Christian Burton - Defiance College

Height:

5-10
Weight:

145
Hometown:

Toledo, Ohio
Position:

PG
Year:

Fr.
High School:

Cardinal Stritch
Previous College:

Siena Heights

gp

18
pts/g

8.6
fg %

41.2
3pt %

34.8
ft %

60.8
reb/g

2.4
a/g

3.2

Bio

Freshman (2024-25)

Played in 18 games with 13 starts but did not debut until Nov. 23 vs. Lourdes
Led the team in assists per game (3.2) and steals per game (1.4)
Poured in 12 points off the bench in a narrow loss vs. UM-Dearborn on Dec. 18
Made first start on Jan. 4 at Concordia and became a fixture in the starting lineup the rest of the season
Averaged 10.3 points per game over the last 15 games of the season and led the team in assists during that time at 3.7 per contest
Scored double figures in 9 of 18 games played, including a season-high 18 at Madonna on Jan. 25
Finished the season just shy of a triple-double when he scored 12 points and secured a season-best 10 rebounds to go with 7 assists

Personal

Majoring in business administration with a sport management minor
Transferred from Siena Heights following redshirt freshman year
Graduated from Cardinal Stritch High School in 2023
First Team All-TAAC as a senior, All-District, and Honorable Mention All-Ohio
Older brother Jordan was a 1,000-point scorer at Lake Erie College and brother Lamon is a U.S. Marine
Favorite athlete is Russell Westbrook
Son of Aisha Hawkins and Lamon Burton

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 1	at Lourdes	L, 79-68
Feb 5	Siena Heights	W, 71-63
Feb 8	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 67-49
Feb 15	at Aquinas (MI)	L, 74-69
Feb 19	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 74-63
Feb 22	at Michigan-Dearborn	L, 86-81

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	18	17
Games started	13	12
Minutes	419	394
Minutes per game	23.3	23.2
FG	54-131	53-127
FG Pct	41.2	41.7
3PT	16-46	16-45
3PT Pct	34.8	35.6
FT	31-51	30-49
FT Pct	60.8	61.2
Off rebounds	11	11
Def rebounds	32	29
Total rebounds	43	40
Rebounds per game	2.4	2.4
Personal fouls	49	47
Disqualifications	3	3
Assists	58	58
Turnovers	46	42
Assist to turnover ratio	1.3	1.4
Steals	25	22
Blocks	0	0
Points	155	152
Points per game	8.6	8.9
Points per 40 min	14.8	15.4

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 1	Great Lakes Christian	L, 77-65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	Miami-Middletown	W, 80-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	at Oakland	L, 75-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 5	Penn State Shenango	W, 62-57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 9	at Spalding	L, 69-61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 13	at Goshen (IN)	L, 83-65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Siena Heights	L, 55-51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 20	Northwestern Ohio	W, 86-80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 23	Lourdes	L, 75-55	-	5	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	0
Nov 30	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 118-54	-	2	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 4	Madonna	L, 92-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 7	at Toledo	L, 111-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 14	Aquinas (MI)	L, 74-53	-	9	0-2	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Dec 18	Michigan-Dearborn	L, 93-79	-	21	3-7	42.9	1-3	33.3	5-6	83.3	12
Dec 20	at Purdue Fort Wayne	L, 103-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	at Miami (OH)	L, 141-58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 4	at Concordia (MI)	W, 69-58	1	27	2-7	28.6	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	5
Jan 8	at Miami-Middletown	W, 75-67	1	25	1-4	25.0	0-1	0.0	1-2	50.0	3
Jan 11	at Cleary (MI)	L, 68-66	1	26	4-6	66.7	2-3	66.7	5-9	55.6	15
Jan 15	Lawrence Tech	W, 73-72	1	28	5-13	38.5	2-5	40.0	1-3	33.3	13
Jan 18	Indiana Tech	L, 70-59	1	30	5-12	41.7	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	12
Jan 22	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 82-66	1	18	5-8	62.5	0-1	0.0	2-2	100.0	12
Jan 25	at Madonna	L, 91-63	-	21	6-8	75.0	3-5	60.0	3-4	75.0	18
Jan 29	at Northwestern Ohio	W, 88-86	1	20	1-7	14.3	0-0	-	3-4	75.0	5
Feb 1	at Lourdes	L, 79-68	1	36	3-8	37.5	1-4	25.0	1-4	25.0	8
Feb 5	Siena Heights	W, 71-63	1	29	6-7	85.7	1-2	50.0	3-7	42.9	16
Feb 8	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 67-49	1	26	1-9	11.1	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	2
Feb 15	at Aquinas (MI)	L, 74-69	1	28	2-8	25.0	1-2	50.0	3-3	100.0	8
Feb 19	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 74-63	1	30	6-13	46.2	1-4	25.0	1-2	50.0	14
Feb 22	at Michigan-Dearborn	L, 86-81	1	38	4-10	40.0	1-4	25.0	3-4	75.0	12

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 1	Great Lakes Christian	L, 77-65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	Miami-Middletown	W, 80-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	at Oakland	L, 75-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 5	Penn State Shenango	W, 62-57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 9	at Spalding	L, 69-61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 13	at Goshen (IN)	L, 83-65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Siena Heights	L, 55-51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 20	Northwestern Ohio	W, 86-80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 23	Lourdes	L, 75-55	-	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nov 30	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 118-54	-	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 4	Madonna	L, 92-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 7	at Toledo	L, 111-49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 14	Aquinas (MI)	L, 74-53	-	9	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
Dec 18	Michigan-Dearborn	L, 93-79	-	21	1	1	2	3	3	1	0
Dec 20	at Purdue Fort Wayne	L, 103-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	at Miami (OH)	L, 141-58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 4	at Concordia (MI)	W, 69-58	1	27	0	1	1	4	2	1	0
Jan 8	at Miami-Middletown	W, 75-67	1	25	0	3	3	0	4	3	0
Jan 11	at Cleary (MI)	L, 68-66	1	26	2	0	2	7	2	1	0
Jan 15	Lawrence Tech	W, 73-72	1	28	0	2	2	3	2	1	0
Jan 18	Indiana Tech	L, 70-59	1	30	1	4	5	2	0	0	0
Jan 22	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 82-66	1	18	1	2	3	2	4	0	0
Jan 25	at Madonna	L, 91-63	-	21	0	1	1	3	5	2	0
Jan 29	at Northwestern Ohio	W, 88-86	1	20	0	1	1	2	3	3	0
Feb 1	at Lourdes	L, 79-68	1	36	0	2	2	6	5	2	0
Feb 5	Siena Heights	W, 71-63	1	29	1	4	5	5	4	1	0
Feb 8	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 67-49	1	26	1	0	1	2	2	3	0
Feb 15	at Aquinas (MI)	L, 74-69	1	28	0	1	1	4	1	3	0
Feb 19	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 74-63	1	30	1	2	3	6	0	2	0
Feb 22	at Michigan-Dearborn	L, 86-81	1	38	3	7	10	7	5	2	0

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 1	Great Lakes Christian	L, 77-65	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	Miami-Middletown	W, 80-68	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	at Oakland	L, 75-52	-	-	-	-
Nov 5	Penn State Shenango	W, 62-57	-	-	-	-
Nov 9	at Spalding	L, 69-61	-	-	-	-
Nov 13	at Goshen (IN)	L, 83-65	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Siena Heights	L, 55-51	-	-	-	-
Nov 20	Northwestern Ohio	W, 86-80	-	-	-	-
Nov 23	Lourdes	L, 75-55	-	2	-	0.0
Nov 30	at Cornerstone (MI)	L, 118-54	-	0	-	-
Dec 4	Madonna	L, 92-69	-	-	-	-
Dec 7	at Toledo	L, 111-49	-	-	-	-
Dec 14	Aquinas (MI)	L, 74-53	-	3	-	0.7
Dec 18	Michigan-Dearborn	L, 93-79	-	5	1	1.0
Dec 20	at Purdue Fort Wayne	L, 103-52	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	at Miami (OH)	L, 141-58	-	-	-	-
Jan 4	at Concordia (MI)	W, 69-58	1	1	-	2.0
Jan 8	at Miami-Middletown	W, 75-67	1	2	-	0.0
Jan 11	at Cleary (MI)	L, 68-66	1	3	-	3.5
Jan 15	Lawrence Tech	W, 73-72	1	2	-	1.5
Jan 18	Indiana Tech	L, 70-59	1	5	1	-
Jan 22	at Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 82-66	1	2	-	0.5
Jan 25	at Madonna	L, 91-63	-	2	-	0.6
Jan 29	at Northwestern Ohio	W, 88-86	1	3	-	0.7
Feb 1	at Lourdes	L, 79-68	1	3	-	1.2
Feb 5	Siena Heights	W, 71-63	1	2	-	1.3
Feb 8	Cornerstone (MI)	L, 67-49	1	3	-	1.0
Feb 15	at Aquinas (MI)	L, 74-69	1	2	-	4.0
Feb 19	Rochester Christian (Mich.)	L, 74-63	1	4	-	-
Feb 22	at Michigan-Dearborn	L, 86-81	1	5	1	1.4

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2024-25	18	23.3	3.0-7.3	0.9-2.6	1.7-2.8	8.6
Total	18	23.3	3.0-7.3	0.9-2.6	1.7-2.8	8.6

Career Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2024-25	18	13	419	54-131	41.2	16-46	34.8	31-51	60.8	155
Total	18	13	419	54-131	41.2	16-46	34.8	31-51	60.8	155

Career Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2024-25	18	419	23.3	5.2-12.5	1.5-4.4	34.8	3.0-4.9	14.8
Total	18	419	23.3	5.2-12.5	1.5-4.4	34.8	3.0-4.9	14.8

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2024-25	18	0.6	1.8	2.4	3.2	2.6	1.4	0.0
Total	18	0.6	1.8	2.4	3.2	2.6	1.4	0.0

Career Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2024-25	18	13	11	32	43	58	46	25	0
Total	18	13	11	32	43	58	46	25	0

Career Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2024-25	18	1.1	3.1	4.1	5.5	4.4	2.4	0.0
Total	18	1.1	3.1	4.1	5.5	4.4	2.4	0.0

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	18	23.3	3.0-7.3	0.9-2.6	1.7-2.8	8.6
Conference	17	23.2	3.1-7.5	0.9-2.6	1.8-2.9	8.9
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	8	22.3	3.2-7.9	0.9-2.8	1.2-2.4	8.6
Away	10	24.1	2.8-6.8	0.9-2.4	2.1-3.2	8.6
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	5	25.8	3.0-7.6	0.8-2.4	1.6-3.2	8.4
Losses	13	22.3	3.0-7.2	0.9-2.6	1.8-2.7	8.7
Month
November	2	3.5	0.0-1.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.5	0.0
December	2	15.0	1.5-4.5	0.5-2.0	2.5-3.0	6.0
January	8	24.4	3.6-8.1	1.2-2.9	1.9-3.0	10.4
February	6	31.2	3.7-9.2	0.8-3.2	1.8-3.3	10.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	18	13	419	54-131	41.2	16-46	34.8	31-51	60.8	155
Conference	17	12	394	53-127	41.7	16-45	35.6	30-49	61.2	152
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	8	5	178	26-63	41.3	7-22	31.8	10-19	52.6	69
Away	10	8	241	28-68	41.2	9-24	37.5	21-32	65.6	86
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	5	5	129	15-38	39.5	4-12	33.3	8-16	50.0	42
Losses	13	8	290	39-93	41.9	12-34	35.3	23-35	65.7	113
Month
November	2	-	7	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	0-1	0.0	0
December	2	-	30	3-9	33.3	1-4	25.0	5-6	83.3	12
January	8	7	195	29-65	44.6	10-23	43.5	15-24	62.5	83
February	6	6	187	22-55	40.0	5-19	26.3	11-20	55.0	60

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	18	419	23.3	5.2-12.5	1.5-4.4	34.8	3.0-4.9	14.8
Conference	17	394	23.2	5.4-12.9	1.6-4.6	35.6	3.0-5.0	15.4
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	8	178	22.3	5.8-14.2	1.6-4.9	31.8	2.2-4.3	15.5
Away	10	241	24.1	4.6-11.3	1.5-4.0	37.5	3.5-5.3	14.3
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	5	129	25.8	4.7-11.8	1.2-3.7	33.3	2.5-5.0	13.0
Losses	13	290	22.3	5.4-12.8	1.7-4.7	35.3	3.2-4.8	15.6
Month
November	2	7	3.5	0.0-11.4	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-5.7	0.0
December	2	30	15.0	4.0-12.0	1.3-5.3	25.0	6.7-8.0	16.0
January	8	195	24.4	5.9-13.3	2.1-4.7	43.5	3.1-4.9	17.0
February	6	187	31.2	4.7-11.8	1.1-4.1	26.3	2.4-4.3	12.8

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	18	0.6	1.8	2.4	3.2	2.6	1.4	0.0
Conference	17	0.6	1.7	2.4	3.4	2.5	1.3	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	0.6	1.6	2.3	2.9	1.9	1.0	0.0
Away	10	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.5	3.1	1.7	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	5	0.2	2.2	2.4	2.8	3.0	1.8	0.0
Losses	13	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.4	2.4	1.2	0.0
Month
November	2	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
December	2	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.0
January	8	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.9	2.8	1.4	0.0
February	6	1.0	2.7	3.7	5.0	2.8	2.2	0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	18	13	11	32	43	58	46	25	0
Conference	17	12	11	29	40	58	42	22	0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	5	5	13	18	23	15	8	0
Away	10	8	6	19	25	35	31	17	0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	5	5	1	11	12	14	15	9	0
Losses	13	8	10	21	31	44	31	16	0
Month
November	2	-	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
December	2	-	1	1	2	5	6	1	0
January	8	7	4	14	18	23	22	11	0
February	6	6	6	16	22	30	17	13	0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	18	1.1	3.1	4.1	5.5	4.4	2.4	0.0
Conference	17	1.1	2.9	4.1	5.9	4.3	2.2	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	1.1	2.9	4.0	5.2	3.4	1.8	0.0
Away	10	1.0	3.2	4.1	5.8	5.1	2.8	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	5	0.3	3.4	3.7	4.3	4.7	2.8	0.0
Losses	13	1.4	2.9	4.3	6.1	4.3	2.2	0.0
Month
November	2	0.0	5.7	5.7	0.0	5.7	0.0	0.0
December	2	1.3	1.3	2.7	6.7	8.0	1.3	0.0
January	8	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.7	4.5	2.3	0.0
February	6	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.4	3.6	2.8	0.0