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34 Taylor Bates
Taylor Bates
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Sheridan, Ind.
  • High School:
    Sheridan
  • Position:
    G/F
  • gp
    24
  • pts/g
    5.6
  • fg %
    29.9
  • 3pt %
    23.1
  • ft %
    64.5
  • reb/g
    4.5
  • a/g
    1.0

Bio

Sophomore (2023-24): Played in a career-high 24 games and made a career-high 14 starts ... Made first career start in the season opener at home against Ohio Wesleyan on 11/8 ... Scored in double figures three times throughout the season including a season and career-high 17 against Kenyon on 11/21 ... Recorded a season and career-high nine rebounds in the same game and made a season and career-high seven free throws in the same game ... Swatted a career-high two shots against Rose-Hulman on 1/6 ... Also scored in double figures 11/18 at Wooster and 1/3 at Manchester

Freshman (2022-23): Played in eight games and made her collegiate debut on Nov. 15 at Ohio Wesleyan...Scored four points on Dec. 19 vs. Kalamazoo for the first markers of her career...Repeated with four more on Jan. 4 at Bluffton

High School: Sheridan High School (2022) in Sheridan, Ind…Totaled 12 varsity letters in volleyball, basketball, softball and track and field…Academic All-State…Played 79 career games and averaged 5.8 points per contest and 5.3 rebounds…Three-time all-conference honorable mention in basketball…Won conference title as a senior in 2021-22 season…Led team in rebounds as a sophomore during the 2019-20 campaign, averaging 7.1 per game…Two-time all-conference honorable mention in volleyball…All-County volleyball in 2020…In softball, part of a conference championship team as a freshman and built up to win sectionals as a junior in 2021…Also a four-time recipient of all-conference honorable mention…Hit .281 with a .391 on-base percentage in 51 career games, including a career-best .356 average and .463 on-base as a senior…National Honors Society…Athletic Leadership Ambassador…Revolution of Hope Big Buddy

Personal: Born in Estherville, Iowa…Daughter of Janice and James Bates…One younger sister, Jacquellynne…Majoring in Molecular Biology with a minors in autism studies…Aspires to be a neurosurgeon…Favorite sports team is Iowa women’s basketball…Favorite athletes include Ronda Rousey and Maya Moore

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Jan 31 Earlham (Ind.) L, 80-63
Feb 3 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 80-43
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 75-55
Feb 10 Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-31
Feb 13 Manchester (Ind.) L, 73-51
Feb 16 at Bluffton L, 56-41
  Total Conference
Games 24 17
Games started 14 7
Minutes 507 359
Minutes per game 21.1 21.1
FG 46-154 28-102
FG Pct 29.9 27.5
3PT 3-13 2-9
3PT Pct 23.1 22.2
FT 40-62 16-32
FT Pct 64.5 50.0
Off rebounds 39 21
Def rebounds 70 41
Total rebounds 109 62
Rebounds per game 4.5 3.6
Personal fouls 60 42
Disqualifications 3 2
Assists 23 15
Turnovers 61 42
Assist to turnover ratio 0.4 0.4
Steals 27 20
Blocks 5 4
Points 135 74
Points per game 5.6 4.4
Points per 40 min 10.7 8.2

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Ohio Wesleyan L, 101-44 1 23 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 5
Nov 12 at Heidelberg L, 79-65 1 16 1-9 11.1 0-0 - 5-8 62.5 7
Nov 15 Adrian (Mich.) L, 76-47 1 22 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 8
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 74-60 1 18 6-11 54.5 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 13
Nov 21 Kenyon L, 70-64 1 25 5-12 41.7 0-0 - 7-7 100.0 17
Nov 27 Hiram L, 88-71 1 16 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 3
Dec 2 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 93-28 1 19 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Dec 9 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 96-43 1 25 3-9 33.3 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 6
Dec 16 at Kalamazoo L, 67-44 1 28 2-6 33.3 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 8
Dec 18 Lourdes L, 82-32 1 20 2-6 33.3 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 28 Mt. St. Joseph L, 88-27 1 27 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 1-5 20.0 8
Dec 30 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 59-52 - 23 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Jan 3 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 57-41 - 22 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 10
Jan 6 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 66-37 1 32 1-9 11.1 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Jan 10 Bluffton L, 81-54 1 30 3-8 37.5 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 13 Franklin (Ind.) L, 76-48 - 22 3-7 42.9 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 17 Anderson (Ind.) L, 84-73 - 14 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 20 #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 95-36 - 15 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 24 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 76-52 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 27 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 85-43 - 16 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 2
Jan 31 Earlham (Ind.) L, 80-63 - 22 4-10 40.0 0-1 0.0 1-3 33.3 9
Feb 3 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 80-43 - 14 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 75-55 1 28 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 10 Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-31 1 22 2-8 25.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Feb 13 Manchester (Ind.) L, 73-51 - 15 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 5
Feb 16 at Bluffton L, 56-41 - 13 1-8 12.5 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 3

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 Ohio Wesleyan L, 101-44 1 23 3 3 6 2 3 2 0
Nov 12 at Heidelberg L, 79-65 1 16 3 5 8 2 3 1 0
Nov 15 Adrian (Mich.) L, 76-47 1 22 1 4 5 1 5 0 0
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 74-60 1 18 0 7 7 0 1 1 1
Nov 21 Kenyon L, 70-64 1 25 6 3 9 1 1 2 0
Nov 27 Hiram L, 88-71 1 16 3 3 6 0 3 0 0
Dec 2 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 93-28 1 19 0 3 3 0 2 0 0
Dec 9 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 96-43 1 25 2 4 6 1 4 0 0
Dec 16 at Kalamazoo L, 67-44 1 28 2 4 6 2 3 1 0
Dec 18 Lourdes L, 82-32 1 20 1 2 3 1 3 0 0
Dec 28 Mt. St. Joseph L, 88-27 1 27 1 2 3 1 5 1 0
Dec 30 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 59-52 - 23 2 2 4 1 0 0 0
Jan 3 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 57-41 - 22 0 3 3 3 3 3 0
Jan 6 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 66-37 1 32 3 3 6 0 7 4 2
Jan 10 Bluffton L, 81-54 1 30 2 3 5 1 4 0 1
Jan 13 Franklin (Ind.) L, 76-48 - 22 2 1 3 1 0 2 0
Jan 17 Anderson (Ind.) L, 84-73 - 14 1 1 2 1 3 2 0
Jan 20 #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 95-36 - 15 1 6 7 1 2 1 0
Jan 24 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 76-52 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 27 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 85-43 - 16 2 3 5 1 3 0 0
Jan 31 Earlham (Ind.) L, 80-63 - 22 1 0 1 1 3 1 0
Feb 3 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 80-43 - 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 75-55 1 28 2 1 3 1 1 2 1
Feb 10 Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-31 1 22 1 2 3 1 4 0 0
Feb 13 Manchester (Ind.) L, 73-51 - 15 1 4 5 1 1 4 0
Feb 16 at Bluffton L, 56-41 - 13 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 Ohio Wesleyan L, 101-44 1 3 0 0.7
Nov 12 at Heidelberg L, 79-65 1 5 1 0.7
Nov 15 Adrian (Mich.) L, 76-47 1 2 0 0.2
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 74-60 1 2 0 0.0
Nov 21 Kenyon L, 70-64 1 2 0 1.0
Nov 27 Hiram L, 88-71 1 0 0 0.0
Dec 2 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 93-28 1 5 1 0.0
Dec 9 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 96-43 1 3 0 0.3
Dec 16 at Kalamazoo L, 67-44 1 4 - 0.7
Dec 18 Lourdes L, 82-32 1 2 0 0.3
Dec 28 Mt. St. Joseph L, 88-27 1 2 0 0.2
Dec 30 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 59-52 - 3 0 -
Jan 3 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 57-41 - 1 0 1.0
Jan 6 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 66-37 1 1 0 0.0
Jan 10 Bluffton L, 81-54 1 5 1 0.3
Jan 13 Franklin (Ind.) L, 76-48 - 0 0 -
Jan 17 Anderson (Ind.) L, 84-73 - 3 - 0.3
Jan 20 #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 95-36 - 1 0 0.5
Jan 24 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 76-52 - - - -
Jan 27 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 85-43 - 4 0 0.3
Jan 31 Earlham (Ind.) L, 80-63 - 3 0 0.3
Feb 3 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 80-43 - 0 0 -
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 75-55 1 4 0 1.0
Feb 10 Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-31 1 2 0 0.3
Feb 13 Manchester (Ind.) L, 73-51 - 3 0 1.0
Feb 16 at Bluffton L, 56-41 - 2 0 -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 8 2.4 0.6-1.5 0.0-0.0 0.4-0.4 1.6
2023-24 24 21.1 1.9-6.4 0.1-0.5 1.7-2.6 5.6
Total 32 16.4 1.6-5.2 0.1-0.4 1.3-2.0 4.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 8 - 19 5-12 41.7 0-0 - 3-3 100.0 13
2023-24 24 14 507 46-154 29.9 3-13 23.1 40-62 64.5 135
Total 32 14 526 51-166 30.7 3-13 23.1 43-65 66.2 148

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 8 19 2.4 10.5-25.3 0.0-0.0 - 6.3-6.3 27.4
2023-24 24 507 21.1 3.6-12.1 0.2-1.0 23.1 3.2-4.9 10.7
Total 32 526 16.4 3.9-12.6 0.2-1.0 23.1 3.3-4.9 11.3

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 8 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0
2023-24 24 1.6 2.9 4.5 1.0 2.5 1.1 0.2
Total 32 1.4 2.3 3.7 0.8 1.9 0.9 0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 8 - 5 3 8 1 1 2 0
2023-24 24 14 39 70 109 23 61 27 5
Total 32 14 44 73 117 24 62 29 5

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 8 10.5 6.3 16.8 2.1 2.1 4.2 0.0
2023-24 24 3.1 5.5 8.6 1.8 4.8 2.1 0.4
Total 32 3.3 5.6 8.9 1.8 4.7 2.2 0.4

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 24 21.1 1.9-6.4 0.1-0.5 1.7-2.6 5.6
Conference 17 21.1 1.6-6.0 0.1-0.5 0.9-1.9 4.4
Exhibition 1 20.0 2.0-6.0 1.0-1.0 0.0-0.0 5.0
Location            
Home 13 21.9 2.2-6.5 0.2-0.5 1.7-2.6 6.2
Away 11 20.2 1.6-6.3 0.1-0.6 1.6-2.5 5.0
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Losses 24 21.1 1.9-6.4 0.1-0.5 1.7-2.6 5.6
Month            
November 6 20.0 2.7-7.7 0.2-0.3 3.3-4.3 8.8
December 5 24.4 1.8-5.6 0.2-0.8 1.8-3.4 5.6
January 8 21.6 2.1-6.6 0.1-0.5 0.8-1.4 5.1
February 5 18.4 0.8-5.4 0.0-0.6 1.0-1.6 2.6

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 24 14 507 46-154 29.9 3-13 23.1 40-62 64.5 135
Conference 17 7 359 28-102 27.5 2-9 22.2 16-32 50.0 74
Exhibition 1 1 20 2-6 33.3 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Location                    
Home 13 8 285 28-85 32.9 2-6 33.3 22-34 64.7 80
Away 11 6 222 18-69 26.1 1-7 14.3 18-28 64.3 55
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Losses 24 14 507 46-154 29.9 3-13 23.1 40-62 64.5 135
Month                    
November 6 6 120 16-46 34.8 1-2 50.0 20-26 76.9 53
December 5 4 122 9-28 32.1 1-4 25.0 9-17 52.9 28
January 8 2 173 17-53 32.1 1-4 25.0 6-11 54.5 41
February 5 2 92 4-27 14.8 0-3 0.0 5-8 62.5 13

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 24 507 21.1 3.6-12.1 0.2-1.0 23.1 3.2-4.9 10.7
Conference 17 359 21.1 3.1-11.4 0.2-1.0 22.2 1.8-3.6 8.2
Exhibition 1 20 20.0 4.0-12.0 2.0-2.0 100.0 0.0-0.0 10.0
Location                
Home 13 285 21.9 3.9-11.9 0.3-0.8 33.3 3.1-4.8 11.2
Away 11 222 20.2 3.2-12.4 0.2-1.3 14.3 3.2-5.0 9.9
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Losses 24 507 21.1 3.6-12.1 0.2-1.0 23.1 3.2-4.9 10.7
Month                
November 6 120 20.0 5.3-15.3 0.3-0.7 50.0 6.7-8.7 17.7
December 5 122 24.4 3.0-9.2 0.3-1.3 25.0 3.0-5.6 9.2
January 8 173 21.6 3.9-12.3 0.2-0.9 25.0 1.4-2.5 9.5
February 5 92 18.4 1.7-11.7 0.0-1.3 0.0 2.2-3.5 5.7

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 24 1.6 2.9 4.5 1.0 2.5 1.1 0.2
Conference 17 1.2 2.4 3.6 0.9 2.5 1.2 0.2
Exhibition 1 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 13 2.0 2.7 4.7 0.9 3.2 1.5 0.2
Away 11 1.2 3.2 4.4 1.0 1.8 0.7 0.2
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins - - - - - - - -
Losses 24 1.6 2.9 4.5 1.0 2.5 1.1 0.2
Month                
November 6 2.7 4.2 6.8 1.0 2.7 1.0 0.2
December 5 1.4 3.0 4.4 1.0 2.8 0.4 0.0
January 8 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.1 3.1 1.6 0.4
February 5 0.8 2.0 2.8 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.2

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 24 14 39 70 109 23 61 27 5
Conference 17 7 21 41 62 15 42 20 4
Exhibition 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 0 0
Location                  
Home 13 8 26 35 61 12 41 19 3
Away 11 6 13 35 48 11 20 8 2
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins - - - - - - - - -
Losses 24 14 39 70 109 23 61 27 5
Month                  
November 6 6 16 25 41 6 16 6 1
December 5 4 7 15 22 5 14 2 0
January 8 2 12 20 32 9 25 13 3
February 5 2 4 10 14 3 6 6 1

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 3.1 5.5 8.6 1.8 4.8 2.1 0.4
Conference 17 2.3 4.6 6.9 1.7 4.7 2.2 0.4
Exhibition 1 2.0 4.0 6.0 2.0 6.0 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 13 3.6 4.9 8.6 1.7 5.8 2.7 0.4
Away 11 2.3 6.3 8.6 2.0 3.6 1.4 0.4
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins - - - - - - - -
Losses 24 3.1 5.5 8.6 1.8 4.8 2.1 0.4
Month                
November 6 5.3 8.3 13.7 2.0 5.3 2.0 0.3
December 5 2.3 4.9 7.2 1.6 4.6 0.7 0.0
January 8 2.8 4.6 7.4 2.1 5.8 3.0 0.7
February 5 1.7 4.3 6.1 1.3 2.6 2.6 0.4

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