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15 Ashley Birchmeier
Ashley Birchmeier
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Vaughnsville, Ohio
  • High School:
    Columbus Grove
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Business Administration
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    6.2
  • fg %
    35.5
  • 3pt %
    32.6
  • ft %
    72.7
  • reb/g
    3.4
  • a/g
    1.0

Bio

Senior (2013-14):  Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC ... Played in 25 games with nine starts … Averaged 18.9 minutes per game with 472 minutes played … Made 155 points on the year, averaging 6.2 points per game … Shot 54-of-152 (.355) from the field ... Shot 31-of-95 (.326) from 3-point range ... Shot 16-of-22 (.727) from the free throw line ... Collected 85 rebounds (3.4 per game) ... 19 offensive rebounds ... 66 defensive rebounds ... Had six blocks ... Made 18 steals ... Recorded 24 assists ... 

Junior (2012-13): Played in 23 games with one start ... Averaged 11.8 minutes per game with 272 minutes played ... Made 88 points on the year, averaging 3.8 points per game ... Shot 33-of-100 (.330) from the field ... Shot 15-of-53 (.283) from 3-point range ... Shot 7-of-10 (.700) from the free throw line ... Collected 43 rebounds (1.9 per game) ... nine offensive rebounds ... 34 defensive rebounds ... Had five blocks ... Made seven steals ... Recorded 16 assists ... Had 41 fouls ... Fouled out one time ... Turned the ball over 23 times ... Earned Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference honors ... 

Sophomore (2011-2012): Played in 19 games and averaged 6.2 minutes per contest … Averaged 1.1 points and 1.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore … Recorded a season-high four rebounds in a HCAC matchup against Hanover on January 21 ...

Freshman (2010-2011): Saw action in 17 games as a freshman ... Averaged 2.1 points and grabbed one rebound per game ...

Prep: Three-year letterwinner at Columbus Grove High for head coach Chad Ricker … Second-Team All-Northwest Conference selection and Northwest All-Star Team honoree … Second-Team All-Putnam County League performer … Honor Roll member and LEO Club Silver Award winner ... Also lettered four years in softball ... 

Personal: Born in Lima, Ohio ... Daughter of Steve and Teresa Diller … Has one brother; Andrew ... Majoring in Business Administration ...

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60
  Total Conference
Games 25 18
Games started 9 4
Minutes 472 327
Minutes per game 18.9 18.2
FG 54-152 37-97
FG Pct 35.5 38.1
3PT 31-95 21-61
3PT Pct 32.6 34.4
FT 16-22 5-6
FT Pct 72.7 83.3
Off rebounds 19 10
Def rebounds 65 44
Total rebounds 84 54
Rebounds per game 3.4 3.0
Personal fouls 61 40
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 24 16
Turnovers 40 31
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.5
Steals 18 14
Blocks 6 4
Points 155 100
Points per game 6.2 5.6
Points per 40 min 13.1 12.2

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 20 at Alma (Mich.) W, 78-65 1 33 5-12 41.7 4-6 66.7 0-1 0.0 14
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 1 27 2-13 15.4 0-6 0.0 4-6 66.7 8
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 1 28 3-8 37.5 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 9
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 1 20 3-9 33.3 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 9
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 1 34 3-11 27.3 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 8
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 1 30 2-6 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 4
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 1 33 0-6 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 1 17 1-4 25.0 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 5
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 - 15 3-8 37.5 2-6 33.3 2-3 66.7 10
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 - 5 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 - 24 4-8 50.0 2-5 40.0 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 - 24 6-10 60.0 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 14
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 - 19 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 - 12 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 - 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 - 9 2-2 100.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 - 27 1-8 12.5 0-6 0.0 0-1 0.0 2
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 - 15 4-7 57.1 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 11
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 - 21 4-8 50.0 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 12
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 - 18 3-8 37.5 2-5 40.0 1-1 100.0 9
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 - 13 1-4 25.0 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 - 16 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 - 5 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 - 4 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 1 20 3-6 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 8

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 20 at Alma (Mich.) W, 78-65 1 33 4 5 9 3 3 1 0
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 1 27 2 2 4 0 1 2 0
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 1 28 0 2 2 3 1 0 0
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 1 20 0 3 3 1 0 0 1
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 1 34 0 0 0 1 3 1 1
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 1 30 1 2 3 2 2 1 0
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 1 33 1 5 6 5 5 3 0
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 1 17 2 1 3 0 1 1 0
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 - 15 1 7 8 1 1 0 1
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 - 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 - 24 0 4 4 1 5 0 0
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 - 24 1 7 8 2 0 0 0
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 - 19 0 4 4 0 1 1 2
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 - 12 1 2 3 0 3 0 0
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 - 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 - 9 0 1 1 1 2 0 0
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 - 27 3 7 10 0 2 2 1
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 - 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 - 21 0 3 3 1 0 0 0
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 - 18 0 3 3 0 0 1 0
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 - 13 1 3 4 1 0 1 0
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 - 16 1 1 2 1 4 0 0
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 - 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 1 20 1 2 3 1 0 3 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 20 at Alma (Mich.) W, 78-65 1 2 0 1.0
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 1 3 0 0.0
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 1 4 0 3.0
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 1 4 0 -
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 1 4 0 0.3
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 1 2 0 1.0
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 1 4 0 1.0
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 1 4 0 0.0
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 - 3 0 1.0
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 - 1 0 0.0
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 - 4 0 0.2
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 - 1 0 -
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 - 2 0 0.0
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 - 2 0 0.0
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 - 1 0 0.0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 - 1 0 0.5
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 - 4 0 0.0
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 - 2 0 0.0
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 - 3 0 -
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 - 2 0 -
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 - 3 0 -
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 - 0 0 0.3
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 - 2 - 0.0
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 - 2 0 -
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 1 1 0 -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2010-11 17 6.1 0.8-3.2 0.3-1.2 0.2-0.6 2.1
2011-12 19 6.2 0.4-1.7 0.2-0.7 0.2-0.3 1.1
2012-13 23 11.8 1.4-4.3 0.7-2.3 0.3-0.4 3.8
2013-14 25 18.9 2.2-6.1 1.2-3.8 0.6-0.9 6.2
Total 84 11.5 1.3-4.0 0.6-2.2 0.4-0.6 3.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2010-11 17 - 103 14-55 25.5 5-20 25.0 3-11 27.3 36
2011-12 19 - 117 7-33 21.2 3-14 21.4 4-6 66.7 21
2012-13 23 1 272 33-100 33.0 15-53 28.3 7-10 70.0 88
2013-14 25 9 472 54-152 35.5 31-95 32.6 16-22 72.7 155
Total 84 10 964 108-340 31.8 54-182 29.7 30-49 61.2 300

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2010-11 17 103 6.1 5.4-21.4 1.9-7.8 25.0 1.2-4.3 14.0
2011-12 19 117 6.2 2.4-11.3 1.0-4.8 21.4 1.4-2.1 7.2
2012-13 23 272 11.8 4.9-14.7 2.2-7.8 28.3 1.0-1.5 12.9
2013-14 25 472 18.9 4.6-12.9 2.6-8.1 32.6 1.4-1.9 13.1
Total 84 964 11.5 4.5-14.1 2.2-7.6 29.7 1.2-2.0 12.4

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2010-11 17 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.0
2011-12 19 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.1
2012-13 23 0.4 1.5 1.9 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.2
2013-14 25 0.8 2.6 3.4 1.0 1.6 0.7 0.2
Total 84 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2010-11 17 - 7 10 17 8 10 5 0
2011-12 19 - 6 20 26 4 16 5 2
2012-13 23 1 9 34 43 16 23 7 5
2013-14 25 9 19 65 84 24 40 18 6
Total 84 10 41 129 170 52 89 35 13

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2010-11 17 2.7 3.9 6.6 3.1 3.9 1.9 0.0
2011-12 19 2.1 6.8 8.9 1.4 5.5 1.7 0.7
2012-13 23 1.3 5.0 6.3 2.4 3.4 1.0 0.7
2013-14 25 1.6 5.5 7.1 2.0 3.4 1.5 0.5
Total 84 1.7 5.4 7.1 2.2 3.7 1.5 0.5

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 18.9 2.2-6.1 1.2-3.8 0.6-0.9 6.2
Conference 18 18.2 2.1-5.4 1.2-3.4 0.3-0.3 5.6
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 10 20.2 1.7-5.8 0.9-3.5 0.6-0.8 4.9
Away 13 18.2 2.6-6.5 1.6-4.2 0.6-0.9 7.5
Neutral 2 16.5 1.5-4.5 0.5-2.5 1.0-1.0 4.5
Result            
Wins 11 15.5 2.5-5.6 1.6-3.8 0.5-0.6 7.0
Losses 14 21.5 1.9-6.4 0.9-3.8 0.8-1.1 5.6
Month            
November 4 27.0 3.2-10.5 2.0-6.0 1.5-2.2 10.0
December 6 22.3 1.5-6.0 0.7-3.7 0.8-1.2 4.5
January 8 16.6 2.5-5.5 1.2-3.4 0.2-0.4 6.5
February 7 13.9 1.7-4.3 1.3-3.1 0.4-0.4 5.1

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 9 472 54-152 35.5 31-95 32.6 16-22 72.7 155
Conference 18 4 327 37-97 38.1 21-61 34.4 5-6 83.3 100
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 10 4 202 17-58 29.3 9-35 25.7 6-8 75.0 49
Away 13 4 237 34-85 40.0 21-55 38.2 8-12 66.7 97
Neutral 2 1 33 3-9 33.3 1-5 20.0 2-2 100.0 9
Result                    
Wins 11 3 171 27-62 43.5 18-42 42.9 5-7 71.4 77
Losses 14 6 301 27-90 30.0 13-53 24.5 11-15 73.3 78
Month                    
November 4 4 108 13-42 31.0 8-24 33.3 6-9 66.7 40
December 6 4 134 9-36 25.0 4-22 18.2 5-7 71.4 27
January 8 - 133 20-44 45.5 10-27 37.0 2-3 66.7 52
February 7 1 97 12-30 40.0 9-22 40.9 3-3 100.0 36

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 472 18.9 4.6-12.9 2.6-8.1 32.6 1.4-1.9 13.1
Conference 18 327 18.2 4.5-11.9 2.6-7.5 34.4 0.6-0.7 12.2
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 10 202 20.2 3.4-11.5 1.8-6.9 25.7 1.2-1.6 9.7
Away 13 237 18.2 5.7-14.3 3.5-9.3 38.2 1.4-2.0 16.4
Neutral 2 33 16.5 3.6-10.9 1.2-6.1 20.0 2.4-2.4 10.9
Result                
Wins 11 171 15.5 6.3-14.5 4.2-9.8 42.9 1.2-1.6 18.0
Losses 14 301 21.5 3.6-12.0 1.7-7.0 24.5 1.5-2.0 10.4
Month                
November 4 108 27.0 4.8-15.6 3.0-8.9 33.3 2.2-3.3 14.8
December 6 134 22.3 2.7-10.7 1.2-6.6 18.2 1.5-2.1 8.1
January 8 133 16.6 6.0-13.2 3.0-8.1 37.0 0.6-0.9 15.6
February 7 97 13.9 4.9-12.4 3.7-9.1 40.9 1.2-1.2 14.8

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 0.8 2.6 3.4 1.0 1.6 0.7 0.2
Conference 18 0.6 2.4 3.0 0.9 1.7 0.8 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 10 0.9 2.8 3.7 0.9 1.7 1.3 0.4
Away 13 0.8 2.6 3.4 0.9 1.5 0.4 0.2
Neutral 2 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 11 0.8 3.0 3.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.2
Losses 14 0.7 2.3 3.0 1.0 2.1 0.8 0.3
Month                
November 4 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.8 1.3 0.8 0.3
December 6 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.5 2.3 1.0 0.3
January 8 0.6 3.1 3.8 0.5 1.9 0.5 0.4
February 7 0.4 1.7 2.1 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 9 19 65 84 24 40 18 6
Conference 18 4 10 44 54 16 31 14 4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 10 4 9 28 37 9 17 13 4
Away 13 4 10 34 44 12 20 5 2
Neutral 2 1 0 3 3 3 3 0 0
Result                  
Wins 11 3 9 33 42 10 10 7 2
Losses 14 6 10 32 42 14 30 11 4
Month                  
November 4 4 6 12 18 7 5 3 1
December 6 4 5 16 21 9 14 6 2
January 8 - 5 25 30 4 15 4 3
February 7 1 3 12 15 4 6 5 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 25 1.6 5.5 7.1 2.0 3.4 1.5 0.5
Conference 18 1.2 5.4 6.6 2.0 3.8 1.7 0.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 10 1.8 5.5 7.3 1.8 3.4 2.6 0.8
Away 13 1.7 5.7 7.4 2.0 3.4 0.8 0.3
Neutral 2 0.0 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 11 2.1 7.7 9.8 2.3 2.3 1.6 0.5
Losses 14 1.3 4.3 5.6 1.9 4.0 1.5 0.5
Month                
November 4 2.2 4.4 6.7 2.6 1.9 1.1 0.4
December 6 1.5 4.8 6.3 2.7 4.2 1.8 0.6
January 8 1.5 7.5 9.0 1.2 4.5 1.2 0.9
February 7 1.2 4.9 6.2 1.6 2.5 2.1 0.0

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