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13 Marissa Kath
Marissa Kath
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Bellevue, Ohio
  • High School:
    Bellevue
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Nursing
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    2.9
  • fg %
    38.6
  • 3pt %
    23.5
  • ft %
    50.0
  • reb/g
    2.4
  • a/g
    0.8

Bio

reshman (2012-13): Played in 25 games…Averaged 13.6 minutes per game with 339 minutes played…Made 72 points on the year, averaging 2.9 points per game…Shot 27-of-70 (.386) from the field...Shot 8-of-34 (.235) from 3-point range...Shot 10-of-20 (.500) from the free throw line...Collected 60 rebounds (2.4 per game)...18 offensive rebounds...42 defensive rebounds...Had two blocks...Made 19 steals...Recorded 21 assists...Had 23 fouls...Turned the ball over 33 times...

Prep: Lettered for three seasons at Bellevue High under head coach Ryan Orshoski ... Four-year Triple Crown Award winner ... Also received multiple varsity letters in volleyball and softball ... Named First-Team All-Northern Ohio League in softball ... U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award recipient ... Member of National Honor Society and Presidential Achievement Society ... SAAC member...

Personal: Daughter of Arnold and Kathy Kath ... Majoring in nursing...

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 2 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 74-72
Feb 6 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 58-47
Feb 9 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 57-50
Feb 13 at Bluffton L, 62-47
Feb 16 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 61-56
Feb 22 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 48-32
  Total Conference
Games 25 17
Games started - -
Minutes 338 223
Minutes per game 13.5 13.1
FG 27-70 21-53
FG Pct 38.6 39.6
3PT 8-34 7-27
3PT Pct 23.5 25.9
FT 10-20 6-13
FT Pct 50.0 46.2
Off rebounds 18 11
Def rebounds 42 21
Total rebounds 60 32
Rebounds per game 2.4 1.9
Personal fouls 23 17
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 21 15
Turnovers 33 13
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 1.2
Steals 19 16
Blocks 2 1
Points 72 55
Points per game 2.9 3.2
Points per 40 min 8.5 9.9

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 16 vs. Thomas More L, 55-51 - 16 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Nov 17 at Centre (Ky.) L, 78-42 - 14 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 20 Hope L, 52-46 - 12 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 28 Alma (Mich.) W, 80-69 - 13 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 56-50 - 20 1-6 16.7 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 5 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-42 - 25 2-5 40.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Dec 8 Hanover (Ind.) W, 85-80 - 17 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 15 Franklin (Ind.) W, 59-51 - 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 18 at Kalamazoo W, 62-40 - 12 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 28 at Wittenberg L, 62-44 - 15 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 1-3 33.3 1
Dec 29 vs. Albion (Mich.) W, 45-42 - 18 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 2
Jan 2 Bluffton W, 54-32 - 12 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 1-4 25.0 4
Jan 5 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-53 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 64-62 - 11 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 12 Mt. St. Joseph W, 70-55 - 12 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 6
Jan 16 Earlham (Ind.) W, 66-57 - 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 19 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-76 - 6 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 23 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 46-44 - 8 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 26 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 84-81 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-48 - 23 5-10 50.0 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 13
Feb 2 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 74-72 - 21 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3 4
Feb 6 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 58-47 - 14 3-5 60.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 7
Feb 9 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 57-50 - 13 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 13 at Bluffton L, 62-47 - 16 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Feb 16 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 61-56 - 16 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 22 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 48-32 - 15 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 16 vs. Thomas More L, 55-51 - 16 0 5 5 2 3 1 0
Nov 17 at Centre (Ky.) L, 78-42 - 14 2 2 4 2 3 0 1
Nov 20 Hope L, 52-46 - 12 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
Nov 28 Alma (Mich.) W, 80-69 - 13 0 3 3 0 2 0 0
Dec 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 56-50 - 20 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Dec 5 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-42 - 25 2 7 9 1 0 1 0
Dec 8 Hanover (Ind.) W, 85-80 - 17 0 2 2 2 3 2 0
Dec 15 Franklin (Ind.) W, 59-51 - 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dec 18 at Kalamazoo W, 62-40 - 12 1 2 3 1 2 0 0
Dec 28 at Wittenberg L, 62-44 - 15 0 2 2 0 3 0 0
Dec 29 vs. Albion (Mich.) W, 45-42 - 18 0 3 3 1 4 2 0
Jan 2 Bluffton W, 54-32 - 12 2 2 4 2 1 2 0
Jan 5 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-53 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 64-62 - 11 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
Jan 12 Mt. St. Joseph W, 70-55 - 12 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
Jan 16 Earlham (Ind.) W, 66-57 - 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Jan 19 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-76 - 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jan 23 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 46-44 - 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Jan 26 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 84-81 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 30 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-48 - 23 1 1 2 1 3 1 0
Feb 2 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 74-72 - 21 2 1 3 1 1 1 0
Feb 6 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 58-47 - 14 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
Feb 9 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 57-50 - 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 13 at Bluffton L, 62-47 - 16 1 2 3 4 0 1 1
Feb 16 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 61-56 - 16 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 48-32 - 15 4 1 5 0 2 0 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 16 vs. Thomas More L, 55-51 - 1 0 0.7
Nov 17 at Centre (Ky.) L, 78-42 - 0 0 0.7
Nov 20 Hope L, 52-46 - 0 0 0.0
Nov 28 Alma (Mich.) W, 80-69 - 1 0 0.0
Dec 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 56-50 - 1 - -
Dec 5 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-42 - 0 0 -
Dec 8 Hanover (Ind.) W, 85-80 - 3 0 0.7
Dec 15 Franklin (Ind.) W, 59-51 - 1 0 -
Dec 18 at Kalamazoo W, 62-40 - 0 0 0.5
Dec 28 at Wittenberg L, 62-44 - 2 0 0.0
Dec 29 vs. Albion (Mich.) W, 45-42 - 0 0 0.3
Jan 2 Bluffton W, 54-32 - 0 0 2.0
Jan 5 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-53 - 1 0 -
Jan 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 64-62 - 1 0 0.0
Jan 12 Mt. St. Joseph W, 70-55 - 0 0 0.0
Jan 16 Earlham (Ind.) W, 66-57 - 1 0 0.0
Jan 19 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-76 - 1 0 -
Jan 23 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 46-44 - 0 0 -
Jan 26 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 84-81 - - - -
Jan 30 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-48 - 4 0 0.3
Feb 2 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 74-72 - 2 0 1.0
Feb 6 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 58-47 - 0 0 -
Feb 9 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 57-50 - 2 - -
Feb 13 at Bluffton L, 62-47 - 0 0 -
Feb 16 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 61-56 - 0 0 -
Feb 22 vs. Manchester (Ind.) L, 48-32 - 2 0 0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2012-13 25 13.5 1.1-2.8 0.3-1.4 0.4-0.8 2.9
Total 25 13.5 1.1-2.8 0.3-1.4 0.4-0.8 2.9

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2012-13 25 - 338 27-70 38.6 8-34 23.5 10-20 50.0 72
Total 25 - 338 27-70 38.6 8-34 23.5 10-20 50.0 72

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2012-13 25 338 13.5 3.2-8.3 0.9-4.0 23.5 1.2-2.4 8.5
Total 25 338 13.5 3.2-8.3 0.9-4.0 23.5 1.2-2.4 8.5

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2012-13 25 0.7 1.7 2.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.1
Total 25 0.7 1.7 2.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2012-13 25 - 18 42 60 21 33 19 2
Total 25 - 18 42 60 21 33 19 2

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2012-13 25 2.1 5.0 7.1 2.5 3.9 2.2 0.2
Total 25 2.1 5.0 7.1 2.5 3.9 2.2 0.2

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 13.5 1.1-2.8 0.3-1.4 0.4-0.8 2.9
Conference 17 13.1 1.2-3.1 0.4-1.6 0.4-0.8 3.2
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 10 13.3 1.2-2.8 0.5-1.4 0.3-0.8 3.2
Away 12 13.0 1.1-3.0 0.2-1.4 0.3-0.7 2.7
Neutral 3 16.3 0.7-2.0 0.3-1.0 1.0-1.3 2.7
Result            
Wins 14 13.6 1.0-2.5 0.4-1.2 0.4-0.8 2.7
Losses 11 13.4 1.2-3.2 0.3-1.5 0.5-0.8 3.1
Month            
November 4 13.8 1.0-2.0 0.0-0.2 0.2-0.5 2.3
December 7 15.7 0.7-2.7 0.0-1.4 0.6-1.0 2.0
January 8 9.8 1.4-2.8 0.6-1.5 0.2-0.8 3.6
February 6 15.8 1.2-3.5 0.5-1.8 0.5-0.8 3.3

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 - 338 27-70 38.6 8-34 23.5 10-20 50.0 72
Conference 17 - 223 21-53 39.6 7-27 25.9 6-13 46.2 55
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 10 - 133 12-28 42.9 5-14 35.7 3-8 37.5 32
Away 12 - 156 13-36 36.1 2-17 11.8 4-8 50.0 32
Neutral 3 - 49 2-6 33.3 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 8
Result                    
Wins 14 - 191 14-35 40.0 5-17 29.4 5-11 45.5 38
Losses 11 - 147 13-35 37.1 3-17 17.6 5-9 55.6 34
Month                    
November 4 - 55 4-8 50.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 9
December 7 - 110 5-19 26.3 0-10 0.0 4-7 57.1 14
January 8 - 78 11-22 50.0 5-12 41.7 2-6 33.3 29
February 6 - 95 7-21 33.3 3-11 27.3 3-5 60.0 20

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 338 13.5 3.2-8.3 0.9-4.0 23.5 1.2-2.4 8.5
Conference 17 223 13.1 3.8-9.5 1.3-4.8 25.9 1.1-2.3 9.9
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 10 133 13.3 3.6-8.4 1.5-4.2 35.7 0.9-2.4 9.6
Away 12 156 13.0 3.3-9.2 0.5-4.4 11.8 1.0-2.1 8.2
Neutral 3 49 16.3 1.6-4.9 0.8-2.4 33.3 2.4-3.3 6.5
Result                
Wins 14 191 13.6 2.9-7.3 1.0-3.6 29.4 1.0-2.3 8.0
Losses 11 147 13.4 3.5-9.5 0.8-4.6 17.6 1.4-2.4 9.3
Month                
November 4 55 13.8 2.9-5.8 0.0-0.7 0.0 0.7-1.5 6.5
December 7 110 15.7 1.8-6.9 0.0-3.6 0.0 1.5-2.5 5.1
January 8 78 9.8 5.6-11.3 2.6-6.2 41.7 1.0-3.1 14.9
February 6 95 15.8 2.9-8.8 1.3-4.6 27.3 1.3-2.1 8.4

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 0.7 1.7 2.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.1
Conference 17 0.6 1.2 1.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 10 0.5 2.1 2.6 0.8 1.3 0.7 0.0
Away 12 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.2
Neutral 3 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 14 0.6 1.8 2.4 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.0
Losses 11 0.9 1.5 2.5 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.2
Month                
November 4 0.5 3.3 3.8 1.0 2.3 0.3 0.3
December 7 0.4 2.4 2.9 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.0
January 8 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.0
February 6 1.5 1.0 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.2

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 - 18 42 60 21 33 19 2
Conference 17 - 11 21 32 15 13 16 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 10 - 5 21 26 8 13 7 0
Away 12 - 9 12 21 10 11 9 2
Neutral 3 - 4 9 13 3 9 3 0
Result                  
Wins 14 - 8 25 33 11 16 14 0
Losses 11 - 10 17 27 10 17 5 2
Month                  
November 4 - 2 13 15 4 9 1 1
December 7 - 3 17 20 7 12 7 0
January 8 - 4 6 10 4 9 7 0
February 6 - 9 6 15 6 3 4 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 2.1 5.0 7.1 2.5 3.9 2.2 0.2
Conference 17 2.0 3.8 5.7 2.7 2.3 2.9 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 10 1.5 6.3 7.8 2.4 3.9 2.1 0.0
Away 12 2.3 3.1 5.4 2.6 2.8 2.3 0.5
Neutral 3 3.3 7.3 10.6 2.4 7.3 2.4 0.0
Result                
Wins 14 1.7 5.2 6.9 2.3 3.4 2.9 0.0
Losses 11 2.7 4.6 7.3 2.7 4.6 1.4 0.5
Month                
November 4 1.5 9.5 10.9 2.9 6.5 0.7 0.7
December 7 1.1 6.2 7.3 2.5 4.4 2.5 0.0
January 8 2.1 3.1 5.1 2.1 4.6 3.6 0.0
February 6 3.8 2.5 6.3 2.5 1.3 1.7 0.4

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