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42 Danielle Carruthers
Danielle Carruthers
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    New London, Ohio
  • High School:
    New London
  • Position:
    F/C
  • Major:
    Social Work
  • gp
    19
  • pts/g
    3.5
  • fg %
    37.7
  • 3pt %
    0.0
  • ft %
    87.0
  • reb/g
    3.8
  • a/g
    0.4

Bio

Junior (2018-19): Played in all 27 games while recording 12 starts ... Scored 115 points in her 432 minutes of action, averaging 4.3 per game ... Shot 45-of-116 (38.8%) from the field ... Knocked down 24-of-39 free throws for a 61.5 percent rate ... Reeled in 97 rebounds, averaging 3.6 per game ... Dished out seven assists and grabbed five steals. 

Sophomore (2017-18): Played in 18 games and made one start ... Scored 71 points, averaging 3.9 per game ... Shot 53.5 percent (23-of-43) from the floor and 62.5 percent (25-of-40) from the free-throw line ... Grabbed 41 rebounds and added six asssists, four blocks, and two steals ... Scored a career-high 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting with a career-high six rebounds in the Jan. 10 matchup at Bluffton.

Freshman (2016-17): Played in six games ... Scored five points on the season ... Was 1-of-6 from the field (.167 percentage) ... Was 50.0 percent from the free-throw-line making 3-of-6 ... Recorded six rebounds (two offensive and four defensive) ... Earned two steals. 

Prep: Two-year letterman in basketball and volleyball at New London High School ... Helped her team to become back-to-back Ohio Sectional Champions in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons ... Was a member of the 2015-16 District Champions team. 

Personal: Daughter of Marc and Brenda Carruthers ... Majoring in social work.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50
  Total Conference
Games 19 12
Games started 9 3
Minutes 250 149
Minutes per game 13.2 12.4
FG 23-61 10-28
FG Pct 37.7 35.7
3PT 0-3 0-0
3PT Pct 0.0 -
FT 20-23 15-17
FT Pct 87.0 88.2
Off rebounds 24 11
Def rebounds 49 27
Total rebounds 73 38
Rebounds per game 3.8 3.2
Personal fouls 20 11
Disqualifications - -
Assists 7 3
Turnovers 27 14
Assist to turnover ratio 0.3 0.2
Steals 1 1
Blocks 10 6
Points 66 35
Points per game 3.5 2.9
Points per 40 min 10.6 9.4

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 13 at Olivet (Mich.) L, 64-50 1 20 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 16 at Findlay L, 87-40 1 13 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 23 at St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 56-53 1 17 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 26 Ohio Northern L, 68-59 1 18 4-12 33.3 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 10
Dec 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-54 1 22 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 7-8 87.5 7
Dec 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 69-56 1 18 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Dec 7 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 53-43 1 26 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 14 Hanover (Ind.) L, 75-45 1 19 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 16 at Hiram L, 77-62 1 15 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Dec 18 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 61-40 1 9 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Dec 21 Kalamazoo W, 66-60 - 4 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 4 Franklin (Ind.) L, 77-64 - 12 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 6
Jan 8 Bluffton W, 55-50 - 21 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 9
Jan 11 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-46 - 6 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 15 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 54-40 - 10 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 18 Mt. St. Joseph W, 84-82 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 69-63 - 13 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 3
Jan 25 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-49 - 12 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 55-41 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 79-50 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40 - 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50 - 3 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 13 at Olivet (Mich.) L, 64-50 1 20 3 7 10 0 1 0 1
Nov 16 at Findlay L, 87-40 1 13 0 4 4 1 1 0 0
Nov 23 at St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 56-53 1 17 2 3 5 0 5 0 1
Nov 26 Ohio Northern L, 68-59 1 18 4 4 8 0 3 0 1
Dec 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-54 1 22 4 7 11 1 3 0 0
Dec 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 69-56 1 18 2 3 5 1 0 0 1
Dec 7 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 53-43 1 26 0 5 5 0 1 0 0
Dec 14 Hanover (Ind.) L, 75-45 1 19 1 2 3 0 2 0 2
Dec 16 at Hiram L, 77-62 1 15 1 2 3 2 3 0 0
Dec 18 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 61-40 1 9 1 3 4 0 1 0 0
Dec 21 Kalamazoo W, 66-60 - 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jan 4 Franklin (Ind.) L, 77-64 - 12 1 2 3 0 1 1 1
Jan 8 Bluffton W, 55-50 - 21 0 6 6 1 0 0 3
Jan 11 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-46 - 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jan 15 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 54-40 - 10 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
Jan 18 Mt. St. Joseph W, 84-82 - 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 69-63 - 13 2 2 4 0 1 0 0
Jan 25 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-49 - 12 1 2 3 0 2 0 0
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 55-41 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 79-50 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50 - 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 13 at Olivet (Mich.) L, 64-50 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 16 at Findlay L, 87-40 1 3 - 1.0
Nov 23 at St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 56-53 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 26 Ohio Northern L, 68-59 1 3 - 0.0
Dec 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-54 1 1 - 0.3
Dec 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 69-56 1 1 - -
Dec 7 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 53-43 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 14 Hanover (Ind.) L, 75-45 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 16 at Hiram L, 77-62 1 1 - 0.7
Dec 18 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 61-40 1 0 - 0.0
Dec 21 Kalamazoo W, 66-60 - 0 - -
Jan 4 Franklin (Ind.) L, 77-64 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 8 Bluffton W, 55-50 - 4 - -
Jan 11 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-46 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 15 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 54-40 - 1 - 1.0
Jan 18 Mt. St. Joseph W, 84-82 - 0 - -
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 69-63 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 25 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-49 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 55-41 - - - -
Feb 1 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 79-50 - - - -
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51 - - - -
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60 - - - -
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58 - - - -
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40 - 0 - -
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67 - - - -
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50 - 0 - 0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2016-17 6 2.8 0.2-1.0 0.0-0.0 0.5-1.0 0.8
2017-18 18 7.9 1.3-2.4 0.0-0.0 1.4-2.2 3.9
2018-19 27 15.9 1.7-4.3 0.0-0.3 0.9-1.4 4.3
2019-20 19 13.2 1.2-3.2 0.0-0.2 1.1-1.2 3.5
Total 70 12.0 1.3-3.2 0.0-0.1 1.0-1.5 3.7

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2016-17 6 - 17 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 3-6 50.0 5
2017-18 18 1 143 23-43 53.5 0-0 - 25-40 62.5 71
2018-19 27 12 430 45-116 38.8 1-7 14.3 24-39 61.5 115
2019-20 19 9 250 23-61 37.7 0-3 0.0 20-23 87.0 66
Total 70 22 840 92-226 40.7 1-10 10.0 72-108 66.7 257

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2016-17 6 17 2.8 2.4-14.1 0.0-0.0 - 7.1-14.1 11.8
2017-18 18 143 7.9 6.4-12.0 0.0-0.0 - 7.0-11.2 19.9
2018-19 27 430 15.9 4.2-10.8 0.1-0.7 14.3 2.2-3.6 10.7
2019-20 19 250 13.2 3.7-9.8 0.0-0.5 0.0 3.2-3.7 10.6
Total 70 840 12.0 4.4-10.8 0.0-0.5 10.0 3.4-5.1 12.2

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2016-17 6 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0
2017-18 18 0.8 1.4 2.3 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2
2018-19 27 1.3 2.3 3.6 0.3 1.5 0.2 0.8
2019-20 19 1.3 2.6 3.8 0.4 1.4 0.1 0.5
Total 70 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.5

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2016-17 6 - 2 4 6 0 1 2 0
2017-18 18 1 15 26 41 6 11 2 4
2018-19 27 12 36 61 97 7 41 5 21
2019-20 19 9 24 49 73 7 27 1 10
Total 70 22 77 140 217 20 80 10 35

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2016-17 6 4.7 9.4 14.1 0.0 2.4 4.7 0.0
2017-18 18 4.2 7.3 11.5 1.7 3.1 0.6 1.1
2018-19 27 3.3 5.7 9.0 0.7 3.8 0.5 2.0
2019-20 19 3.8 7.8 11.7 1.1 4.3 0.2 1.6
Total 70 3.7 6.7 10.3 1.0 3.8 0.5 1.7

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 19 13.2 1.2-3.2 0.0-0.2 1.1-1.2 3.5
Conference 12 12.4 0.8-2.3 0.0-0.0 1.2-1.4 2.9
Exhibition 1 13.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location            
Home 9 12.7 1.3-3.4 0.0-0.1 1.9-2.1 4.6
Away 10 13.6 1.1-3.0 0.0-0.2 0.3-0.4 2.5
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 6 14.8 0.8-2.8 0.0-0.0 1.8-2.2 3.5
Losses 13 12.4 1.4-3.4 0.0-0.2 0.7-0.8 3.5
Month            
November 3 18.3 2.7-7.3 0.0-0.3 0.7-0.7 6.0
December 7 16.1 1.0-3.1 0.0-0.3 1.4-1.7 3.4
January 7 11.0 1.0-2.3 0.0-0.0 1.1-1.3 3.1
February 2 2.5 0.5-0.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 1.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 19 9 250 23-61 37.7 0-3 0.0 20-23 87.0 66
Conference 12 3 149 10-28 35.7 0-0 - 15-17 88.2 35
Exhibition 1 1 13 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 9 3 114 12-31 38.7 0-1 0.0 17-19 89.5 41
Away 10 6 136 11-30 36.7 0-2 0.0 3-4 75.0 25
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 6 2 89 5-17 29.4 0-0 - 11-13 84.6 21
Losses 13 7 161 18-44 40.9 0-3 0.0 9-10 90.0 45
Month                    
November 3 3 55 8-22 36.4 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 18
December 7 6 113 7-22 31.8 0-2 0.0 10-12 83.3 24
January 7 - 77 7-16 43.8 0-0 - 8-9 88.9 22
February 2 - 5 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 19 250 13.2 3.7-9.8 0.0-0.5 0.0 3.2-3.7 10.6
Conference 12 149 12.4 2.7-7.5 0.0-0.0 - 4.0-4.6 9.4
Exhibition 1 13 13.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 9 114 12.7 4.2-10.9 0.0-0.4 0.0 6.0-6.7 14.4
Away 10 136 13.6 3.2-8.8 0.0-0.6 0.0 0.9-1.2 7.4
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 6 89 14.8 2.2-7.6 0.0-0.0 - 4.9-5.8 9.4
Losses 13 161 12.4 4.5-10.9 0.0-0.7 0.0 2.2-2.5 11.2
Month                
November 3 55 18.3 5.8-16.0 0.0-0.7 0.0 1.5-1.5 13.1
December 7 113 16.1 2.5-7.8 0.0-0.7 0.0 3.5-4.2 8.5
January 7 77 11.0 3.6-8.3 0.0-0.0 - 4.2-4.7 11.4
February 2 5 2.5 8.0-8.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 16.0

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 19 1.3 2.6 3.8 0.4 1.4 0.1 0.5
Conference 12 0.9 2.3 3.2 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.5
Exhibition 1 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 9 1.4 2.6 4.0 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.8
Away 10 1.1 2.6 3.7 0.4 1.7 0.0 0.3
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 6 1.2 3.3 4.5 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.5
Losses 13 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.5
Month                
November 3 3.0 4.7 7.7 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.0
December 7 1.3 3.1 4.4 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.4
January 7 0.9 1.9 2.7 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.6
February 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 19 9 24 49 73 7 27 1 10
Conference 12 3 11 27 38 3 14 1 6
Exhibition 1 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0
Location                  
Home 9 3 13 23 36 3 10 1 7
Away 10 6 11 26 37 4 17 0 3
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 6 2 7 20 27 3 5 0 3
Losses 13 7 17 29 46 4 22 1 7
Month                  
November 3 3 9 14 23 0 9 0 3
December 7 6 9 22 31 5 10 0 3
January 7 - 6 13 19 2 7 1 4
February 2 - 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 19 3.8 7.8 11.7 1.1 4.3 0.2 1.6
Conference 12 3.0 7.2 10.2 0.8 3.8 0.3 1.6
Exhibition 1 0.0 12.3 12.3 3.1 3.1 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 9 4.6 8.1 12.6 1.1 3.5 0.4 2.5
Away 10 3.2 7.6 10.9 1.2 5.0 0.0 0.9
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 6 3.1 9.0 12.1 1.3 2.2 0.0 1.3
Losses 13 4.2 7.2 11.4 1.0 5.5 0.2 1.7
Month                
November 3 6.5 10.2 16.7 0.0 6.5 0.0 2.2
December 7 3.2 7.8 11.0 1.8 3.5 0.0 1.1
January 7 3.1 6.8 9.9 1.0 3.6 0.5 2.1
February 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 0.0 0.0

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