -
Nov 13 at Franciscan W, 71-64 - - - -
Nov 18 at Waynesburg L, 59-55 - 0 0 0.0
Nov 26 Capital L, 75-48 0 1 0 0.5
Dec 4 Oberlin L, 64-52 0 0 0 0.0
Dec 6 Carnegie Mellon L, 69-43 1 2 0 -
Dec 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 74-64 1 3 0 0.7
Dec 17 at Kalamazoo L, 65-57 1 1 0 0.7
Dec 18 at Alma L, 63-52 1 2 0 1.0
Dec 30 Earlham L, 71-63 1 1 0 -
Jan 4 at Wittenberg L, 83-55 1 2 0 0.0
Jan 6 Heidelberg W, 73-64 1 3 0 1.0
Jan 11 at Denison L, 75-53 1 0 0 0.5
Jan 15 Hiram L, 96-68 1 1 0 1.5
Jan 18 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 78-38 1 0 0 0.3
Jan 22 Kenyon W, 66-57 1 1 0 1.5
Jan 25 DePauw L, 92-39 1 1 0 -
Feb 1 Wittenberg L, 90-45 1 1 0 0.7
Feb 5 at Oberlin L, 63-41 1 1 0 1.0
Feb 8 Denison L, 91-56 1 0 0 0.3
Feb 12 at Hiram L, 79-46 1 2 0 1.0
Feb 15 Ohio Wesleyan L, 86-45 1 0 0 0.4
Feb 19 at Kenyon W, 71-60 1 1 0 -
Feb 22 at DePauw L, 73-39 1 1 0 0.5
  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 22 28.2 2.2-6.8 1.2-4.1 1.4-1.8 7.0
Conference 14 28.5 2.5-7.5 1.4-4.5 1.6-2.1 7.9
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 12 28.3 2.1-6.4 1.0-3.8 1.4-1.8 6.6
Away 10 28.0 2.3-7.2 1.4-4.6 1.4-1.8 7.4
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 3 33.7 3.0-9.0 0.7-4.0 2.0-2.3 8.7
Losses 19 27.3 2.1-6.4 1.3-4.2 1.3-1.7 6.7
Month            
November 2 18.5 1.0-5.5 0.0-2.5 2.0-2.5 4.0
December 6 29.0 1.8-5.5 1.5-4.3 0.0-0.0 5.2
January 7 29.3 2.7-7.9 1.4-4.4 2.4-3.3 9.3
February 7 29.1 2.3-7.1 1.0-4.1 1.4-1.7 7.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 22 19 620 48-149 32.2 26-91 28.6 31-40 77.5 153
Conference 14 13 399 35-105 33.3 19-63 30.2 22-29 75.9 111
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 12 10 340 25-77 32.5 12-45 26.7 17-22 77.3 79
Away 10 9 280 23-72 31.9 14-46 30.4 14-18 77.8 74
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 3 3 101 9-27 33.3 2-12 16.7 6-7 85.7 26
Losses 19 16 519 39-122 32.0 24-79 30.4 25-33 75.8 127
Month                    
November 2 0 37 2-11 18.2 0-5 0.0 4-5 80.0 8
December 6 5 174 11-33 33.3 9-26 34.6 0-0 - 31
January 7 7 205 19-55 34.5 10-31 32.3 17-23 73.9 65
February 7 7 204 16-50 32.0 7-29 24.1 10-12 83.3 49

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 22 620 28.2 3.1-9.6 1.7-5.9 28.6 2.0-2.6 9.9
Conference 14 399 28.5 3.5-10.5 1.9-6.3 30.2 2.2-2.9 11.1
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 12 340 28.3 2.9-9.1 1.4-5.3 26.7 2.0-2.6 9.3
Away 10 280 28.0 3.3-10.3 2.0-6.6 30.4 2.0-2.6 10.6
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 3 101 33.7 3.6-10.7 0.8-4.8 16.7 2.4-2.8 10.3
Losses 19 519 27.3 3.0-9.4 1.8-6.1 30.4 1.9-2.5 9.8
Month                
November 2 37 18.5 2.2-11.9 0.0-5.4 0.0 4.3-5.4 8.6
December 6 174 29.0 2.5-7.6 2.1-6.0 34.6 0.0-0.0 7.1
January 7 205 29.3 3.7-10.7 2.0-6.0 32.3 3.3-4.5 12.7
February 7 204 29.1 3.1-9.8 1.4-5.7 24.1 2.0-2.4 9.6

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 22 0.4 2.4 2.8 1.2 2.1 0.6 0.2
Conference 14 0.3 2.6 2.9 1.4 2.6 0.7 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 0.3 2.1 2.4 1.5 2.3 0.7 0.3
Away 10 0.4 2.8 3.2 0.9 2.0 0.5 0.1
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 0.3 3.3 3.7 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.7
Losses 19 0.4 2.3 2.6 1.2 2.3 0.6 0.2
Month                
November 2 0.5 2.0 2.5 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.0
December 6 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.0 1.7 0.5 0.2
January 7 0.4 2.4 2.9 1.6 2.3 0.6 0.3
February 7 0.3 3.3 3.6 1.3 2.6 0.7 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 22 19 8 53 61 27 47 13 5
Conference 14 13 4 37 41 19 36 10 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 12 10 4 25 29 18 27 8 4
Away 10 9 4 28 32 9 20 5 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 3 1 10 11 4 3 2 2
Losses 19 16 7 43 50 23 44 11 3
Month                  
November 2 0 1 4 5 1 3 1 2
December 6 5 2 9 11 6 10 3 1
January 7 7 3 17 20 11 16 4 2
February 7 7 2 23 25 9 18 5 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 22 0.5 3.4 3.9 1.7 3.0 0.8 0.3
Conference 14 0.4 3.7 4.1 1.9 3.6 1.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 0.5 2.9 3.4 2.1 3.2 0.9 0.5
Away 10 0.6 4.0 4.6 1.3 2.9 0.7 0.1
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 0.4 4.0 4.4 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.8
Losses 19 0.5 3.3 3.9 1.8 3.4 0.8 0.2
Month                
November 2 1.1 4.3 5.4 1.1 3.2 1.1 2.2
December 6 0.5 2.1 2.5 1.4 2.3 0.7 0.2
January 7 0.6 3.3 3.9 2.1 3.1 0.8 0.4
February 7 0.4 4.5 4.9 1.8 3.5 1.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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