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4 Kalyn Pickens
Kalyn Pickens
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • High School:
    R. Nelson Snider
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Biology
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    4.7
  • fg %
    38.2
  • 3pt %
    0.0
  • ft %
    51.6
  • reb/g
    2.5
  • a/g
    1.2

Bio

Sophomore (2018-19): Played in 26 games while making 18 starts ... Shot 34.0 percent (49-of-144) from the field ... Scored 141 points, averaging 5.4 per game ... Reeled in 83 rebounds ... Recorded 53 assists, second highest mark on the team ... Added 23 steals. 

Freshman (2017-18): Played in 22 games ... Scored 80 points, averaging 3.6 per game ... Shot 30.3 percent from the floor (27-of-89) and 70.3 percent from teh free-throw line (26-of-37) ... Grabbed 27 rebounds, dished out 16 assists, and added 19 steals.

Prep: Lettered four years at Snider High School in basketball ... Was a Mike Hawkey, Dennis McClurg, Distinguished Scholar, and Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship recipient ... Also lettered three years in track and one year in cheerleading.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Jill Pickens ... Majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry.

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 25 18
Games started 9 3
Minutes 406 289
Minutes per game 16.2 16.1
FG 42-110 25-72
FG Pct 38.2 34.7
3PT 0-2 0-1
3PT Pct 0.0 0.0
FT 33-64 23-44
FT Pct 51.6 52.3
Off rebounds 24 12
Def rebounds 39 24
Total rebounds 63 36
Rebounds per game 2.5 2.0
Personal fouls 35 25
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 30 21
Turnovers 50 34
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.6
Steals 14 12
Blocks 1 1
Points 117 73
Points per game 4.7 4.1
Points per 40 min 11.5 10.1

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 13 at Olivet (Mich.) L, 64-50 1 18 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 4-5 80.0 8
Nov 16 at Findlay L, 87-40 - 13 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Nov 23 at St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 56-53 1 22 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 1-5 20.0 5
Nov 26 Ohio Northern L, 68-59 1 25 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 9
Dec 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-54 1 19 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Dec 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 69-56 1 29 7-13 53.8 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 17
Dec 7 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 53-43 1 24 4-10 40.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 12
Dec 14 Hanover (Ind.) L, 75-45 1 5 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 16 at Hiram L, 77-62 1 12 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 1-4 25.0 5
Dec 18 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 61-40 1 10 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 21 Kalamazoo W, 66-60 - 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 4 Franklin (Ind.) L, 77-64 - 22 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 7
Jan 8 Bluffton W, 55-50 - 9 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 1
Jan 11 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-46 - 12 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 15 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 54-40 - 15 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 18 Mt. St. Joseph W, 84-82 - 18 1-8 12.5 0-0 - 0-4 0.0 2
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 69-63 - 23 2-9 22.2 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 25 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-49 - 14 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 55-41 - 19 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 0-4 0.0 2
Feb 1 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 79-50 - 13 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51 - 15 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60 0 9 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58 - 22 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 11
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40 - 23 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 4
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67 - 12 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 3-3 100.0 9
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50 - 15 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 2-6 33.3 4

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 18 4 1 5 1 1 1 0
Nov 16 at Findlay L, 87-40 - 13 0 1 1 2 7 1 0
Nov 23 at St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 56-53 1 22 5 4 9 1 4 0 0
Nov 26 Ohio Northern L, 68-59 1 25 0 5 5 5 4 1 0
Dec 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-54 1 19 0 2 2 2 3 1 1
Dec 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 69-56 1 29 2 3 5 1 5 0 0
Dec 7 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 53-43 1 24 3 1 4 1 2 3 0
Dec 14 Hanover (Ind.) L, 75-45 1 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 16 at Hiram L, 77-62 1 12 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Dec 18 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 61-40 1 10 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Dec 21 Kalamazoo W, 66-60 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 4 Franklin (Ind.) L, 77-64 - 22 0 2 2 1 3 0 0
Jan 8 Bluffton W, 55-50 - 9 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
Jan 11 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-46 - 12 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
Jan 15 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 54-40 - 15 0 1 1 1 2 2 0
Jan 18 Mt. St. Joseph W, 84-82 - 18 2 1 3 2 2 3 0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 69-63 - 23 1 2 3 3 1 1 0
Jan 25 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-49 - 14 1 2 3 2 2 0 0
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 55-41 - 19 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
Feb 1 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 79-50 - 13 0 1 1 1 3 0 0
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51 - 15 1 0 1 2 2 0 0
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60 0 9 0 2 2 1 1 1 0
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58 - 22 1 0 1 0 4 0 0
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40 - 23 0 4 4 0 4 0 0
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67 - 12 0 2 2 1 0 1 0
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50 - 15 0 1 1 1 0 0 0

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 13 at Olivet (Mich.) L, 64-50 1 3 - 1.0
Nov 16 at Findlay L, 87-40 - 2 - 0.3
Nov 23 at St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 56-53 1 2 - 0.3
Nov 26 Ohio Northern L, 68-59 1 1 - 1.3
Dec 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-54 1 3 - 0.7
Dec 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 69-56 1 1 - 0.2
Dec 7 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 53-43 1 0 - 0.5
Dec 14 Hanover (Ind.) L, 75-45 1 0 - 0.0
Dec 16 at Hiram L, 77-62 1 3 - 1.0
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 - 1 - 0.3
Jan 8 Bluffton W, 55-50 - 4 - 2.0
Jan 11 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-46 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 15 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 54-40 - 1 - 0.5
Jan 18 Mt. St. Joseph W, 84-82 - 3 - 1.0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 69-63 - 1 - 3.0
Jan 25 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-49 - 1 - 1.0
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 55-41 - 0 - 1.0
Feb 1 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 79-50 - 1 - 0.3
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51 - 1 - 1.0
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60 0 1 0 1.0
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58 - 1 0 0.0
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67 - 4 - -
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50 - 2 - -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2017-18 22 11.7 1.2-4.0 0.0-0.5 1.2-1.7 3.6
2018-19 26 21.0 1.9-5.5 0.1-0.8 1.5-2.8 5.4
2019-20 25 16.2 1.7-4.4 0.0-0.1 1.3-2.6 4.7
2020-21 11 23.3 2.5-7.1 0.1-0.3 3.0-4.0 8.0
Total 84 17.5 1.7-5.0 0.0-0.5 1.6-2.6 5.1

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2017-18 22 - 258 27-89 30.3 0-12 0.0 26-37 70.3 80
2018-19 26 18 547 49-144 34.0 3-21 14.3 40-73 54.8 141
2019-20 25 9 406 42-110 38.2 0-2 0.0 33-64 51.6 117
2020-21 11 7 256 27-78 34.6 1-3 33.3 33-44 75.0 88
Total 84 34 1467 145-421 34.4 4-38 10.5 132-218 60.6 426

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2017-18 22 258 11.7 4.2-13.8 0.0-1.9 0.0 4.0-5.7 12.4
2018-19 26 547 21.0 3.6-10.5 0.2-1.5 14.3 2.9-5.3 10.3
2019-20 25 406 16.2 4.1-10.8 0.0-0.2 0.0 3.3-6.3 11.5
2020-21 11 256 23.3 4.2-12.2 0.2-0.5 33.3 5.2-6.9 13.8
Total 84 1467 17.5 4.0-11.5 0.1-1.0 10.5 3.6-5.9 11.6

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2017-18 22 0.7 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.7 0.9 0.0
2018-19 26 0.9 2.3 3.2 2.0 3.5 0.9 0.2
2019-20 25 1.0 1.6 2.5 1.2 2.0 0.6 0.0
2020-21 11 1.3 1.4 2.6 1.4 2.3 1.1 0.0
Total 84 0.9 1.5 2.4 1.4 2.4 0.8 0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2017-18 22 - 16 11 27 16 38 19 1
2018-19 26 18 23 60 83 53 90 23 5
2019-20 25 9 24 39 63 30 50 14 1
2020-21 11 7 14 15 29 15 25 12 0
Total 84 34 77 125 202 114 203 68 7

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2017-18 22 2.5 1.7 4.2 2.5 5.9 2.9 0.2
2018-19 26 1.7 4.4 6.1 3.9 6.6 1.7 0.4
2019-20 25 2.4 3.8 6.2 3.0 4.9 1.4 0.1
2020-21 11 2.2 2.3 4.5 2.3 3.9 1.9 0.0
Total 84 2.1 3.4 5.5 3.1 5.5 1.9 0.2

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 16.2 1.7-4.4 0.0-0.1 1.3-2.6 4.7
Conference 18 16.1 1.4-4.0 0.0-0.1 1.3-2.4 4.1
Exhibition 1 13.0 2.0-2.0 0.0-0.0 2.0-2.0 6.0
Location            
Home 11 15.7 1.2-3.5 0.0-0.1 1.0-2.1 3.4
Away 14 16.6 2.1-5.1 0.0-0.1 1.6-2.9 5.7
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 7 15.6 1.3-4.9 0.0-0.1 1.1-2.1 3.7
Losses 18 16.5 1.8-4.2 0.0-0.1 1.4-2.7 5.1
Month            
November 3 21.7 2.7-6.3 0.0-0.3 2.0-4.0 7.3
December 7 14.3 2.0-5.0 0.0-0.1 1.4-2.0 5.4
January 8 16.5 1.1-4.8 0.0-0.0 0.8-2.4 3.0
February 7 15.6 1.6-2.6 0.0-0.0 1.6-2.7 4.7

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 9 406 42-110 38.2 0-2 0.0 33-64 51.6 117
Conference 18 3 289 25-72 34.7 0-1 0.0 23-44 52.3 73
Exhibition 1 - 13 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 6
Location                    
Home 11 3 173 13-39 33.3 0-1 0.0 11-23 47.8 37
Away 14 6 233 29-71 40.8 0-1 0.0 22-41 53.7 80
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 7 2 109 9-34 26.5 0-1 0.0 8-15 53.3 26
Losses 18 7 297 33-76 43.4 0-1 0.0 25-49 51.0 91
Month                    
November 3 3 65 8-19 42.1 0-1 0.0 6-12 50.0 22
December 7 6 100 14-35 40.0 0-1 0.0 10-14 71.4 38
January 8 - 132 9-38 23.7 0-0 - 6-19 31.6 24
February 7 0 109 11-18 61.1 0-0 - 11-19 57.9 33

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 406 16.2 4.1-10.8 0.0-0.2 0.0 3.3-6.3 11.5
Conference 18 289 16.1 3.5-10.0 0.0-0.1 0.0 3.2-6.1 10.1
Exhibition 1 13 13.0 6.2-6.2 0.0-0.0 - 6.2-6.2 18.5
Location                
Home 11 173 15.7 3.0-9.0 0.0-0.2 0.0 2.5-5.3 8.6
Away 14 233 16.6 5.0-12.2 0.0-0.2 0.0 3.8-7.0 13.7
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 7 109 15.6 3.3-12.5 0.0-0.4 0.0 2.9-5.5 9.5
Losses 18 297 16.5 4.4-10.2 0.0-0.1 0.0 3.4-6.6 12.3
Month                
November 3 65 21.7 4.9-11.7 0.0-0.6 0.0 3.7-7.4 13.5
December 7 100 14.3 5.6-14.0 0.0-0.4 0.0 4.0-5.6 15.2
January 8 132 16.5 2.7-11.5 0.0-0.0 - 1.8-5.8 7.3
February 7 109 15.6 4.0-6.6 0.0-0.0 - 4.0-7.0 12.1

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 1.0 1.6 2.5 1.2 2.0 0.6 0.0
Conference 18 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.2 1.9 0.7 0.1
Exhibition 1 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 7.0 1.0 0.0
Location                
Home 11 0.5 1.7 2.2 1.6 2.2 0.5 0.1
Away 14 1.4 1.4 2.8 0.9 1.9 0.6 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 7 1.1 1.0 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.1 0.1
Losses 18 0.9 1.8 2.7 1.0 2.2 0.3 0.0
Month                
November 3 3.0 3.3 6.3 2.3 3.0 0.7 0.0
December 7 0.9 1.3 2.1 0.7 1.9 0.6 0.1
January 8 0.9 1.3 2.1 1.5 1.8 0.8 0.0
February 7 0.3 1.4 1.7 0.9 2.0 0.3 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 9 24 39 63 30 50 14 1
Conference 18 3 12 24 36 21 34 12 1
Exhibition 1 - 0 1 1 2 7 1 0
Location                  
Home 11 3 5 19 24 18 24 6 1
Away 14 6 19 20 39 12 26 8 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 7 2 8 7 15 12 11 8 1
Losses 18 7 16 32 48 18 39 6 0
Month                  
November 3 3 9 10 19 7 9 2 0
December 7 6 6 9 15 5 13 4 1
January 8 - 7 10 17 12 14 6 0
February 7 0 2 10 12 6 14 2 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 2.4 3.8 6.2 3.0 4.9 1.4 0.1
Conference 18 1.7 3.3 5.0 2.9 4.7 1.7 0.1
Exhibition 1 0.0 3.1 3.1 6.2 21.5 3.1 0.0
Location                
Home 11 1.2 4.4 5.5 4.2 5.5 1.4 0.2
Away 14 3.3 3.4 6.7 2.1 4.5 1.4 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 7 2.9 2.6 5.5 4.4 4.0 2.9 0.4
Losses 18 2.2 4.3 6.5 2.4 5.3 0.8 0.0
Month                
November 3 5.5 6.2 11.7 4.3 5.5 1.2 0.0
December 7 2.4 3.6 6.0 2.0 5.2 1.6 0.4
January 8 2.1 3.0 5.2 3.6 4.2 1.8 0.0
February 7 0.7 3.7 4.4 2.2 5.1 0.7 0.0

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