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Ryan Hicks
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    180
  • Year:
    So
  • Hometown:
    Port Clinton, Ohio
  • High School:
    Port Clinton
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Business Administration
  • gp
    24
  • pts/g
    5.2
  • fg %
    52.5
  • 3pt %
    0.0
  • ft %
    90.9
  • reb/g
    2.6
  • a/g
    0.5

Bio

Sopjomore (2011-12): Earned time in 24 games … Started nine games over final 11 games of the season … Responded by hitting 73.0 percent from the floor during that stretch … Paced the Purple and Gold with a 90.9-percent clip from the free throw line … Ended third on the squad with a 52.5-percent rate from the field … Ranked among DC’s top-five with 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per outing … Also ranked fourth on Defiance and 14th in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference with 0.6 blocks per night … Led team in steals and blocks five times … Topped Jackets in rebounding three times … Registered 12 points and nine boards, to go with season-highs of three blocks and 29 minutes played at Anderson on January 25 in first start of season … Reached double figures in scoring four times … Saw 20-plus minutes in 11 outings, helping Jackets go 8-3 in those affairs … Shot 60.4 percent and averaged 5.6 points per game in Defiance victories … Averaged 0.8 blocks per showing in league play … Ended sophomore season ranked fourth on DC’s all-time blocks list with 0.76 per game.

Freshman (2010-11): Played in all 25 games as a freshman … Broke into the starting lineup 17 times … Wasted no time making presence felt with 9.1 points per game through first 10 collegiate contests … Ended the year as DC’s leading block artist and ranked fourth in the HCAC with 23 blocks … Ranked second on DC and eighth among all HCAC performers with 5.4 rebounds and 1.9 offensive boards per game … Also rated among squad’s top-three with 8.3 points per game and 22 steals … Topped Jackets in blocks in 14 games … Led team in thefts nine times and in rebounding four times … Cracked double digits in scoring eight times ... Scored at least six points in 21 games … Netted pair of double-doubles … Was especially tough inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center with 10.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per outing … Did not shy from the big stage, connecting on 54.5 percent from the floor during the final five minutes of each game … Posted ninth-highest, single-season rate in DC history with 0.92 blocks per night.

Prep: Four-time letterman at Port Clinton High … Played for head coach Troy Diels … Three-time team Most Valuable Player … Three-time First-Team All-Sandusky Bay Conference performer … Earned First-Team All-Ohio honors, after leading Redskins to 26-1 record and a trip to the Ohio State Division II Finals … Voted as  Northwest Ohio Player of the Year.

Personal: Born in Sandusky, Ohio ... On January 9, 1992 ... Son of Tim and Lori Hicks … Has one sister; Ashley ... Majoring in Business.

 

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 4 Mt. St. Joseph W, 66-64
Feb 8 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 57-52
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 62-59
Feb 15 Bluffton W, 55-53
Feb 18 Franklin (Ind.) W, 70-68
Feb 24 vs. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-67
  Total Conference
Games 24 16
Games started 9 8
Minutes 440 311
Minutes per game 18.3 19.4
FG 52-99 35-62
FG Pct 52.5 56.5
3PT 0-2 0-0
3PT Pct 0.0 -
FT 20-22 16-18
FT Pct 90.9 88.9
Off rebounds 13 12
Def rebounds 49 38
Total rebounds 62 50
Rebounds per game 2.6 3.1
Personal fouls 67 45
Disqualifications 2 2
Assists 13 9
Turnovers 15 12
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 0.8
Steals 11 9
Blocks 14 12
Points 124 86
Points per game 5.2 5.4
Points per 40 min 11.3 11.1

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 15 at Kalamazoo W, 91-69 - 22 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 14
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 91-67 - 17 1-7 14.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 19 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-78 - 19 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 22 Ohio Northern W, 83-80 - 9 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 30 Anderson (Ind.) L, 70-69 - 16 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Dec 3 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 87-70 - 11 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 82-72 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 14 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 70-64 - 21 6-8 75.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 12
Dec 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 83-68 - 10 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 29 Knox W, 81-77 - 16 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Dec 30 Lakeland W, 88-87 - 8 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 73-67 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) W, 74-64 - 21 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 7-7 100.0 13
Jan 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 - 16 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 14 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 75-64 - 29 4-4 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Jan 18 Earlham (Ind.) W, 66-65 1 23 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 21 Hanover (Ind.) L, 67-62 - 22 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 8
Jan 25 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 82-72 1 29 6-10 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 12
Jan 28 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-62 1 17 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) W, 57-56 1 24 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Feb 4 Mt. St. Joseph W, 66-64 1 18 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Feb 8 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 57-52 1 9 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 62-59 1 20 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 15 Bluffton W, 55-53 1 24 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 2
Feb 18 Franklin (Ind.) W, 70-68 - 22 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Feb 24 vs. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-67 1 17 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 15 at Kalamazoo W, 91-69 - 22 1 1 2 2 2 0 0
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 91-67 - 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nov 19 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-78 - 19 0 3 3 1 0 0 0
Nov 22 Ohio Northern W, 83-80 - 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 30 Anderson (Ind.) L, 70-69 - 16 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
Dec 3 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 87-70 - 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 82-72 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 14 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 70-64 - 21 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
Dec 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 83-68 - 10 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
Dec 29 Knox W, 81-77 - 16 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
Dec 30 Lakeland W, 88-87 - 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 73-67 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) W, 74-64 - 21 0 3 3 0 0 0 2
Jan 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 - 16 0 3 3 0 0 0 1
Jan 14 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 75-64 - 29 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
Jan 18 Earlham (Ind.) W, 66-65 1 23 1 2 3 0 1 1 0
Jan 21 Hanover (Ind.) L, 67-62 - 22 0 3 3 0 0 2 0
Jan 25 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 82-72 1 29 6 3 9 2 1 1 3
Jan 28 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-62 1 17 1 2 3 0 0 2 0
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) W, 57-56 1 24 1 3 4 2 1 0 1
Feb 4 Mt. St. Joseph W, 66-64 1 18 0 2 2 1 2 1 1
Feb 8 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 57-52 1 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 62-59 1 20 0 1 1 2 1 0 2
Feb 15 Bluffton W, 55-53 1 24 0 6 6 0 2 0 1
Feb 18 Franklin (Ind.) W, 70-68 - 22 0 3 3 1 0 0 0
Feb 24 vs. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-67 1 17 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 15 at Kalamazoo W, 91-69 - 4 0 1.0
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 91-67 - 4 0 -
Nov 19 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 82-78 - 4 0 -
Nov 22 Ohio Northern W, 83-80 - 2 0 -
Nov 30 Anderson (Ind.) L, 70-69 - 4 0 -
Dec 3 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 87-70 - 1 - 0.0
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 82-72 - - - -
Dec 14 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 70-64 - 4 0 -
Dec 17 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 83-68 - 5 1 0.0
Dec 29 Knox W, 81-77 - 0 0 -
Dec 30 Lakeland W, 88-87 - 4 0 -
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 73-67 - - - -
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) W, 74-64 - 4 0 -
Jan 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 - 1 0 -
Jan 14 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 75-64 - 2 0 0.0
Jan 18 Earlham (Ind.) W, 66-65 1 4 0 0.0
Jan 21 Hanover (Ind.) L, 67-62 - 3 0 -
Jan 25 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 82-72 1 1 0 2.0
Jan 28 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-62 1 5 1 -
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) W, 57-56 1 3 0 2.0
Feb 4 Mt. St. Joseph W, 66-64 1 1 0 0.5
Feb 8 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 57-52 1 0 0 -
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 62-59 1 4 - 2.0
Feb 15 Bluffton W, 55-53 1 3 0 0.0
Feb 18 Franklin (Ind.) W, 70-68 - 4 0 -
Feb 24 vs. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-67 1 0 - 0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2010-11 25 26.2 3.4-7.1 0.0-0.0 1.5-2.1 8.3
2011-12 24 18.3 2.2-4.1 0.0-0.1 0.8-0.9 5.2
2012-13 27 30.5 5.0-9.0 0.1-0.2 2.4-2.9 12.5
2013-14 26 34.5 6.6-12.8 0.1-0.4 3.8-4.8 17.1
Total 102 27.6 4.3-8.4 0.1-0.2 2.2-2.7 10.9

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2010-11 25 17 655 85-177 48.0 0-1 0.0 38-53 71.7 208
2011-12 24 9 440 52-99 52.5 0-2 0.0 20-22 90.9 124
2012-13 27 25 824 135-244 55.3 3-6 50.0 65-78 83.3 338
2013-14 26 26 897 171-333 51.4 3-11 27.3 100-126 79.4 445
Total 102 77 2816 443-853 51.9 6-20 30.0 223-279 79.9 1115

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2010-11 25 655 26.2 5.2-10.8 0.0-0.1 0.0 2.3-3.2 12.7
2011-12 24 440 18.3 4.7-9.0 0.0-0.2 0.0 1.8-2.0 11.3
2012-13 27 824 30.5 6.6-11.8 0.1-0.3 50.0 3.2-3.8 16.4
2013-14 26 897 34.5 7.6-14.8 0.1-0.5 27.3 4.5-5.6 19.8
Total 102 2816 27.6 6.3-12.1 0.1-0.3 30.0 3.2-4.0 15.8

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2010-11 25 1.9 3.5 5.4 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.9
2011-12 24 0.5 2.0 2.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6
2012-13 27 1.3 4.4 5.7 1.5 1.4 0.9 1.1
2013-14 26 1.0 4.9 5.9 2.4 2.0 0.8 0.5
Total 102 1.2 3.8 5.0 1.3 1.4 0.8 0.8

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2010-11 25 17 48 87 135 20 34 22 23
2011-12 24 9 13 49 62 13 15 11 14
2012-13 27 25 34 120 154 41 38 23 30
2013-14 26 26 26 128 154 63 51 22 14
Total 102 77 121 384 505 137 138 78 81

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2010-11 25 2.9 5.3 8.2 1.2 2.1 1.3 1.4
2011-12 24 1.2 4.5 5.6 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.3
2012-13 27 1.7 5.8 7.5 2.0 1.8 1.1 1.5
2013-14 26 1.2 5.7 6.9 2.8 2.3 1.0 0.6
Total 102 1.7 5.5 7.2 1.9 2.0 1.1 1.2

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 24 18.3 2.2-4.1 0.0-0.1 0.8-0.9 5.2
Conference 16 19.4 2.2-3.9 0.0-0.0 1.0-1.1 5.4
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 12 17.8 2.0-3.9 0.0-0.1 1.1-1.2 5.1
Away 10 19.0 2.7-4.9 0.0-0.1 0.7-0.8 6.1
Neutral 2 18.0 0.5-1.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 1.0
Result            
Wins 13 18.8 2.2-3.7 0.0-0.1 1.2-1.2 5.6
Losses 11 17.7 2.1-4.6 0.0-0.1 0.5-0.5 4.6
Month            
November 5 16.6 2.2-5.4 0.0-0.2 0.8-0.8 5.2
December 5 13.2 1.8-4.2 0.0-0.2 0.0-0.0 3.6
January 7 22.4 2.9-4.7 0.0-0.0 1.7-1.9 7.4
February 7 19.1 1.7-2.6 0.0-0.0 0.6-0.7 4.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 24 9 440 52-99 52.5 0-2 0.0 20-22 90.9 124
Conference 16 8 311 35-62 56.5 0-0 - 16-18 88.9 86
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 12 4 214 24-47 51.1 0-1 0.0 13-14 92.9 61
Away 10 4 190 27-49 55.1 0-1 0.0 7-8 87.5 61
Neutral 2 1 36 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Result                    
Wins 13 6 245 29-48 60.4 0-1 0.0 15-16 93.8 73
Losses 11 3 195 23-51 45.1 0-1 0.0 5-6 83.3 51
Month                    
November 5 - 83 11-27 40.7 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 26
December 5 - 66 9-21 42.9 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 18
January 7 3 157 20-33 60.6 0-0 - 12-13 92.3 52
February 7 6 134 12-18 66.7 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 28

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 24 440 18.3 4.7-9.0 0.0-0.2 0.0 1.8-2.0 11.3
Conference 16 311 19.4 4.5-8.0 0.0-0.0 - 2.1-2.3 11.1
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 12 214 17.8 4.5-8.8 0.0-0.2 0.0 2.4-2.6 11.4
Away 10 190 19.0 5.7-10.3 0.0-0.2 0.0 1.5-1.7 12.8
Neutral 2 36 18.0 1.1-3.3 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 2.2
Result                
Wins 13 245 18.8 4.7-7.8 0.0-0.2 0.0 2.4-2.6 11.9
Losses 11 195 17.7 4.7-10.5 0.0-0.2 0.0 1.0-1.2 10.5
Month                
November 5 83 16.6 5.3-13.0 0.0-0.5 0.0 1.9-1.9 12.5
December 5 66 13.2 5.5-12.7 0.0-0.6 0.0 0.0-0.0 10.9
January 7 157 22.4 5.1-8.4 0.0-0.0 - 3.1-3.3 13.2
February 7 134 19.1 3.6-5.4 0.0-0.0 - 1.2-1.5 8.4

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 24 0.5 2.0 2.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6
Conference 16 0.8 2.4 3.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 0.4 2.0 2.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.7
Away 10 0.8 2.2 3.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6
Neutral 2 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
Result                
Wins 13 0.2 2.2 2.4 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.7
Losses 11 0.9 1.9 2.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5
Month                
November 5 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
December 5 0.2 1.8 2.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.6
January 7 1.1 2.7 3.9 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.9
February 7 0.1 2.4 2.6 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.7

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 24 9 13 49 62 13 15 11 14
Conference 16 8 12 38 50 9 12 9 12
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 12 4 5 24 29 5 7 5 8
Away 10 4 8 22 30 7 7 5 6
Neutral 2 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 0
Result                  
Wins 13 6 3 28 31 8 10 3 9
Losses 11 3 10 21 31 5 5 8 5
Month                  
November 5 - 3 4 7 5 2 0 0
December 5 - 1 9 10 0 3 3 3
January 7 3 8 19 27 2 3 6 6
February 7 6 1 17 18 6 7 2 5

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 24 1.2 4.5 5.6 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.3
Conference 16 1.5 4.9 6.4 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 0.9 4.5 5.4 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.5
Away 10 1.7 4.6 6.3 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.3
Neutral 2 0.0 3.3 3.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0
Result                
Wins 13 0.5 4.6 5.1 1.3 1.6 0.5 1.5
Losses 11 2.1 4.3 6.4 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.0
Month                
November 5 1.4 1.9 3.4 2.4 1.0 0.0 0.0
December 5 0.6 5.5 6.1 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.8
January 7 2.0 4.8 6.9 0.5 0.8 1.5 1.5
February 7 0.3 5.1 5.4 1.8 2.1 0.6 1.5

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