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3 Dejsani Beamon
Dejsani Beamon
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    175
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Elgin, Ill
  • High School:
    Burlington Central
  • Previous College:
    Mesabi Range College
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    19
  • pts/g
    2.5
  • fg %
    23.2
  • 3pt %
    25.0
  • ft %
    75.0
  • reb/g
    1.6
  • a/g
    1.3

Bio

Senior (2022-23): Played in 19 games and made six starts, all in November and December...Scored a season-high 11 points during Defiance's season-opening win against Miami-Middletown on Nov. 11 at DC's Purple and Gold Tournament...Logged 22 minutes off the bench vs. Alma on Nov. 16 and posted 10 points...After putting up 21 points in the first three games, limited to 27 markers for the remainder of the season while shooting 23 percent for the campaign...Played over 20 minutes and made four starts during a five-game stretch from Dec. 14-Jan. 4

Junior (2021-22): Started all 22 games ... Averaged 8.9 points per game ... Tied for the team lead with 3.2 assists per game and second in steals per game at 1.6 ... Led team with 70 assists and finished second in steals with 36 ... Scored a career-high 25 points in an 80-74 win over Manchester on 12/1 ... Dished out a career-high eight assists in a 78-75 loss to Rose-Hulman on 1/15 ... Scored over 10 points in eight games.

Freshman (2019-20), Mesabi Range College: Started 17 of 24 games and averaged 10.6 points per game, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game, all top-five averages on the team…Also connected on 20 3-pointers and shot 62.4 percent at the free throw line (58-for-93)...Scored a season-high 20 points at Itasca on Feb. 8, highlighting his 10 games in double-figures

Prep: Lettered in football and basketball at Desoto High School in Texas and Burlington Central in Illinois... Earned All-Conference honors while at Burlington.

Personal: Resides in Dallas, Texas…Son of Yvette Beamon...Has two siblings, Delorean and Da’Onte...Majoring in Exercise Science and minoring in Sport Management...Transferred from Mesabi Range Community and Technical College (Virginia, Minn.)... Aspires to be a head coach, athletic director or front office personnel

Single-Game Highs
Points: 25 (vs. Manchester, 12/1/21)
Rebounds: 6 (3x)
Assists: 8 (at Rose-Hulman, 1/15/22)
Steals:
 7 (at Franklin, 12/4/21)
Blocks: 2 (2x)
FG Made: 10 (vs. Manchester, 12/1/21)
3FG Made: 2 (3x)
FT Made: 4 (vs. Manchester, 12/1/21)

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67
Feb 4 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 88-76
Feb 8 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 102-84
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 85-56
Feb 14 Earlham (Ind.) W, 99-97
Feb 17 Bluffton L, 63-42
  Total Conference
Games 19 12
Games started 6 1
Minutes 308 141
Minutes per game 16.2 11.8
FG 16-69 6-38
FG Pct 23.2 15.8
3PT 4-16 1-8
3PT Pct 25.0 12.5
FT 12-16 6-7
FT Pct 75.0 85.7
Off rebounds 3 3
Def rebounds 28 11
Total rebounds 31 14
Rebounds per game 1.6 1.2
Personal fouls 33 15
Disqualifications 1 0
Assists 25 10
Turnovers 28 13
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 0.8
Steals 13 8
Blocks 5 1
Points 48 19
Points per game 2.5 1.6
Points per 40 min 6.2 5.4

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 7 at Oakland L, 92-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Miami University-Middletown (OH) W, 88-79 1 28 4-8 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 11
Nov 12 Wilmington (Ohio) L, 81-72 1 16 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 16 Alma (Mich.) L, 84-69 - 22 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 3-4 75.0 10
Nov 17 at Wright St. L, 99-56 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 Adrian (Mich.) W, 88-79 - 12 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Nov 30 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 86-76 - 9 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 111-77 - 12 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 3
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 73-46 - 6 1-4 25.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Dec 14 Olivet (Mich.) W, 85-73 1 30 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 0
Dec 19 at Mt. St. Vincent W, 75-72 1 24 1-6 16.7 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 21 at Immaculata W, 70-69 1 35 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Dec 31 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 67-34 1 21 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 70-69 - 24 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 3
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-62 - 7 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 11 Anderson (Ind.) L, 91-88 - 13 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 77-57 - 10 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 18 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 74-66 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 67-40 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 26 Mt. St. Joseph W, 71-57 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-82 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 4 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 88-76 - 10 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 8 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 102-84 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 85-56 - 5 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 14 Earlham (Ind.) W, 99-97 - 8 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 17 Bluffton L, 63-42 - 16 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 7 at Oakland L, 92-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Miami University-Middletown (OH) W, 88-79 1 28 0 3 3 2 1 1 0
Nov 12 Wilmington (Ohio) L, 81-72 1 16 0 2 2 1 4 1 0
Nov 16 Alma (Mich.) L, 84-69 - 22 0 3 3 3 4 0 0
Nov 17 at Wright St. L, 99-56 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 Adrian (Mich.) W, 88-79 - 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nov 30 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 86-76 - 9 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 111-77 - 12 0 1 1 1 2 1 0
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 73-46 - 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Dec 14 Olivet (Mich.) W, 85-73 1 30 0 3 3 4 2 2 2
Dec 19 at Mt. St. Vincent W, 75-72 1 24 0 3 3 1 1 0 1
Dec 21 at Immaculata W, 70-69 1 35 0 2 2 4 3 1 1
Dec 31 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 67-34 1 21 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 70-69 - 24 0 1 1 3 2 1 0
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-62 - 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jan 11 Anderson (Ind.) L, 91-88 - 13 0 1 1 1 1 3 0
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 77-57 - 10 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Jan 18 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 74-66 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 67-40 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 26 Mt. St. Joseph W, 71-57 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-82 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 4 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 88-76 - 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Feb 8 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 102-84 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 85-56 - 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Feb 14 Earlham (Ind.) W, 99-97 - 8 1 1 2 1 1 1 0
Feb 17 Bluffton L, 63-42 - 16 0 1 1 0 3 1 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 7 at Oakland L, 92-27 - - - -
Nov 11 Miami University-Middletown (OH) W, 88-79 1 3 0 2.0
Nov 12 Wilmington (Ohio) L, 81-72 1 2 0 0.3
Nov 16 Alma (Mich.) L, 84-69 - 4 0 0.8
Nov 17 at Wright St. L, 99-56 - - - -
Nov 19 Adrian (Mich.) W, 88-79 - 1 0 -
Nov 30 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 86-76 - 2 0 0.0
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 111-77 - 2 0 0.5
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 73-46 - 1 0 -
Dec 14 Olivet (Mich.) W, 85-73 1 2 - 2.0
Dec 19 at Mt. St. Vincent W, 75-72 1 5 1 1.0
Dec 21 at Immaculata W, 70-69 1 1 0 1.3
Dec 31 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 67-34 1 1 0 0.0
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 70-69 - 1 0 1.5
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-62 - 0 0 -
Jan 11 Anderson (Ind.) L, 91-88 - 3 0 1.0
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 77-57 - 1 0 0.0
Jan 18 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 74-66 - - - -
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 67-40 - - - -
Jan 26 Mt. St. Joseph W, 71-57 - - - -
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-82 - - - -
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 - - - -
Feb 4 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 88-76 - 2 0 -
Feb 8 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 102-84 - - - -
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 85-56 - 0 0 -
Feb 14 Earlham (Ind.) W, 99-97 - 0 0 1.0
Feb 17 Bluffton L, 63-42 - 2 0 0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2021-22 22 29.7 3.7-10.1 0.6-2.1 0.9-1.5 8.9
2022-23 19 16.2 0.8-3.6 0.2-0.8 0.6-0.8 2.5
Total 41 23.4 2.4-7.1 0.4-1.5 0.8-1.2 6.0

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 22 22 653 82-223 36.8 13-46 28.3 19-33 57.6 196
2022-23 19 6 308 16-69 23.2 4-16 25.0 12-16 75.0 48
Total 41 28 961 98-292 33.6 17-62 27.4 31-49 63.3 244

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2021-22 22 653 29.7 5.0-13.7 0.8-2.8 28.3 1.2-2.0 12.0
2022-23 19 308 16.2 2.1-9.0 0.5-2.1 25.0 1.6-2.1 6.2
Total 41 961 23.4 4.1-12.2 0.7-2.6 27.4 1.3-2.0 10.2

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2021-22 22 1.2 2.3 3.5 3.2 2.3 1.6 0.1
2022-23 19 0.2 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5 0.7 0.3
Total 41 0.7 1.9 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.2 0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2021-22 22 22 26 50 76 70 51 36 2
2022-23 19 6 3 28 31 25 28 13 5
Total 41 28 29 78 107 95 79 49 7

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 22 1.6 3.1 4.7 4.3 3.1 2.2 0.1
2022-23 19 0.4 3.6 4.0 3.2 3.6 1.7 0.6
Total 41 1.2 3.2 4.5 4.0 3.3 2.0 0.3

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 19 16.2 0.8-3.6 0.2-0.8 0.6-0.8 2.5
Conference 12 11.8 0.5-3.2 0.1-0.7 0.5-0.6 1.6
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 11 15.8 1.0-3.6 0.3-0.8 0.7-0.9 3.0
Away 8 16.8 0.6-3.6 0.1-0.9 0.5-0.8 1.9
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 6 22.8 1.2-4.3 0.3-1.2 0.5-0.8 3.2
Losses 13 13.2 0.7-3.3 0.2-0.7 0.7-0.8 2.2
Month            
November 5 17.4 1.6-4.2 0.6-1.2 1.0-1.2 4.8
December 6 21.3 0.8-4.0 0.2-1.0 0.3-0.7 2.2
January 4 13.5 0.5-3.0 0.0-0.5 1.2-1.5 2.3
February 4 9.8 0.2-3.0 0.0-0.5 0.0-0.0 0.5

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 19 6 308 16-69 23.2 4-16 25.0 12-16 75.0 48
Conference 12 1 141 6-38 15.8 1-8 12.5 6-7 85.7 19
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 3 174 11-40 27.5 3-9 33.3 8-10 80.0 33
Away 8 3 134 5-29 17.2 1-7 14.3 4-6 66.7 15
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 6 4 137 7-26 26.9 2-7 28.6 3-5 60.0 19
Losses 13 2 171 9-43 20.9 2-9 22.2 9-11 81.8 29
Month                    
November 5 2 87 8-21 38.1 3-6 50.0 5-6 83.3 24
December 6 4 128 5-24 20.8 1-6 16.7 2-4 50.0 13
January 4 - 54 2-12 16.7 0-2 0.0 5-6 83.3 9
February 4 - 39 1-12 8.3 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 19 308 16.2 2.1-9.0 0.5-2.1 25.0 1.6-2.1 6.2
Conference 12 141 11.8 1.7-10.8 0.3-2.3 12.5 1.7-2.0 5.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 11 174 15.8 2.5-9.2 0.7-2.1 33.3 1.8-2.3 7.6
Away 8 134 16.8 1.5-8.7 0.3-2.1 14.3 1.2-1.8 4.5
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 6 137 22.8 2.0-7.6 0.6-2.0 28.6 0.9-1.5 5.5
Losses 13 171 13.2 2.1-10.1 0.5-2.1 22.2 2.1-2.6 6.8
Month                
November 5 87 17.4 3.7-9.7 1.4-2.8 50.0 2.3-2.8 11.0
December 6 128 21.3 1.6-7.5 0.3-1.9 16.7 0.6-1.2 4.1
January 4 54 13.5 1.5-8.9 0.0-1.5 0.0 3.7-4.4 6.7
February 4 39 9.8 1.0-12.3 0.0-2.1 0.0 0.0-0.0 2.1

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 19 0.2 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5 0.7 0.3
Conference 12 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 0.2 1.5 1.7 1.2 1.7 1.0 0.3
Away 8 0.1 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.3
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 6 0.2 2.2 2.3 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.7
Losses 13 0.2 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.5 0.6 0.1
Month                
November 5 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.2 2.2 0.4 0.0
December 6 0.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.5 0.7 0.7
January 4 0.3 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.3
February 4 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 19 6 3 28 31 25 28 13 5
Conference 12 1 3 11 14 10 13 8 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 11 3 2 17 19 13 19 11 3
Away 8 3 1 11 12 12 9 2 2
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 6 4 1 13 14 12 8 5 4
Losses 13 2 2 15 17 13 20 8 1
Month                  
November 5 2 0 10 10 6 11 2 0
December 6 4 1 12 13 12 9 4 4
January 4 - 1 3 4 4 4 5 1
February 4 - 1 3 4 3 4 2 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 19 0.4 3.6 4.0 3.2 3.6 1.7 0.6
Conference 12 0.9 3.1 4.0 2.8 3.7 2.3 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 0.5 3.9 4.4 3.0 4.4 2.5 0.7
Away 8 0.3 3.3 3.6 3.6 2.7 0.6 0.6
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 6 0.3 3.8 4.1 3.5 2.3 1.5 1.2
Losses 13 0.5 3.5 4.0 3.0 4.7 1.9 0.2
Month                
November 5 0.0 4.6 4.6 2.8 5.1 0.9 0.0
December 6 0.3 3.8 4.1 3.8 2.8 1.3 1.3
January 4 0.7 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.7 0.7
February 4 1.0 3.1 4.1 3.1 4.1 2.1 0.0

Photos

Anderson (Ind.) vs. Defiance

1/11/2023 7:30 PM EST

Earlham vs. Defiance

2/14/2023 7:30 PM EST

Earlham vs. Defiance

2/14/2023 7:30 PM EST

Earlham vs. Defiance

2/14/2023 7:30 PM EST

Bluffton vs. Defiance

2/17/2023 8:00 PM EST

Bluffton vs. Defiance

2/17/2023 8:00 PM EST

Bluffton vs. Defiance

2/17/2023 8:00 PM EST