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Kelsey Tietje
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Deshler, Ohio
  • High School:
    Patrick Henry
  • Position:
    C
  • Major:
    Business Administration
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    19.4
  • fg %
    49.1
  • 3pt %
    -
  • ft %
    79.3
  • reb/g
    12.8
  • a/g
    0.5

Bio

Sophomore (2014-15):  First-team All-HCAC ... Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC ... Started all 25 games ... Averaged a double-double with 19.4 points per game and 12.8 rebounds per game ... Recorded a double-double in all but five games ... Scored 10 or more points in all but one game, including 10 games of 20 or more points ... Recorded a career-high 37 points against Mount St. Joseph University on Feb. 7 ... Grabbed a season-high 19 rebounds against Franklin (Ind.) College in the season finale on Feb. 22 ... Ranked 30th nationally in scoring, tied for fifth in double-doubles (20) and 13th in rebounds per game (12.8) ... Led the team, and was second in the HCAC, in scoring with 486 points and points per game (19.4) ... Shot 49.1 percent from the floor (155-of-316) ... Converted 79.3 percent of her free-throws (176-of-222) ... Led the team in field goals made (155), field goal attempts (316), free-throws made (176), free-throw attempts (222), rebounds (320) and blocked shots (54) ... Led the HCAC in rebounding (320) and free-throw shooting (176-of-222) ...  Was second in HCAC in blocked shots.

Freshman (2013-14):  HCAC All-Freshman Team ... First-team All-HCAC ... HCAC Player of the Week (Dec. 23 - Jan. 5) ... Set HCAC record for rebounds in a game ... Set DC record for rebounds in a game ... Albion Classic All-Tournament Team ... HCAC Player of the Week (Nov. 18-24) ... Baldwin-Wallace All-Tournament Team ... Played in 25 games with 22 starts … Averaged 28.4 minutes per game with 709 minutes played … Made 402 points on the year, averaging 16.1 points per game … Shot 139-of-279 (.498) from the field ... Shot 1-of-1 (1.000) from 3-point range ... Shot 123-of-178 (.691) from the free throw line ... Collected 256 rebounds (10.2 per game) ... 76 offensive rebounds ... 180 defensive rebounds ... Had 37 blocks ... Made 14 steals ... Recorded 18 assists.

Prep:  Lettered all four years at Patrick Henry High for head coach Joe Pennington … Senior-year accomplishments included Second-Team All-Ohio, District 7 and Northwest Ohio Athletic League player of the year and First-Team All-Northwest Ohio District ... Owns Patrick Henry's single-season scoring record and is a member of the 1,000 point club ... Competed in the Ohio North South All Star Game, along with the Ohio Indiana All-Star Game ... Honor Roll student all four years … Also lettered three years in volleyball.

Personal:  Born in Toledo, Ohio … Daughter of Ervin and Lori Tietje … Brothers Kyle and Kevin played basketball at DC and graduated in 2012, while third brother Kent graduated in 2015 … Cousin Chris Tietje played football at DC and graduated in 2008, while fellow cousin Jessica Tietje played volleyball for the Purple and Gold and graduated in 2012 and is a former assistant coach for the volleyball program … Majoring in business administration.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 4 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 64-58
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 65-61
Feb 11 Earlham (Ind.) L, 67-55
Feb 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 70-62
Feb 18 Manchester (Ind.) L, 66-57
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 61-54
  Total Conference
Games 25 18
Games started 25 18
Minutes 788 591
Minutes per game 31.5 32.8
FG 155-316 116-237
FG Pct 49.1 48.9
3PT 0-0 0-0
3PT Pct - -
FT 176-222 140-178
FT Pct 79.3 78.7
Off rebounds 80 64
Def rebounds 240 180
Total rebounds 320 244
Rebounds per game 12.8 13.6
Personal fouls 57 41
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 12 10
Turnovers 52 38
Assist to turnover ratio 0.2 0.3
Steals 9 7
Blocks 54 45
Points 486 372
Points per game 19.4 20.7
Points per 40 min 24.7 25.2

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 15 Alma (Mich.) L, 67-65 1 25 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 9-10 90.0 19
Nov 18 Albion (Mich.) L, 65-53 1 32 8-13 61.5 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 19
Nov 21 vs. Otterbein W, 72-62 1 35 7-10 70.0 0-0 - 8-10 80.0 22
Nov 22 at Hope L, 77-43 1 22 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Nov 25 at Ohio Northern L, 71-48 1 28 5-14 35.7 0-0 - 5-6 83.3 15
Dec 3 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 68-61 1 40 5-12 41.7 0-0 - 9-11 81.8 19
Dec 6 Mt. St. Joseph W, 74-59 1 29 5-12 41.7 0-0 - 8-8 100.0 18
Dec 13 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 78-65 1 33 3-11 27.3 0-0 - 10-11 90.9 16
Dec 17 Mount Union L, 80-58 1 27 9-18 50.0 0-0 - 6-7 85.7 24
Dec 28 at Trine (Ind.) L, 74-49 1 28 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 12
Jan 3 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-57 1 26 10-17 58.8 0-0 - 6-8 75.0 26
Jan 7 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-52 1 32 8-16 50.0 0-0 - 5-7 71.4 21
Jan 10 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 51-50 1 28 5-12 41.7 0-0 - 5-8 62.5 15
Jan 14 at Bluffton L, 86-78 1 35 8-20 40.0 0-0 - 9-10 90.0 25
Jan 17 Franklin (Ind.) W, 55-52 1 34 7-15 46.7 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 14
Jan 21 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 83-64 1 35 5-13 38.5 0-0 - 8-11 72.7 18
Jan 24 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 102-70 1 26 7-11 63.6 0-0 - 3-3 100.0 17
Jan 28 Bluffton L, 79-54 1 35 7-12 58.3 0-0 - 8-9 88.9 22
Jan 31 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 56-55 1 35 6-12 50.0 0-0 - 9-10 90.0 21
Feb 4 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 64-58 1 33 4-11 36.4 0-0 - 8-11 72.7 16
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 65-61 1 38 9-15 60.0 0-0 - 19-25 76.0 37
Feb 11 Earlham (Ind.) L, 67-55 1 33 6-11 54.5 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 16
Feb 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 70-62 1 33 9-14 64.3 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 22
Feb 18 Manchester (Ind.) L, 66-57 1 33 9-14 64.3 0-0 - 11-17 64.7 29
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 61-54 1 33 3-9 33.3 0-0 - 14-16 87.5 20

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 15 Alma (Mich.) L, 67-65 1 25 1 11 12 0 3 0 4
Nov 18 Albion (Mich.) L, 65-53 1 32 3 7 10 1 1 2 1
Nov 21 vs. Otterbein W, 72-62 1 35 1 16 17 0 2 0 3
Nov 22 at Hope L, 77-43 1 22 1 8 9 0 2 0 1
Nov 25 at Ohio Northern L, 71-48 1 28 3 5 8 1 1 0 0
Dec 3 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 68-61 1 40 1 11 12 0 4 1 4
Dec 6 Mt. St. Joseph W, 74-59 1 29 2 9 11 0 3 0 3
Dec 13 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 78-65 1 33 2 10 12 1 3 0 1
Dec 17 Mount Union L, 80-58 1 27 3 8 11 0 3 0 0
Dec 28 at Trine (Ind.) L, 74-49 1 28 4 5 9 0 2 0 0
Jan 3 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-57 1 26 7 4 11 0 2 0 2
Jan 7 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-52 1 32 4 13 17 0 1 1 4
Jan 10 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 51-50 1 28 1 10 11 1 1 1 4
Jan 14 at Bluffton L, 86-78 1 35 8 10 18 2 3 1 1
Jan 17 Franklin (Ind.) W, 55-52 1 34 4 10 14 2 4 1 2
Jan 21 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 83-64 1 35 7 8 15 1 2 0 3
Jan 24 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 102-70 1 26 4 9 13 1 0 0 1
Jan 28 Bluffton L, 79-54 1 35 3 12 15 0 3 1 5
Jan 31 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 56-55 1 35 2 7 9 1 3 0 1
Feb 4 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 64-58 1 33 3 7 10 0 3 0 2
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 65-61 1 38 7 10 17 1 3 0 6
Feb 11 Earlham (Ind.) L, 67-55 1 33 4 12 16 0 0 1 2
Feb 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 70-62 1 33 1 6 7 0 1 0 0
Feb 18 Manchester (Ind.) L, 66-57 1 33 1 16 17 0 0 0 2
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 61-54 1 33 3 16 19 0 2 0 2

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 15 Alma (Mich.) L, 67-65 1 3 - 0.0
Nov 18 Albion (Mich.) L, 65-53 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 21 vs. Otterbein W, 72-62 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 22 at Hope L, 77-43 1 3 - 0.0
Nov 25 at Ohio Northern L, 71-48 1 3 - 1.0
Dec 3 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 68-61 1 0 0 0.0
Dec 6 Mt. St. Joseph W, 74-59 1 4 - 0.0
Dec 13 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 78-65 1 2 0 0.3
Dec 17 Mount Union L, 80-58 1 2 0 0.0
Dec 28 at Trine (Ind.) L, 74-49 1 1 - 0.0
Jan 3 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-57 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 7 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-52 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 10 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 51-50 1 3 0 1.0
Jan 14 at Bluffton L, 86-78 1 3 - 0.7
Jan 17 Franklin (Ind.) W, 55-52 1 2 - 0.5
Jan 21 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 83-64 1 1 - 0.5
Jan 24 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 102-70 1 3 - -
Jan 28 Bluffton L, 79-54 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 31 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 56-55 1 2 - 0.3
Feb 4 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 64-58 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 65-61 1 3 - 0.3
Feb 11 Earlham (Ind.) L, 67-55 1 2 - -
Feb 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 70-62 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 18 Manchester (Ind.) L, 66-57 1 4 - -
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 61-54 1 2 - 0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2013-14 25 28.4 5.6-11.2 0.0-0.0 4.9-7.1 16.1
2014-15 25 31.5 6.2-12.6 0.0-0.0 7.0-8.9 19.4
2015-16 26 30.8 7.0-13.6 0.1-0.5 5.5-6.9 19.7
2016-17 26 31.8 7.6-13.3 0.0-0.2 4.8-7.2 20.0
Total 102 30.6 6.6-12.7 0.0-0.2 5.5-7.5 18.8

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2013-14 25 22 709 139-279 49.8 1-1 100.0 123-178 69.1 402
2014-15 25 25 788 155-316 49.1 0-0 - 176-222 79.3 486
2015-16 26 26 801 183-353 51.8 3-12 25.0 143-179 79.9 512
2016-17 26 26 827 197-347 56.8 1-4 25.0 124-188 66.0 519
Total 102 99 3125 674-1295 52.0 5-17 29.4 566-767 73.8 1919

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2013-14 25 709 28.4 7.8-15.7 0.1-0.1 100.0 6.9-10.0 22.7
2014-15 25 788 31.5 7.9-16.0 0.0-0.0 - 8.9-11.3 24.7
2015-16 26 801 30.8 9.1-17.6 0.1-0.6 25.0 7.1-8.9 25.6
2016-17 26 827 31.8 9.5-16.8 0.0-0.2 25.0 6.0-9.1 25.1
Total 102 3125 30.6 8.6-16.6 0.1-0.2 29.4 7.2-9.8 24.6

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2013-14 25 3.0 7.2 10.2 0.7 3.0 0.6 1.5
2014-15 25 3.2 9.6 12.8 0.5 2.1 0.4 2.2
2015-16 26 3.0 9.3 12.4 0.8 2.1 0.3 2.3
2016-17 26 3.5 10.3 13.8 1.1 2.7 0.2 2.6
Total 102 3.2 9.1 12.3 0.8 2.5 0.4 2.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2013-14 25 22 76 180 256 18 74 14 37
2014-15 25 25 80 240 320 12 52 9 54
2015-16 26 26 79 243 322 21 54 8 60
2016-17 26 26 91 268 359 28 70 6 67
Total 102 99 326 931 1257 79 250 37 218

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2013-14 25 4.3 10.2 14.4 1.0 4.2 0.8 2.1
2014-15 25 4.1 12.2 16.2 0.6 2.6 0.5 2.7
2015-16 26 3.9 12.1 16.1 1.0 2.7 0.4 3.0
2016-17 26 4.4 13.0 17.4 1.4 3.4 0.3 3.2
Total 102 4.2 11.9 16.1 1.0 3.2 0.5 2.8

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 31.5 6.2-12.6 0.0-0.0 7.0-8.9 19.4
Conference 18 32.8 6.4-13.2 0.0-0.0 7.8-9.9 20.7
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 12 31.2 7.4-13.6 0.0-0.0 6.1-7.8 20.9
Away 12 31.6 4.9-11.9 0.0-0.0 7.9-9.8 17.8
Neutral 1 35.0 7.0-10.0 0.0-0.0 8.0-10.0 22.0
Result            
Wins 9 34.6 6.2-12.9 0.0-0.0 8.2-10.4 20.7
Losses 16 29.8 6.2-12.5 0.0-0.0 6.4-8.0 18.8
Month            
November 5 28.4 5.2-10.6 0.0-0.0 5.2-6.6 15.6
December 5 31.4 5.2-12.2 0.0-0.0 7.4-8.2 17.8
January 9 31.8 7.0-14.2 0.0-0.0 5.9-7.4 19.9
February 6 33.8 6.7-12.3 0.0-0.0 10.0-13.5 23.3

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 25 788 155-316 49.1 0-0 - 176-222 79.3 486
Conference 18 18 591 116-237 48.9 0-0 - 140-178 78.7 372
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 12 12 374 89-163 54.6 0-0 - 73-94 77.7 251
Away 12 12 379 59-143 41.3 0-0 - 95-118 80.5 213
Neutral 1 1 35 7-10 70.0 0-0 - 8-10 80.0 22
Result                    
Wins 9 9 311 56-116 48.3 0-0 - 74-94 78.7 186
Losses 16 16 477 99-200 49.5 0-0 - 102-128 79.7 300
Month                    
November 5 5 142 26-53 49.1 0-0 - 26-33 78.8 78
December 5 5 157 26-61 42.6 0-0 - 37-41 90.2 89
January 9 9 286 63-128 49.2 0-0 - 53-67 79.1 179
February 6 6 203 40-74 54.1 0-0 - 60-81 74.1 140

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 788 31.5 7.9-16.0 0.0-0.0 - 8.9-11.3 24.7
Conference 18 591 32.8 7.9-16.0 0.0-0.0 - 9.5-12.0 25.2
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 12 374 31.2 9.5-17.4 0.0-0.0 - 7.8-10.1 26.8
Away 12 379 31.6 6.2-15.1 0.0-0.0 - 10.0-12.5 22.5
Neutral 1 35 35.0 8.0-11.4 0.0-0.0 - 9.1-11.4 25.1
Result                
Wins 9 311 34.6 7.2-14.9 0.0-0.0 - 9.5-12.1 23.9
Losses 16 477 29.8 8.3-16.8 0.0-0.0 - 8.6-10.7 25.2
Month                
November 5 142 28.4 7.3-14.9 0.0-0.0 - 7.3-9.3 22.0
December 5 157 31.4 6.6-15.5 0.0-0.0 - 9.4-10.4 22.7
January 9 286 31.8 8.8-17.9 0.0-0.0 - 7.4-9.4 25.0
February 6 203 33.8 7.9-14.6 0.0-0.0 - 11.8-16.0 27.6

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 3.2 9.6 12.8 0.5 2.1 0.4 2.2
Conference 18 3.6 10.0 13.6 0.6 2.1 0.4 2.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 2.9 9.6 12.5 0.3 2.0 0.5 2.2
Away 12 3.7 9.1 12.8 0.7 2.2 0.3 2.1
Neutral 1 1.0 16.0 17.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 3.0
Result                
Wins 9 3.4 10.1 13.6 0.6 2.8 0.3 3.1
Losses 16 3.1 9.3 12.4 0.4 1.7 0.4 1.6
Month                
November 5 1.8 9.4 11.2 0.4 1.8 0.4 1.8
December 5 2.4 8.6 11.0 0.2 3.0 0.2 1.6
January 9 4.4 9.2 13.7 0.9 2.1 0.6 2.6
February 6 3.2 11.2 14.3 0.2 1.5 0.2 2.3

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 25 80 240 320 12 52 9 54
Conference 18 18 64 180 244 10 38 7 45
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 12 12 35 115 150 4 24 6 26
Away 12 12 44 109 153 8 26 3 25
Neutral 1 1 1 16 17 0 2 0 3
Result                  
Wins 9 9 31 91 122 5 25 3 28
Losses 16 16 49 149 198 7 27 6 26
Month                  
November 5 5 9 47 56 2 9 2 9
December 5 5 12 43 55 1 15 1 8
January 9 9 40 83 123 8 19 5 23
February 6 6 19 67 86 1 9 1 14

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 25 4.1 12.2 16.2 0.6 2.6 0.5 2.7
Conference 18 4.3 12.2 16.5 0.7 2.6 0.5 3.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 3.7 12.3 16.0 0.4 2.6 0.6 2.8
Away 12 4.6 11.5 16.1 0.8 2.7 0.3 2.6
Neutral 1 1.1 18.3 19.4 0.0 2.3 0.0 3.4
Result                
Wins 9 4.0 11.7 15.7 0.6 3.2 0.4 3.6
Losses 16 4.1 12.5 16.6 0.6 2.3 0.5 2.2
Month                
November 5 2.5 13.2 15.8 0.6 2.5 0.6 2.5
December 5 3.1 11.0 14.0 0.3 3.8 0.3 2.0
January 9 5.6 11.6 17.2 1.1 2.7 0.7 3.2
February 6 3.7 13.2 16.9 0.2 1.8 0.2 2.8

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Second Half Scoring Drought Leads to Loss Against ONU

ADA, OHIO -- The Defiance College women's basketball team could not overcome a lengthy second-half scoring drought against Ohio Northern...

November 25, 2014

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DC Falls on Second Day of the Hope College Tournament

HOLLAND, Mich. – Defiance College split games in the Hope College Tournament, dropping to the host school 77-43 on the second day.

November 22, 2014

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Women's Basketball Beats Otterbein For First Win of Season

HOLLAND, MICH. -- Sophomore forward Kelsey Tietje (Deshler/Patrick Henry) scored game-highs of 22 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Defiance...

November 21, 2014

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Shooting Woes Haunt Yellow Jackets

DEFIANCE, OHIO – The Defiance College women's basketball team wasn’t able to find the range, as they fall to Albion (Mich.) College,...

November 18, 2014

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Yellow Jackets Outlasted in OT

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College Yellow Jackets fell in the season opener to Alma College, 67-65, in overtime at the Karl H. Weaner...

November 15, 2014

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2014-15 Women's Basketball Preview

DEFIANCE, OHIO -- The 2014-15 Defiance College women’s basketball team is coming off of a season that saw them narrowly miss postsesaon...

November 7, 2014

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DC Picked to Finish Sixth

GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference coaches have voted and Defiance College has been picked to finish in the...

October 29, 2014