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24 Taylor Day
Taylor Day
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Gr.
  • Hometown:
    West Mansfield, Ohio
  • High School:
    North Union
  • Position:
    G
  • gp
    24
  • pts/g
    10.6
  • fg %
    45.7
  • 3pt %
    13.6
  • ft %
    69.8
  • reb/g
    5.3
  • a/g
    1.1

Bio

Senior, Grad (2022-23): Named All-HCAC Honorable Mention for the third time...Played in 24 games and made 16 starts...Led the team in scoring at 10.6 points per game, 5.3 rebounds per game, 45.7 percent field goal percentage along with field goal makes (107) and attempts (234)...Ranked 17th in the HCAC in scoring and rebounding...Recorded double figures in each of the first four games of the season including a double-double (14 points, 11 rebounds) in the season opener at Kenyon on Nov. 8...Secured a season-best 13 rebounds on Jan. 11 at Anderson...Set a new career-scoring high with 29 on Jan. 21 at Franklin by shooting 11-for-22 from the floor, 7-for-8 at the free throw line and added seven rebounds...Notched second double-double of the season on Feb. 8 vs. Anderson with 22 points and 10 rebounds, her fifth career double-double performance...Scored in double figures 11 times and bested 20 points three times...Posted a 13.1 point average over the final 11 games of the season...Finished career with 956 points and 537 rebounds

Senior (2021-22): Played in 21 games with 16 starts ... Averaged 8.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game ... Finished third on the team in assists with 40 and tied for fourth in steals with 21 ... Scored a career-high 22 points off the bench against Bluffton on 1/5 ... Scored in double figures in eight games ... Had season-highs in rebounds (nine) and assists (seven) in a win over MSJ on 1/26 ...  Named to the HCAC Academic All-Conference Team.

Junior (2020-21): Played and started in all 11 games ... Scored 84 points, good for second on the team, and average 7.8 per game ... Led the team with 14 steals ... Second on the team in rebounds with 41 ... Added 13 assists.

Sophomore (2019-20): Played and started in 24 games ... Named All-HCAC Honorable Mention ... Scored a team-leading 218 points, averaging 9.1 per game ... Led team with 35 steals and 118 rebounds ... Recorded a double-double against Earlham on Feb. 12 with 12 points and 10 rebounds. 

Freshman (2018-19): Played and started in all 27 games ... Named to the All-HCAC Freshman Team and the All-HCAC Honorable Mention ... Played 744 minutes, averaging 27.6 per game ... Shot 38.3 percent (75-of-196) from the floor ... Recorded a 36.1 percent (26-of-72) mark from three-point range ... Sunk 45-of-59 free throws for a 76.3 percent rate from the charity stripe ... Scored 221 points, averaging 8.2 per game ... Her 154 rebounds were second-most on the team ... Dished out 45 assists while recording 30 steals ... Recorded two double-doubles. 

Prep: Four-year letterwinner in basketball while at North Union High School ... Also earned three letters in volleyball and one in softball ... Earned Second Team MOAC honors junior and senior year ... Named to Honorable Mention Central District both junior and senior season 

Personal: Daughter of Kirby and Kim Day ... Majoring in business with a minor in sport management.

Single-Game Highs
Points: 29 (at Franklin, 1/21/23)
Rebounds: 17 (at Manchester, 12/18/18)
Assists: 7 (vs. Mount St. Joseph, 1/26/22)
Steals:
 4 (4x)
Blocks: 2 (4x)
FG Made: 11 (at Franklin, 1/21/23)
3FG Made: 3 (4x)
FT Made: 8 (2x)

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 4 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-33
Feb 6 at Albion (Mich.) L, 70-57
Feb 8 Anderson (Ind.) L, 88-81
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)
Feb 14 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 71-58
Feb 17 Bluffton W, 85-82
  Total Conference
Games 24 15
Games started 16 11
Minutes 553 345
Minutes per game 23.0 23.0
FG 107-234 69-154
FG Pct 45.7 44.8
3PT 3-22 2-17
3PT Pct 13.6 11.8
FT 37-53 28-37
FT Pct 69.8 75.7
Off rebounds 47 30
Def rebounds 81 48
Total rebounds 128 78
Rebounds per game 5.3 5.2
Personal fouls 55 36
Disqualifications 4 2
Assists 27 17
Turnovers 48 29
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.6
Steals 28 14
Blocks 6 4
Points 254 168
Points per game 10.6 11.2
Points per 40 min 18.4 19.5

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 at Kenyon L, 55-54 1 35 6-11 54.5 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 14
Nov 15 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 67-43 1 27 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 2-8 25.0 10
Nov 20 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 70-60 1 24 7-16 43.8 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 15
Nov 30 Manchester (Ind.) L, 80-73 1 24 5-13 38.5 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 11
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 58-51 1 21 1-8 12.5 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 6
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 68-54 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 13 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 67-59 - 11 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 15 at Hiram W, 68-54 - 20 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 8
Dec 18 Wooster W, 66-40 - 18 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 10
Dec 19 Kalamazoo W, 87-42 - 18 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Dec 31 Mt. St. Joseph W, 55-39 - 14 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 2-5 40.0 6
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 81-48 - 16 5-12 41.7 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 10
Jan 7 #3 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 70-40 - 22 4-7 57.1 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 8
Jan 11 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 87-73 - 24 2-10 20.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 62-59 1 29 7-15 46.7 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 15
Jan 18 Earlham (Ind.) L, 56-50 1 20 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 4-4 100.0 9
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 62-49 1 38 11-22 50.0 0-3 0.0 7-8 87.5 29
Jan 24 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 72-64 1 32 8-14 57.1 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 17
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 67-55 1 17 4-9 44.4 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 9
Feb 1 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 90-63 1 24 10-13 76.9 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 20
Feb 4 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-33 1 17 1-9 11.1 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 6 at Albion (Mich.) L, 70-57 1 26 4-9 44.4 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Feb 8 Anderson (Ind.) L, 88-81 1 33 8-12 66.7 0-3 0.0 6-7 85.7 22
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 71-58 1 17 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Feb 17 Bluffton W, 85-82 1 26 2-9 22.2 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 5

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 at Kenyon L, 55-54 1 35 2 9 11 1 1 4 1
Nov 15 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 67-43 1 27 2 1 3 1 4 1 0
Nov 20 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 70-60 1 24 2 1 3 0 2 0 0
Nov 30 Manchester (Ind.) L, 80-73 1 24 1 5 6 0 2 2 1
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 58-51 1 21 1 3 4 1 2 0 1
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 68-54 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 13 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 67-59 - 11 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Dec 15 at Hiram W, 68-54 - 20 1 2 3 1 2 3 0
Dec 18 Wooster W, 66-40 - 18 2 6 8 1 0 2 0
Dec 19 Kalamazoo W, 87-42 - 18 2 5 7 2 2 1 0
Dec 31 Mt. St. Joseph W, 55-39 - 14 1 3 4 1 1 0 0
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 81-48 - 16 1 2 3 0 1 0 0
Jan 7 #3 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 70-40 - 22 2 2 4 1 4 0 0
Jan 11 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 87-73 - 24 8 5 13 2 3 0 0
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 62-59 1 29 2 4 6 3 4 2 1
Jan 18 Earlham (Ind.) L, 56-50 1 20 3 2 5 1 3 2 0
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 62-49 1 38 4 3 7 2 4 2 0
Jan 24 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 72-64 1 32 2 4 6 1 1 1 2
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 67-55 1 17 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
Feb 1 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 90-63 1 24 1 4 5 1 0 3 0
Feb 4 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-33 1 17 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Feb 6 at Albion (Mich.) L, 70-57 1 26 3 4 7 1 3 1 0
Feb 8 Anderson (Ind.) L, 88-81 1 33 3 7 10 5 3 2 0
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 71-58 1 17 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
Feb 17 Bluffton W, 85-82 1 26 1 4 5 1 2 2 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 at Kenyon L, 55-54 1 3 0 1.0
Nov 15 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 67-43 1 3 0 0.3
Nov 20 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 70-60 1 5 1 0.0
Nov 30 Manchester (Ind.) L, 80-73 1 5 1 0.0
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 58-51 1 2 0 0.5
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 68-54 - - - -
Dec 13 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 67-59 - 1 0 0.0
Dec 15 at Hiram W, 68-54 - 0 0 0.5
Dec 18 Wooster W, 66-40 - 0 0 -
Dec 19 Kalamazoo W, 87-42 - 1 0 1.0
Dec 31 Mt. St. Joseph W, 55-39 - 2 0 1.0
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 81-48 - 0 0 0.0
Jan 7 #3 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 70-40 - 1 0 0.3
Jan 11 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 87-73 - 4 - 0.7
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.)   - - - -
Jan 14 Miami-Hamilton L, 62-59 1 5 1 0.8
Jan 18 Earlham (Ind.) L, 56-50 1 2 0 0.3
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 62-49 1 4 0 0.5
Jan 24 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 72-64 1 4 0 1.0
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 67-55 1 3 0 0.0
Feb 1 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 90-63 1 5 1 -
Feb 4 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-33 1 0 0 0.0
Feb 6 at Albion (Mich.) L, 70-57 1 1 0 0.3
Feb 8 Anderson (Ind.) L, 88-81 1 1 - 1.7
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)   - - - -
Feb 14 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 71-58 1 3 0 -
Feb 17 Bluffton W, 85-82 1 0 0 0.5

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 27 27.6 2.8-7.3 1.0-2.7 1.7-2.2 8.2
2019-20 24 26.3 3.0-8.8 0.7-2.5 2.4-3.3 9.1
2020-21 11 24.9 3.3-7.6 0.4-2.3 0.7-2.1 7.6
2021-22 21 25.3 3.0-8.6 0.6-1.8 2.0-2.5 8.5
2022-23 24 23.0 4.5-9.8 0.1-0.9 1.5-2.2 10.6
Total 107 25.5 3.3-8.5 0.6-2.0 1.8-2.5 8.9

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 27 27 744 75-196 38.3 26-72 36.1 45-59 76.3 221
2019-20 24 24 630 72-211 34.1 17-59 28.8 57-79 72.2 218
2020-21 11 11 274 36-84 42.9 4-25 16.0 8-23 34.8 84
2021-22 21 16 532 63-180 35.0 12-38 31.6 41-53 77.4 179
2022-23 24 16 553 107-234 45.7 3-22 13.6 37-53 69.8 254
Total 107 94 2733 353-905 39.0 62-216 28.7 188-267 70.4 956

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 27 744 27.6 4.0-10.5 1.4-3.9 36.1 2.4-3.2 11.9
2019-20 24 630 26.3 4.6-13.4 1.1-3.7 28.8 3.6-5.0 13.8
2020-21 11 274 24.9 5.3-12.3 0.6-3.6 16.0 1.2-3.4 12.3
2021-22 21 532 25.3 4.7-13.5 0.9-2.9 31.6 3.1-4.0 13.5
2022-23 24 553 23.0 7.7-16.9 0.2-1.6 13.6 2.7-3.8 18.4
Total 107 2733 25.5 5.2-13.2 0.9-3.2 28.7 2.8-3.9 14.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 27 2.1 3.6 5.7 1.7 2.5 1.1 0.3
2019-20 24 1.2 3.8 4.9 1.1 3.3 1.5 0.2
2020-21 11 1.2 2.5 3.7 1.2 2.1 1.3 0.5
2021-22 21 1.7 2.9 4.6 1.9 2.9 1.0 0.1
2022-23 24 2.0 3.4 5.3 1.1 2.0 1.2 0.3
Total 107 1.7 3.3 5.0 1.4 2.6 1.2 0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2018-19 27 27 58 96 154 45 68 30 8
2019-20 24 24 28 90 118 26 79 35 5
2020-21 11 11 13 28 41 13 23 14 5
2021-22 21 16 35 61 96 40 60 21 2
2022-23 24 16 47 81 128 27 48 28 6
Total 107 94 181 356 537 151 278 128 26

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 27 3.1 5.2 8.3 2.4 3.7 1.6 0.4
2019-20 24 1.8 5.7 7.5 1.7 5.0 2.2 0.3
2020-21 11 1.9 4.1 6.0 1.9 3.4 2.0 0.7
2021-22 21 2.6 4.6 7.2 3.0 4.5 1.6 0.2
2022-23 24 3.4 5.9 9.3 2.0 3.5 2.0 0.4
Total 107 2.6 5.2 7.9 2.2 4.1 1.9 0.4

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 24 23.0 4.5-9.8 0.1-0.9 1.5-2.2 10.6
Conference 15 23.0 4.6-10.3 0.1-1.1 1.9-2.5 11.2
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 11 22.0 3.8-8.7 0.1-1.1 2.0-2.6 9.7
Away 13 23.9 5.0-10.6 0.2-0.8 1.2-1.8 11.3
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 9 19.1 3.9-7.8 0.1-0.6 0.8-1.3 8.7
Losses 15 25.4 4.8-10.9 0.1-1.1 2.0-2.7 11.7
Month            
November 4 27.5 5.5-12.0 0.2-1.0 1.2-3.0 12.5
December 6 17.0 2.2-5.8 0.0-0.2 1.7-2.2 6.0
January 8 24.8 5.4-11.8 0.2-1.5 1.9-2.2 12.9
February 6 23.8 4.8-9.5 0.0-0.8 1.2-1.7 10.8

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 24 16 553 107-234 45.7 3-22 13.6 37-53 69.8 254
Conference 15 11 345 69-154 44.8 2-17 11.8 28-37 75.7 168
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 7 242 42-96 43.8 1-12 8.3 22-29 75.9 107
Away 13 9 311 65-138 47.1 2-10 20.0 15-24 62.5 147
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 9 4 172 35-70 50.0 1-5 20.0 7-12 58.3 78
Losses 15 12 381 72-164 43.9 2-17 11.8 30-41 73.2 176
Month                    
November 4 4 110 22-48 45.8 1-4 25.0 5-12 41.7 50
December 6 1 102 13-35 37.1 0-1 0.0 10-13 76.9 36
January 8 5 198 43-94 45.7 2-12 16.7 15-18 83.3 103
February 6 6 143 29-57 50.9 0-5 0.0 7-10 70.0 65

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 24 553 23.0 7.7-16.9 0.2-1.6 13.6 2.7-3.8 18.4
Conference 15 345 23.0 8.0-17.9 0.2-2.0 11.8 3.2-4.3 19.5
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 11 242 22.0 6.9-15.9 0.2-2.0 8.3 3.6-4.8 17.7
Away 13 311 23.9 8.4-17.7 0.3-1.3 20.0 1.9-3.1 18.9
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 9 172 19.1 8.1-16.3 0.2-1.2 20.0 1.6-2.8 18.1
Losses 15 381 25.4 7.6-17.2 0.2-1.8 11.8 3.1-4.3 18.5
Month                
November 4 110 27.5 8.0-17.5 0.4-1.5 25.0 1.8-4.4 18.2
December 6 102 17.0 5.1-13.7 0.0-0.4 0.0 3.9-5.1 14.1
January 8 198 24.8 8.7-19.0 0.4-2.4 16.7 3.0-3.6 20.8
February 6 143 23.8 8.1-15.9 0.0-1.4 0.0 2.0-2.8 18.2

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 24 2.0 3.4 5.3 1.1 2.0 1.2 0.3
Conference 15 2.0 3.2 5.2 1.1 1.9 0.9 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 1.7 3.8 5.5 1.5 2.3 1.2 0.3
Away 13 2.2 3.0 5.2 0.8 1.8 1.2 0.2
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 9 1.3 3.1 4.4 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.0
Losses 15 2.3 3.5 5.9 1.3 2.5 1.1 0.4
Month                
November 4 1.8 4.0 5.8 0.5 2.3 1.8 0.5
December 6 1.3 3.3 4.7 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.2
January 8 2.9 2.9 5.8 1.3 2.8 0.9 0.4
February 6 1.5 3.7 5.2 1.5 1.5 1.3 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 24 16 47 81 128 27 48 28 6
Conference 15 11 30 48 78 17 29 14 4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 11 7 19 42 61 16 25 13 3
Away 13 9 28 39 67 11 23 15 3
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 9 4 12 28 40 8 10 11 0
Losses 15 12 35 53 88 19 38 17 6
Month                  
November 4 4 7 16 23 2 9 7 2
December 6 1 8 20 28 6 8 6 1
January 8 5 23 23 46 10 22 7 3
February 6 6 9 22 31 9 9 8 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 24 3.4 5.9 9.3 2.0 3.5 2.0 0.4
Conference 15 3.5 5.6 9.0 2.0 3.4 1.6 0.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 3.1 6.9 10.1 2.6 4.1 2.1 0.5
Away 13 3.6 5.0 8.6 1.4 3.0 1.9 0.4
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 9 2.8 6.5 9.3 1.9 2.3 2.6 0.0
Losses 15 3.7 5.6 9.2 2.0 4.0 1.8 0.6
Month                
November 4 2.5 5.8 8.4 0.7 3.3 2.5 0.7
December 6 3.1 7.8 11.0 2.4 3.1 2.4 0.4
January 8 4.6 4.6 9.3 2.0 4.4 1.4 0.6
February 6 2.5 6.2 8.7 2.5 2.5 2.2 0.0

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