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25 Zadria King
Zadria King
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Middle Point, Ohio
  • High School:
    Lincolnview
  • Position:
    F
  • gp
    24
  • pts/g
    13.1
  • fg %
    35.8
  • 3pt %
    23.2
  • ft %
    65.8
  • reb/g
    7.8
  • a/g
    2.0

Bio

Sophomore (2023-24): Played in a career-high 24 games and made career-high 20 starts ... Made first start in the season opener against Ohio Wesleyan on 11/8 ... Led the Yellow Jackets in points (314/13.1 per game), rebounds (187/7.8 per game), blocks (9), and field goals made (123) ... scored in double figures in 17 games and recorded five double-doubles ... Led the team in scoring 14 times throughout the season ... Poured in a season and career-high 31 points at home against Hiram on 11/27 for her only 30-point effort of the season ... Scored over 10 points 13 times and over 20 three times ... Recorded first career double-double at Hanover on 12/9 ... Finished sixth in the HCAC in points per game, second in the HCAC in rebounds per game and fourth in the HCAC in field goal percentage (35.8) ... Named to the HCAC Sportsmanship Team and named Academic All-HCAC

Freshman (2022-23): Played in 14 games with her college debut on Nov. 8 at Kenyon...Scored first points with layup in the first half on Nov. 20 at St. Mary's (Ind.)...Scored a career-high seven points twice, once at Bluffton on Jan. 4 and again against Earlham on Jan. 18 while logging a season-best 19 minutes

High School: Lincolnview High School (2022) in Van Wert, Ohio…Three-year letter winner in basketball, softball and volleyball…Also lettered twice in volleyball…Helped the Lady Lancers capture three Northwest Conference championships in volleyball (2019, 2020, 2021) and two more in softball (2021 and 2022)...Division IV state runner-up in softball as a senior, losing in finals to Strasburg-Franklin, 3-2, in the title game…First girl’s team in any sport from Lincolnview to reach state tournament…All-NWC honorable mention in softball in 2022 and two times for basketball during 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons…Graduated with a 4.0 GPA…National Honors Society

Personal: Daughter of Amy and Scott King…Middle of three children between siblings Anoryia and Karigahn…Majoring in biology and aiming to become a physician's assistant…Favorite sports team is UConn women’s basketball team...Part of DC's Science Club, Service Leaders, McMaster's Scholar, Student Athlete Advisory Committee and Campus Activities Board

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 20 13
Minutes 710 504
Minutes per game 29.6 29.6
FG 123-344 85-246
FG Pct 35.8 34.6
3PT 16-69 9-46
3PT Pct 23.2 19.6
FT 52-79 42-59
FT Pct 65.8 71.2
Off rebounds 49 33
Def rebounds 138 112
Total rebounds 187 145
Rebounds per game 7.8 8.5
Personal fouls 53 34
Disqualifications 1 0
Assists 48 27
Turnovers 92 71
Assist to turnover ratio 0.5 0.4
Steals 26 16
Blocks 9 6
Points 314 221
Points per game 13.1 13.0
Points per 40 min 17.7 17.5

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Ohio Wesleyan L, 101-44 1 24 3-10 30.0 0-3 0.0 3-6 50.0 9
Nov 12 at Heidelberg L, 79-65 1 27 7-17 41.2 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 15
Nov 15 Adrian (Mich.) L, 76-47 1 27 4-11 36.4 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 8
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 74-60 1 30 3-11 27.3 0-3 0.0 4-6 66.7 10
Nov 21 Kenyon L, 70-64 1 32 5-14 35.7 1-5 20.0 1-2 50.0 12
Nov 27 Hiram L, 88-71 1 36 12-19 63.2 5-7 71.4 2-2 100.0 31
Dec 2 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 93-28 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 9 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 96-43 - 31 8-16 50.0 2-4 50.0 2-5 40.0 20
Dec 16 at Kalamazoo L, 67-44 1 30 4-16 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-2 0.0 8
Dec 18 Lourdes L, 82-32 1 24 5-20 25.0 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 11
Dec 28 Mt. St. Joseph L, 88-27 1 29 4-13 30.8 1-4 25.0 1-4 25.0 10
Dec 30 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 59-52 - 33 4-15 26.7 1-4 25.0 4-4 100.0 13
Jan 3 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 57-41 1 31 5-18 27.8 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 10
Jan 6 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 66-37 1 25 6-13 46.2 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 14
Jan 10 Bluffton L, 81-54 1 31 5-11 45.5 0-3 0.0 4-6 66.7 14
Jan 13 Franklin (Ind.) L, 76-48 - 30 4-14 28.6 0-2 0.0 2-3 66.7 10
Jan 17 Anderson (Ind.) L, 84-73 1 30 7-14 50.0 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 16
Jan 20 #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 95-36 1 35 8-19 42.1 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 20
Jan 24 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 76-52 1 38 3-15 20.0 0-3 0.0 8-8 100.0 14
Jan 27 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 85-43 1 33 5-17 29.4 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 31 Earlham (Ind.) L, 80-63 1 34 7-16 43.8 1-4 25.0 3-6 50.0 18
Feb 3 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 80-43 1 28 3-17 17.6 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 75-55 1 32 8-21 38.1 0-3 0.0 4-6 66.7 20
Feb 10 Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-31 1 21 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Feb 13 Manchester (Ind.) L, 73-51 - 18 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 6-9 66.7 10
Feb 16 at Bluffton L, 56-41 1 25 4-12 33.3 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 10

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 Ohio Wesleyan L, 101-44 1 24 1 3 4 0 0 0 1
Nov 12 at Heidelberg L, 79-65 1 27 4 4 8 4 4 1 1
Nov 15 Adrian (Mich.) L, 76-47 1 27 1 4 5 1 2 4 0
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 74-60 1 30 2 4 6 5 1 2 0
Nov 21 Kenyon L, 70-64 1 32 2 4 6 4 6 2 1
Nov 27 Hiram L, 88-71 1 36 4 2 6 2 3 1 0
Dec 2 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 93-28 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 9 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 96-43 - 31 3 7 10 3 7 0 2
Dec 16 at Kalamazoo L, 67-44 1 30 2 5 7 5 5 0 0
Dec 18 Lourdes L, 82-32 1 24 2 4 6 1 1 1 0
Dec 28 Mt. St. Joseph L, 88-27 1 29 2 3 5 0 3 1 0
Dec 30 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 59-52 - 33 4 5 9 1 2 1 0
Jan 3 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 57-41 1 31 1 7 8 1 6 2 0
Jan 6 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 66-37 1 25 1 6 7 1 4 1 0
Jan 10 Bluffton L, 81-54 1 31 0 6 6 2 5 1 0
Jan 13 Franklin (Ind.) L, 76-48 - 30 1 9 10 2 2 2 0
Jan 17 Anderson (Ind.) L, 84-73 1 30 1 7 8 2 3 1 1
Jan 20 #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 95-36 1 35 4 4 8 0 9 0 1
Jan 24 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 76-52 1 38 6 11 17 3 5 3 1
Jan 27 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 85-43 1 33 0 6 6 1 5 1 0
Jan 31 Earlham (Ind.) L, 80-63 1 34 2 8 10 2 6 0 0
Feb 3 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 80-43 1 28 0 8 8 1 4 0 0
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 75-55 1 32 2 11 13 2 4 2 0
Feb 10 Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-31 1 21 1 5 6 1 1 0 0
Feb 13 Manchester (Ind.) L, 73-51 - 18 2 5 7 4 1 1 0
Feb 16 at Bluffton L, 56-41 1 25 3 4 7 1 4 0 1

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 Ohio Wesleyan L, 101-44 1 1 0 -
Nov 12 at Heidelberg L, 79-65 1 1 0 1.0
Nov 15 Adrian (Mich.) L, 76-47 1 1 0 0.5
Nov 18 at Wooster L, 74-60 1 4 0 5.0
Nov 21 Kenyon L, 70-64 1 4 0 0.7
Nov 27 Hiram L, 88-71 1 3 0 0.7
Dec 2 at #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 93-28 - - - -
Dec 9 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 96-43 - 2 0 0.4
Dec 16 at Kalamazoo L, 67-44 1 5 1 1.0
Dec 18 Lourdes L, 82-32 1 1 0 1.0
Dec 28 Mt. St. Joseph L, 88-27 1 2 0 0.0
Dec 30 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 59-52 - 3 0 0.5
Jan 3 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 57-41 1 3 0 0.2
Jan 6 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 66-37 1 0 0 0.3
Jan 10 Bluffton L, 81-54 1 3 0 0.4
Jan 13 Franklin (Ind.) L, 76-48 - 0 0 1.0
Jan 17 Anderson (Ind.) L, 84-73 1 1 - 0.7
Jan 20 #2 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 95-36 1 1 0 0.0
Jan 24 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 76-52 1 3 - 0.6
Jan 27 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 85-43 1 3 0 0.2
Jan 31 Earlham (Ind.) L, 80-63 1 3 0 0.3
Feb 3 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 80-43 1 3 0 0.3
Feb 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 75-55 1 3 0 0.5
Feb 10 Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-31 1 0 0 1.0
Feb 13 Manchester (Ind.) L, 73-51 - 1 0 4.0
Feb 16 at Bluffton L, 56-41 1 3 0 0.3

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 14 4.0 0.7-1.9 0.0-0.1 0.4-0.9 1.9
2023-24 24 29.6 5.1-14.3 0.7-2.9 2.2-3.3 13.1
Total 38 20.2 3.5-9.8 0.4-1.8 1.5-2.4 8.9

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 14 - 56 10-27 37.0 0-1 0.0 6-12 50.0 26
2023-24 24 20 710 123-344 35.8 16-69 23.2 52-79 65.8 314
Total 38 20 766 133-371 35.8 16-70 22.9 58-91 63.7 340

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 14 56 4.0 7.1-19.3 0.0-0.7 0.0 4.3-8.6 18.6
2023-24 24 710 29.6 6.9-19.4 0.9-3.9 23.2 2.9-4.5 17.7
Total 38 766 20.2 6.9-19.4 0.8-3.7 22.9 3.0-4.8 17.8

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 14 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0
2023-24 24 2.0 5.8 7.8 2.0 3.8 1.1 0.4
Total 38 1.4 3.9 5.3 1.3 2.6 0.8 0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 14 - 5 10 15 1 5 3 0
2023-24 24 20 49 138 187 48 92 26 9
Total 38 20 54 148 202 49 97 29 9

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 14 3.6 7.1 10.7 0.7 3.6 2.1 0.0
2023-24 24 2.8 7.8 10.5 2.7 5.2 1.5 0.5
Total 38 2.8 7.7 10.5 2.6 5.1 1.5 0.5

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 24 29.6 5.1-14.3 0.7-2.9 2.2-3.3 13.1
Conference 17 29.6 5.0-14.5 0.5-2.7 2.5-3.5 13.0
Exhibition 1 24.0 5.0-20.0 1.0-5.0 0.0-1.0 11.0
Location            
Home 13 28.6 5.3-13.0 0.8-3.0 2.2-3.4 13.5
Away 11 30.7 4.9-15.9 0.5-2.7 2.2-3.2 12.5
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 29.6 5.1-14.3 0.7-2.9 2.2-3.3 13.1
Month            
November 6 29.3 5.7-13.7 1.2-3.7 1.7-3.0 14.2
December 4 30.8 5.0-15.0 1.0-3.2 1.8-3.8 12.8
January 9 31.9 5.6-15.2 0.4-2.6 2.6-3.2 14.1
February 5 24.8 3.8-13.0 0.2-2.2 2.4-3.4 10.2

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 24 20 710 123-344 35.8 16-69 23.2 52-79 65.8 314
Conference 17 13 504 85-246 34.6 9-46 19.6 42-59 71.2 221
Exhibition 1 1 24 5-20 25.0 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 11
Location                    
Home 13 11 372 69-169 40.8 10-39 25.6 28-44 63.6 176
Away 11 9 338 54-175 30.9 6-30 20.0 24-35 68.6 138
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Losses 24 20 710 123-344 35.8 16-69 23.2 52-79 65.8 314
Month                    
November 6 6 176 34-82 41.5 7-22 31.8 10-18 55.6 85
December 4 2 123 20-60 33.3 4-13 30.8 7-15 46.7 51
January 9 8 287 50-137 36.5 4-23 17.4 23-29 79.3 127
February 5 4 124 19-65 29.2 1-11 9.1 12-17 70.6 51

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 24 710 29.6 6.9-19.4 0.9-3.9 23.2 2.9-4.5 17.7
Conference 17 504 29.6 6.7-19.5 0.7-3.7 19.6 3.3-4.7 17.5
Exhibition 1 24 24.0 8.3-33.3 1.7-8.3 20.0 0.0-1.7 18.3
Location                
Home 13 372 28.6 7.4-18.2 1.1-4.2 25.6 3.0-4.7 18.9
Away 11 338 30.7 6.4-20.7 0.7-3.6 20.0 2.8-4.1 16.3
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 24 710 29.6 6.9-19.4 0.9-3.9 23.2 2.9-4.5 17.7
Month                
November 6 176 29.3 7.7-18.6 1.6-5.0 31.8 2.3-4.1 19.3
December 4 123 30.8 6.5-19.5 1.3-4.2 30.8 2.3-4.9 16.6
January 9 287 31.9 7.0-19.1 0.6-3.2 17.4 3.2-4.0 17.7
February 5 124 24.8 6.1-21.0 0.3-3.5 9.1 3.9-5.5 16.5

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 5.8 7.8 2.0 3.8 1.1 0.4
Conference 17 1.9 6.6 8.5 1.6 4.2 0.9 0.4
Exhibition 1 2.0 4.0 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Location                
Home 13 1.7 5.1 6.8 1.6 3.5 1.1 0.3
Away 11 2.5 6.5 9.0 2.5 4.3 1.1 0.5
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins - - - - - - - -
Losses 24 2.0 5.8 7.8 2.0 3.8 1.1 0.4
Month                
November 6 2.3 3.5 5.8 2.7 2.7 1.7 0.5
December 4 2.8 5.0 7.8 2.3 4.3 0.5 0.5
January 9 1.8 7.1 8.9 1.6 5.0 1.2 0.3
February 5 1.6 6.6 8.2 1.8 2.8 0.6 0.2

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 24 20 49 138 187 48 92 26 9
Conference 17 13 33 112 145 27 71 16 6
Exhibition 1 1 2 4 6 1 1 1 0
Location                  
Home 13 11 22 66 88 21 45 14 4
Away 11 9 27 72 99 27 47 12 5
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins - - - - - - - - -
Losses 24 20 49 138 187 48 92 26 9
Month                  
November 6 6 14 21 35 16 16 10 3
December 4 2 11 20 31 9 17 2 2
January 9 8 16 64 80 14 45 11 3
February 5 4 8 33 41 9 14 3 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 2.8 7.8 10.5 2.7 5.2 1.5 0.5
Conference 17 2.6 8.9 11.5 2.1 5.6 1.3 0.5
Exhibition 1 3.3 6.7 10.0 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.0
Location                
Home 13 2.4 7.1 9.5 2.3 4.8 1.5 0.4
Away 11 3.2 8.5 11.7 3.2 5.6 1.4 0.6
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins - - - - - - - -
Losses 24 2.8 7.8 10.5 2.7 5.2 1.5 0.5
Month                
November 6 3.2 4.8 8.0 3.6 3.6 2.3 0.7
December 4 3.6 6.5 10.1 2.9 5.5 0.7 0.7
January 9 2.2 8.9 11.1 2.0 6.3 1.5 0.4
February 5 2.6 10.6 13.2 2.9 4.5 1.0 0.3

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