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30 Landen Swanner
Landen Swanner
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    170
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Gas City, Ind.
  • High School:
    Mississinewa
  • Position:
    G/F
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    11.7
  • fg %
    51.1
  • 3pt %
    43.2
  • ft %
    78.9
  • reb/g
    3.8
  • a/g
    2.1

Bio

Sophomore (2022-23): Played in all 25 games and started the first 24 games of the year before coming off the bench for Senior Night...Finished second on the team in scoring at 11.7 points per game and rebounds at 94 total for an average of 3.8 per game...Also second in assists with 52 and tied for third with 13 steals...Led the program in field goal percentage by hitting 51 percent of his shots (113-for-221) while also topping the team in 3-point makes (51) and percentage (43.2, 51-for-118)...Breakout season included 14 double-digit scoring performances, four 20-plus point games and a career-high 33 points on Dec. 14 vs. Olivet...One of the team's most consistent shooters, knocked down at least one triple in the first six games of the year and made at least one trey in 20 games...Compiled a six-game stretch from Jan. 4-21 in which he sank 17 3-pointers...Knocked down the game-winning layup with 2 seconds left to lift DC to a 70-69 victory at Immaculata on Dec. 21...Earned his first career HCAC Player of the Week Award on Dec. 19 for his 33-point outburst against Olivet...After averaging 9.3 points per game over the first 11 games of the season through Dec. 31, he averaged 13.6 points per game over the remaining 14 contests of the season

Freshman (2021-22): Started all 22 games ... Scored 10 points in his collegiate debut in the opener against Maranatha Baptist ... Averaged 7.8 points per game good for fourth on the team ... Led team in three-pointers made with 38 ... Shot 40.4 percent (38-94) from three-point range ... Tied for the team lead with 11 blocks ... Third on the team in steals with 14 ... Scored 20 points in a 76-70 loss to Kent State - Tuscarawas on 11/20.

High School:  Mississinewa High School (2021) in Gas City, Indiana…Earned four varsity letters in basketball and baseball...Scored a total of 1,143 points for the Indians, averaging 13.1 points per game over 87 games…Made 203 3-pointers and knocked down 86 percent of his free throws (132-for-153)...Led the program in scoring as a senior with 16.8 points per contest…Made the most 3-pointers on the team all four seasons…Helped guide the program to snap a 67-year sectional title drought during his 2020-21 senior season…Also hit. 395 over varsity baseball career, topping out a .448 as a senior with 11 career extra-base hits and 52 RBIs…Pitched in 20 games with a 3.88 ERA in 70.1 innings of work

Personal: Son of Jennifer and Brandon Swanner...One sister, Lakyn…Majoring in Business Administration…Aspires to work in real estate…Favorite sports teams include the Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts…Favorite athlete is LeBron James

Single-Game Highs
Points: 33 (vs. Olivet, 12/14/22)
Rebounds: 9 (vs. Bluffton, 2/17/23)
Assists: 7 (vs. Anderson, 1/11/23)
Steals:
 3 (3x)
Blocks: 2 (3x)
FG Made: 13 (vs. Olivet, 12/14/22)
3FG Made: 6 (2x)
FT Made: 4 (vs. Alma, 11/16/22)

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67
Feb 4 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 88-76
Feb 8 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 102-84
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 85-56
Feb 14 Earlham (Ind.) W, 99-97
Feb 17 Bluffton L, 63-42
  Total Conference
Games 25 18
Games started 24 17
Minutes 637 494
Minutes per game 25.5 27.4
FG 113-221 83-159
FG Pct 51.1 52.2
3PT 51-118 38-82
3PT Pct 43.2 46.3
FT 15-19 6-8
FT Pct 78.9 75.0
Off rebounds 8 6
Def rebounds 86 69
Total rebounds 94 75
Rebounds per game 3.8 4.2
Personal fouls 23 15
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 52 46
Turnovers 35 28
Assist to turnover ratio 1.5 1.6
Steals 13 10
Blocks 10 7
Points 292 210
Points per game 11.7 11.7
Points per 40 min 18.3 17.0

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 7 at Oakland L, 92-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Miami University-Middletown (OH) W, 88-79 1 20 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 12 Wilmington (Ohio) L, 81-72 1 14 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 5
Nov 16 Alma (Mich.) L, 84-69 1 20 3-7 42.9 2-4 50.0 4-4 100.0 12
Nov 17 at Wright St. L, 99-56 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 Adrian (Mich.) W, 88-79 1 24 4-10 40.0 2-7 28.6 3-4 75.0 13
Nov 30 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 86-76 1 28 2-6 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 111-77 1 18 4-5 80.0 3-3 100.0 0-0 - 11
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 73-46 1 16 1-5 20.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 14 Olivet (Mich.) W, 85-73 1 28 13-20 65.0 5-9 55.6 2-2 100.0 33
Dec 19 at Mt. St. Vincent W, 75-72 1 12 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Dec 21 at Immaculata W, 70-69 1 25 5-12 41.7 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 11
Dec 31 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 67-34 1 17 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 70-69 1 37 9-14 64.3 4-4 100.0 1-2 50.0 23
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-62 1 18 2-6 33.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Jan 11 Anderson (Ind.) L, 91-88 1 41 10-18 55.6 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 25
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 77-57 1 33 6-13 46.2 3-8 37.5 0-1 0.0 15
Jan 18 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 74-66 1 30 5-10 50.0 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 13
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 67-40 1 31 3-9 33.3 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 7
Jan 26 Mt. St. Joseph W, 71-57 1 24 4-4 100.0 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 9
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-82 1 26 8-11 72.7 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 17
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 1 31 7-14 50.0 4-9 44.4 0-0 - 18
Feb 4 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 88-76 1 30 1-5 20.0 0-4 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 8 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 102-84 1 29 9-15 60.0 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 22
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 85-56 1 26 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 14 Earlham (Ind.) W, 99-97 1 39 6-10 60.0 5-7 71.4 2-2 100.0 19
Feb 17 Bluffton L, 63-42 - 20 4-6 66.7 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 11

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 7 at Oakland L, 92-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Miami University-Middletown (OH) W, 88-79 1 20 1 3 4 2 1 0 1
Nov 12 Wilmington (Ohio) L, 81-72 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 16 Alma (Mich.) L, 84-69 1 20 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Nov 17 at Wright St. L, 99-56 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 Adrian (Mich.) W, 88-79 1 24 1 5 6 2 2 0 1
Nov 30 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 86-76 1 28 0 7 7 3 2 0 1
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 111-77 1 18 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 73-46 1 16 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Dec 14 Olivet (Mich.) W, 85-73 1 28 0 2 2 0 1 3 0
Dec 19 at Mt. St. Vincent W, 75-72 1 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dec 21 at Immaculata W, 70-69 1 25 0 6 6 0 2 0 1
Dec 31 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 67-34 1 17 1 2 3 0 1 0 1
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 70-69 1 37 0 4 4 2 2 3 2
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-62 1 18 1 3 4 1 3 1 0
Jan 11 Anderson (Ind.) L, 91-88 1 41 0 5 5 7 1 1 0
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 77-57 1 33 0 4 4 6 3 1 1
Jan 18 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 74-66 1 30 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 67-40 1 31 0 4 4 6 1 1 1
Jan 26 Mt. St. Joseph W, 71-57 1 24 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-82 1 26 1 1 2 1 3 0 0
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 1 31 0 5 5 2 0 0 0
Feb 4 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 88-76 1 30 1 6 7 2 4 0 0
Feb 8 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 102-84 1 29 0 5 5 2 1 2 0
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 85-56 1 26 0 3 3 3 1 0 1
Feb 14 Earlham (Ind.) W, 99-97 1 39 1 7 8 4 2 0 0
Feb 17 Bluffton L, 63-42 - 20 0 9 9 1 2 0 0

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 7 at Oakland L, 92-27 - - - -
Nov 11 Miami University-Middletown (OH) W, 88-79 1 1 0 2.0
Nov 12 Wilmington (Ohio) L, 81-72 1 0 0 -
Nov 16 Alma (Mich.) L, 84-69 1 2 0 -
Nov 17 at Wright St. L, 99-56 - - - -
Nov 19 Adrian (Mich.) W, 88-79 1 1 0 1.0
Nov 30 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 86-76 1 1 0 1.5
Dec 3 Franklin (Ind.) L, 111-77 1 0 0 -
Dec 10 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 73-46 1 0 0 1.0
Dec 14 Olivet (Mich.) W, 85-73 1 1 - 0.0
Dec 19 at Mt. St. Vincent W, 75-72 1 1 0 0.0
Dec 21 at Immaculata W, 70-69 1 2 0 0.0
Dec 31 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 67-34 1 0 0 0.0
Jan 4 at Bluffton L, 70-69 1 0 0 1.0
Jan 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 76-62 1 1 0 0.3
Jan 11 Anderson (Ind.) L, 91-88 1 0 0 7.0
Jan 14 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 77-57 1 0 0 2.0
Jan 18 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 74-66 1 1 0 -
Jan 21 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 67-40 1 1 0 6.0
Jan 26 Mt. St. Joseph W, 71-57 1 0 0 3.0
Jan 28 Hanover (Ind.) L, 95-82 1 3 0 0.3
Feb 1 Manchester (Ind.) L, 81-67 1 0 0 -
Feb 4 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 88-76 1 4 0 0.5
Feb 8 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 102-84 1 2 - 2.0
Feb 11 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 85-56 1 0 0 3.0
Feb 14 Earlham (Ind.) W, 99-97 1 0 0 2.0
Feb 17 Bluffton L, 63-42 - 2 0 0.5

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2021-22 22 23.8 2.8-6.6 1.7-4.3 0.5-0.5 7.8
2022-23 25 25.5 4.5-8.8 2.0-4.7 0.6-0.8 11.7
2023-24 23 29.8 4.5-10.0 1.3-4.1 1.0-1.1 11.3
Total 70 26.4 4.0-8.5 1.7-4.4 0.7-0.8 10.3

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 22 22 523 62-145 42.8 38-94 40.4 10-12 83.3 172
2022-23 25 24 637 113-221 51.1 51-118 43.2 15-19 78.9 292
2023-24 23 23 685 103-229 45.0 31-94 33.0 23-25 92.0 260
Total 70 69 1845 278-595 46.7 120-306 39.2 48-56 85.7 724

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2021-22 22 523 23.8 4.7-11.1 2.9-7.2 40.4 0.8-0.9 13.2
2022-23 25 637 25.5 7.1-13.9 3.2-7.4 43.2 0.9-1.2 18.3
2023-24 23 685 29.8 6.0-13.4 1.8-5.5 33.0 1.3-1.5 15.2
Total 70 1845 26.4 6.0-12.9 2.6-6.6 39.2 1.0-1.2 15.7

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2021-22 22 0.1 2.6 2.7 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.5
2022-23 25 0.3 3.4 3.8 2.1 1.4 0.5 0.4
2023-24 23 0.4 3.0 3.4 4.0 2.3 0.9 0.3
Total 70 0.3 3.0 3.3 2.4 1.4 0.7 0.4

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2021-22 22 22 3 57 60 27 12 14 11
2022-23 25 24 8 86 94 52 35 13 10
2023-24 23 23 9 69 78 92 53 20 8
Total 70 69 20 212 232 171 100 47 29

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 22 0.2 4.4 4.6 2.1 0.9 1.1 0.8
2022-23 25 0.5 5.4 5.9 3.3 2.2 0.8 0.6
2023-24 23 0.5 4.0 4.6 5.4 3.1 1.2 0.5
Total 70 0.4 4.6 5.0 3.7 2.2 1.0 0.6

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 25.5 4.5-8.8 2.0-4.7 0.6-0.8 11.7
Conference 18 27.4 4.6-8.8 2.1-4.6 0.3-0.4 11.7
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 14 25.4 5.4-9.5 2.6-5.3 0.9-1.1 14.1
Away 11 25.5 3.5-8.0 1.4-4.0 0.3-0.4 8.5
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 7 24.6 5.0-9.1 2.1-5.0 1.1-1.3 13.3
Losses 18 25.8 4.3-8.7 2.0-4.6 0.4-0.6 11.1
Month            
November 5 21.2 2.6-6.4 1.4-4.0 1.4-1.8 8.0
December 6 19.3 4.2-8.2 1.7-4.3 0.3-0.3 10.3
January 8 30.0 5.9-10.6 2.2-5.1 0.2-0.5 14.3
February 6 29.2 4.7-9.2 2.7-5.2 0.7-0.7 12.7

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 24 637 113-221 51.1 51-118 43.2 15-19 78.9 292
Conference 18 17 494 83-159 52.2 38-82 46.3 6-8 75.0 210
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 14 13 356 75-133 56.4 36-74 48.6 12-15 80.0 198
Away 11 11 281 38-88 43.2 15-44 34.1 3-4 75.0 94
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 7 7 172 35-64 54.7 15-35 42.9 8-9 88.9 93
Losses 18 17 465 78-157 49.7 36-83 43.4 7-10 70.0 199
Month                    
November 5 5 106 13-32 40.6 7-20 35.0 7-9 77.8 40
December 6 6 116 25-49 51.0 10-26 38.5 2-2 100.0 62
January 8 8 240 47-85 55.3 18-41 43.9 2-4 50.0 114
February 6 5 175 28-55 50.9 16-31 51.6 4-4 100.0 76

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 637 25.5 7.1-13.9 3.2-7.4 43.2 0.9-1.2 18.3
Conference 18 494 27.4 6.7-12.9 3.1-6.6 46.3 0.5-0.6 17.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 14 356 25.4 8.4-14.9 4.0-8.3 48.6 1.3-1.7 22.2
Away 11 281 25.5 5.4-12.5 2.1-6.3 34.1 0.4-0.6 13.4
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 7 172 24.6 8.1-14.9 3.5-8.1 42.9 1.9-2.1 21.6
Losses 18 465 25.8 6.7-13.5 3.1-7.1 43.4 0.6-0.9 17.1
Month                
November 5 106 21.2 4.9-12.1 2.6-7.5 35.0 2.6-3.4 15.1
December 6 116 19.3 8.6-16.9 3.4-9.0 38.5 0.7-0.7 21.4
January 8 240 30.0 7.8-14.2 3.0-6.8 43.9 0.3-0.7 19.0
February 6 175 29.2 6.4-12.6 3.7-7.1 51.6 0.9-0.9 17.4

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 0.3 3.4 3.8 2.1 1.4 0.5 0.4
Conference 18 0.3 3.8 4.2 2.6 1.6 0.6 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 14 0.4 3.4 3.8 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.2
Away 11 0.2 3.5 3.7 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.6
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 7 0.4 3.3 3.7 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.4
Losses 18 0.3 3.5 3.8 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.4
Month                
November 5 0.4 3.2 3.6 1.8 1.0 0.0 0.6
December 6 0.3 2.0 2.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.3
January 8 0.3 2.9 3.1 3.4 1.8 1.0 0.5
February 6 0.3 5.8 6.2 2.3 1.7 0.3 0.2

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 24 8 86 94 52 35 13 10
Conference 18 17 6 69 75 46 28 10 7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 14 13 6 47 53 32 19 7 3
Away 11 11 2 39 41 20 16 6 7
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 7 7 3 23 26 11 10 4 3
Losses 18 17 5 63 68 41 25 9 7
Month                  
November 5 5 2 16 18 9 5 0 3
December 6 6 2 12 14 2 6 3 2
January 8 8 2 23 25 27 14 8 4
February 6 5 2 35 37 14 10 2 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 25 0.5 5.4 5.9 3.3 2.2 0.8 0.6
Conference 18 0.5 5.6 6.1 3.7 2.3 0.8 0.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 14 0.7 5.3 6.0 3.6 2.1 0.8 0.3
Away 11 0.3 5.6 5.8 2.8 2.3 0.9 1.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 7 0.7 5.3 6.0 2.6 2.3 0.9 0.7
Losses 18 0.4 5.4 5.8 3.5 2.2 0.8 0.6
Month                
November 5 0.8 6.0 6.8 3.4 1.9 0.0 1.1
December 6 0.7 4.1 4.8 0.7 2.1 1.0 0.7
January 8 0.3 3.8 4.2 4.5 2.3 1.3 0.7
February 6 0.5 8.0 8.5 3.2 2.3 0.5 0.2

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