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30 Megan Zachrich
Megan Zachrich
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Napoleon, Ohio
  • High School:
    Napoleon
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Wellness & Corporate Fitness
  • gp
    20
  • pts/g
    6.8
  • fg %
    41.7
  • 3pt %
    25.0
  • ft %
    65.7
  • reb/g
    3.4
  • a/g
    2.2

Bio

Junior (2013-14):  Played in 20 games with 16 starts … Averaged 28.5 minutes per game with 569 minutes played … Made 137 points on the year, averaging 6.9 points per game … Shot 55-of-132 (.417) from the field ... Shot 4-of-16 (.250) from 3-point range ... Shot 23-of-35 (.657) from the free throw line ... Collected 68 rebounds (3.4 per game) ... 25 offensive rebounds ... 43 defensive rebounds ... Had six blocks ... Made 42 steals ... Recorded 44 assists.

Sophomore (2012-13): Selected Honorable Mention All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference ... Played in 26 games with 26 starts ... Averaged 29.8 minutes per game with 775 minutes played ... Made 221 points on the year, averaging 8.5 points per game ... Shot 85-of-219 (.388) from the field ... Shot 10-of-37 (.270) from 3-point range ... Shot 41-of-62 (.661) from the free throw line ... Collected 132 rebounds (5.1 per game) ... 55 offensive rebounds ... 77 defensive rebounds ... Had nine blocks ... Made 43 steals ... Recorded 67 assists ... Had 77 fouls ... Fouled out two times ... Turned the ball over 70 times ... Chosen to Centre Tournament All-Tournament Team.

Freshman (2011-12): Started six games, while appearing in 25 during freshman season … Averaged 4.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per game … Led the team in steals with 33 for the season … Recorded double digit point totals three times, while leading the team in scoring twice … Scored a season-high 19 points in an 81-73 overtime win against Earlham on January 18 … Grabbed a season-high eight boards against Alma on December 21 … Totaled five steals in a 55-50 win over Anderson on December 19.

Prep: Four-year letterwinner at Napoleon High for head coach Rod Hersha … Honorable Mention All-District Seven as a sophomore … First-Team All-District Seven as a junior … Earned Honorable Mention All-Ohio and District Seven Player-of-the-Year honors during senior season … Academic All-Northern Lakes League … Member of the Academic Honor Roll … N-Club Scholar Athlete in basketball, volleyball and softball ... Also lettered in volleyball and softball. 

Personal: Born in Defiance, Ohio ... Daughter of Brad and Niki Zachrich … Has one brother; Tyler and one sister; Brooke ... Sister of Brooke was a member of the Defiance women’s basketball team from 2008-12 ... Majoring in Wellness and Corporate Fitness with a minor in Sport Management.

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 20 17
Games started 16 14
Minutes 569 481
Minutes per game 28.4 28.3
FG 55-132 45-111
FG Pct 41.7 40.5
3PT 4-16 4-13
3PT Pct 25.0 30.8
FT 23-35 15-25
FT Pct 65.7 60.0
Off rebounds 25 23
Def rebounds 43 34
Total rebounds 68 57
Rebounds per game 3.4 3.4
Personal fouls 58 47
Disqualifications 2 1
Assists 44 42
Turnovers 55 48
Assist to turnover ratio 0.8 0.9
Steals 42 38
Blocks 6 5
Points 137 109
Points per game 6.8 6.4
Points per 40 min 9.6 9.1

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 20 at Alma (Mich.) W, 78-65 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 - 27 2-8 25.0 0-1 0.0 3-3 100.0 7
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 - 21 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 5
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 - 31 4-10 40.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 8
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 1 21 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 11
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 1 36 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 5-6 83.3 9
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 1 25 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 1 28 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 1 28 6-10 60.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 16
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 1 36 5-6 83.3 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 11
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 1 37 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 5
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 1 31 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 1 26 6-11 54.5 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 14
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 1 30 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 1 32 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 1 28 2-10 20.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 1 33 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 0-4 0.0 2
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 1 21 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 1 25 4-8 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 9
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 1 33 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 - 20 4-11 36.4 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 9

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 20 at Alma (Mich.) W, 78-65 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 - 27 2 1 3 1 2 2 0
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 - 21 1 3 4 3 4 0 0
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 - 31 1 3 4 1 4 1 0
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 1 21 0 4 4 0 1 2 0
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 1 36 1 2 3 1 2 1 1
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 1 25 1 0 1 2 7 1 0
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 1 28 1 2 3 5 5 1 1
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 1 28 1 0 1 3 2 3 0
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 1 36 1 5 6 2 2 3 0
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 1 37 0 2 2 3 4 4 0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 1 31 3 2 5 9 2 2 0
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 1 26 0 3 3 1 2 3 0
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 1 30 2 3 5 3 3 1 0
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 1 32 4 1 5 0 4 2 0
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 1 28 3 2 5 1 0 3 0
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 1 33 2 2 4 6 1 3 1
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 1 21 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 1 25 1 2 3 0 3 2 3
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 1 33 1 3 4 2 5 3 0
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 - 20 0 3 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 - - - -
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 - - - -
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 - - - -
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 - - - -
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 - - - -
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 - 4 0 0.5
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 - 2 0 0.8
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 - 2 0 0.3
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 1 5 1 0.0
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 1 4 0 0.5
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 1 5 1 0.3
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 1 2 0 1.0
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 1 3 0 1.5
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 1 1 0 1.0
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 1 4 0 0.8
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 1 3 0 4.5
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 1 4 0 0.5
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 1 2 0 1.0
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 1 3 0 0.0
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 1 2 0 -
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 1 1 0 6.0
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 1 4 0 0.0
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 1 2 0 0.4
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 - 2 0 -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2011-12 25 19.0 1.7-5.1 0.1-0.9 0.6-1.2 4.1
2012-13 26 29.8 3.3-8.4 0.4-1.4 1.6-2.4 8.5
2013-14 20 28.4 2.8-6.6 0.2-0.8 1.1-1.8 6.8
2014-15 25 29.4 4.0-10.7 0.9-3.1 2.5-3.0 11.3
Total 96 26.6 2.9-7.8 0.4-1.6 1.5-2.1 7.8

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2011-12 25 6 475 42-128 32.8 3-23 13.0 16-31 51.6 103
2012-13 26 26 775 85-219 38.8 10-37 27.0 41-62 66.1 221
2013-14 20 16 569 55-132 41.7 4-16 25.0 23-35 65.7 137
2014-15 25 25 736 99-268 36.9 23-77 29.9 62-75 82.7 283
Total 96 73 2555 281-747 37.6 40-153 26.1 142-203 70.0 744

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2011-12 25 475 19.0 3.5-10.8 0.3-1.9 13.0 1.3-2.6 8.7
2012-13 26 775 29.8 4.4-11.3 0.5-1.9 27.0 2.1-3.2 11.4
2013-14 20 569 28.4 3.9-9.3 0.3-1.1 25.0 1.6-2.5 9.6
2014-15 25 736 29.4 5.4-14.6 1.2-4.2 29.9 3.4-4.1 15.4
Total 96 2555 26.6 4.4-11.7 0.6-2.4 26.1 2.2-3.2 11.6

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2011-12 25 1.3 1.9 3.2 1.4 1.6 1.3 0.1
2012-13 26 2.1 3.0 5.1 2.6 2.7 1.7 0.3
2013-14 20 1.3 2.1 3.4 2.2 2.8 2.1 0.3
2014-15 25 0.9 2.9 3.8 2.1 2.9 1.4 0.7
Total 96 1.4 2.5 3.9 2.1 2.5 1.6 0.4

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2011-12 25 6 33 47 80 35 39 33 2
2012-13 26 26 55 77 132 67 70 43 9
2013-14 20 16 25 43 68 44 55 42 6
2014-15 25 25 23 72 95 52 73 34 18
Total 96 73 136 239 375 198 237 152 35

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2011-12 25 2.8 4.0 6.7 2.9 3.3 2.8 0.2
2012-13 26 2.8 4.0 6.8 3.5 3.6 2.2 0.5
2013-14 20 1.8 3.0 4.8 3.1 3.9 3.0 0.4
2014-15 25 1.3 3.9 5.2 2.8 4.0 1.8 1.0
Total 96 2.1 3.7 5.9 3.1 3.7 2.4 0.5

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 20 28.4 2.8-6.6 0.2-0.8 1.1-1.8 6.8
Conference 17 28.3 2.6-6.5 0.2-0.8 0.9-1.5 6.4
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 9 28.2 3.8-8.4 0.2-1.0 0.8-1.8 8.6
Away 10 27.9 1.9-5.3 0.2-0.6 1.1-1.3 5.1
Neutral 1 36.0 2.0-3.0 0.0-1.0 5.0-6.0 9.0
Result            
Wins 9 29.7 2.6-6.6 0.1-0.6 1.1-2.1 6.3
Losses 11 27.5 2.9-6.6 0.3-1.0 1.2-1.5 7.3
Month            
December 5 27.2 2.8-7.0 0.0-0.8 2.4-3.2 8.0
January 8 30.1 3.5-6.8 0.4-0.9 1.0-1.4 8.4
February 7 27.4 1.9-6.1 0.1-0.7 0.4-1.1 4.3

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 20 16 569 55-132 41.7 4-16 25.0 23-35 65.7 137
Conference 17 14 481 45-111 40.5 4-13 30.8 15-25 60.0 109
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 9 6 254 34-76 44.7 2-9 22.2 7-16 43.8 77
Away 10 9 279 19-53 35.8 2-6 33.3 11-13 84.6 51
Neutral 1 1 36 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 5-6 83.3 9
Result                    
Wins 9 8 267 23-59 39.0 1-5 20.0 10-19 52.6 57
Losses 11 8 302 32-73 43.8 3-11 27.3 13-16 81.3 80
Month                    
December 5 2 136 14-35 40.0 0-4 0.0 12-16 75.0 40
January 8 8 241 28-54 51.9 3-7 42.9 8-11 72.7 67
February 7 6 192 13-43 30.2 1-5 20.0 3-8 37.5 30

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 20 569 28.4 3.9-9.3 0.3-1.1 25.0 1.6-2.5 9.6
Conference 17 481 28.3 3.7-9.2 0.3-1.1 30.8 1.2-2.1 9.1
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 9 254 28.2 5.4-12.0 0.3-1.4 22.2 1.1-2.5 12.1
Away 10 279 27.9 2.7-7.6 0.3-0.9 33.3 1.6-1.9 7.3
Neutral 1 36 36.0 2.2-3.3 0.0-1.1 0.0 5.6-6.7 10.0
Result                
Wins 9 267 29.7 3.4-8.8 0.1-0.7 20.0 1.5-2.8 8.5
Losses 11 302 27.5 4.2-9.7 0.4-1.5 27.3 1.7-2.1 10.6
Month                
December 5 136 27.2 4.1-10.3 0.0-1.2 0.0 3.5-4.7 11.8
January 8 241 30.1 4.6-9.0 0.5-1.2 42.9 1.3-1.8 11.1
February 7 192 27.4 2.7-9.0 0.2-1.0 20.0 0.6-1.7 6.3

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 20 1.3 2.1 3.4 2.2 2.8 2.1 0.3
Conference 17 1.4 2.0 3.4 2.5 2.8 2.2 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 9 1.3 2.6 3.9 3.0 1.9 2.3 0.1
Away 10 1.2 1.8 3.0 1.6 3.6 2.0 0.4
Neutral 1 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0
Result                
Wins 9 1.2 2.8 4.0 3.2 2.2 2.7 0.2
Losses 11 1.3 1.6 2.9 1.4 3.2 1.6 0.4
Month                
December 5 1.0 2.6 3.6 1.2 2.6 1.2 0.2
January 8 1.1 2.1 3.3 3.5 3.4 2.3 0.1
February 7 1.6 1.9 3.4 1.4 2.1 2.6 0.6

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 20 16 25 43 68 44 55 42 6
Conference 17 14 23 34 57 42 48 38 5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 9 6 12 23 35 27 17 21 1
Away 10 9 12 18 30 16 36 20 4
Neutral 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1
Result                  
Wins 9 8 11 25 36 29 20 24 2
Losses 11 8 14 18 32 15 35 18 4
Month                  
December 5 2 5 13 18 6 13 6 1
January 8 8 9 17 26 28 27 18 1
February 7 6 11 13 24 10 15 18 4

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 20 1.8 3.0 4.8 3.1 3.9 3.0 0.4
Conference 17 1.9 2.8 4.7 3.5 4.0 3.2 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 9 1.9 3.6 5.5 4.3 2.7 3.3 0.2
Away 10 1.7 2.6 4.3 2.3 5.2 2.9 0.6
Neutral 1 1.1 2.2 3.3 1.1 2.2 1.1 1.1
Result                
Wins 9 1.6 3.7 5.4 4.3 3.0 3.6 0.3
Losses 11 1.9 2.4 4.2 2.0 4.6 2.4 0.5
Month                
December 5 1.5 3.8 5.3 1.8 3.8 1.8 0.3
January 8 1.5 2.8 4.3 4.6 4.5 3.0 0.2
February 7 2.3 2.7 5.0 2.1 3.1 3.8 0.8

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