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34 Nysha Speed
Nysha Speed
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Sterling Heights, Mich.
  • High School:
    L'Anse Creuse North
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Psychology, Social Work
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    3.5
  • fg %
    34.4
  • 3pt %
    25.0
  • ft %
    58.1
  • reb/g
    2.9
  • a/g
    0.5

Bio

Freshman (2018-19): Played in all 27 games including one start ... Recorded a 43.0 percent (40-of-93) field goal percentage ... Hit 8-of-22 three point attempts (36.4%) ... Sunk 25-of-37 (67.6%) shots from the charity stripe ... Reeled in 63 rebounds in her 355 minutes of action ... Dished out 17 assists while grabbing 13 steals. 

Prep: Four-year letter winner in basketball and track and field while at L'Anse Creuse High School North ... Earned All-East Detroit Second Team honors ... All-County Fourth Team. 

Personal: Daughter of Tammy Johnson ... Majoring in psychology and 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 25 18
Games started 23 17
Minutes 409 294
Minutes per game 16.4 16.3
FG 33-96 25-64
FG Pct 34.4 39.1
3PT 4-16 3-8
3PT Pct 25.0 37.5
FT 18-31 13-23
FT Pct 58.1 56.5
Off rebounds 33 21
Def rebounds 40 33
Total rebounds 73 54
Rebounds per game 2.9 3.0
Personal fouls 44 31
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 12 11
Turnovers 46 30
Assist to turnover ratio 0.3 0.4
Steals 12 7
Blocks 5 3
Points 88 66
Points per game 3.5 3.7
Points per 40 min 8.6 9.0

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 13 at Olivet (Mich.) L, 64-50 - 16 1-8 12.5 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 16 at Findlay L, 87-40 - 11 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 23 at St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 56-53 1 20 1-6 16.7 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 4
Nov 26 Ohio Northern L, 68-59 1 17 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Dec 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-54 1 12 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Dec 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 69-56 1 10 2-5 40.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 4
Dec 7 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 53-43 1 15 3-5 60.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 8
Dec 14 Hanover (Ind.) L, 75-45 1 11 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 16 at Hiram L, 77-62 1 22 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 7
Dec 18 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 61-40 1 14 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 21 Kalamazoo W, 66-60 1 16 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 4 Franklin (Ind.) L, 77-64 1 12 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 8 Bluffton W, 55-50 1 21 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 11 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-46 1 21 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 15 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 54-40 1 22 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Jan 18 Mt. St. Joseph W, 84-82 1 13 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 3
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 69-63 1 19 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 25 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-49 1 6 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 55-41 1 19 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Feb 1 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 79-50 1 9 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51 1 29 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 3-6 50.0 9
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60 1 18 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58 1 20 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40 1 15 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67 1 20 3-5 60.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 6
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50 - 12 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 3-3 100.0 7

Game Log - Ball control

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

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 13 at Olivet (Mich.) L, 64-50 - 3 - 0.0
Nov 16 at Findlay L, 87-40 - 2 - 0.0
Nov 23 at St. Mary's (Ind.) L, 56-53 1 3 - 0.1
Nov 26 Ohio Northern L, 68-59 1 1 - 0.0
Dec 3 Anderson (Ind.) W, 56-54 1 1 - 0.0
Dec 4 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 69-56 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 7 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 53-43 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 14 Hanover (Ind.) L, 75-45 1 1 - 0.0
Dec 16 at Hiram L, 77-62 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 18 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 61-40 1 1 - 0.0
Dec 21 Kalamazoo W, 66-60 1 1 - 0.0
Jan 4 Franklin (Ind.) L, 77-64 1 4 - 0.0
Jan 8 Bluffton W, 55-50 1 4 - 0.3
Jan 11 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 75-46 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 15 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 54-40 1 2 - -
Jan 18 Mt. St. Joseph W, 84-82 1 0 - 1.0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 69-63 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 25 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 86-49 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 29 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 55-41 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 1 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 79-50 1 0 - 0.0
Feb 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 64-51 1 0 - 0.0
Feb 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-60 1 1 0 1.0
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 64-58 1 2 0 0.7
Feb 15 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 46-40 1 3 - -
Feb 19 at Bluffton L, 75-67 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 22 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 84-50 - 1 - 0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 27 13.1 1.5-3.4 0.3-0.8 0.9-1.4 4.2
2019-20 25 16.4 1.3-3.8 0.2-0.6 0.7-1.2 3.5
2020-21 9 14.7 2.2-4.9 0.2-1.0 0.6-1.1 5.2
2021-22 22 24.5 4.2-9.3 0.2-0.8 2.8-3.9 11.5
Total 83 17.3 2.2-5.3 0.2-0.8 1.3-2.0 6.0

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 27 1 355 40-93 43.0 8-22 36.4 25-37 67.6 113
2019-20 25 23 409 33-96 34.4 4-16 25.0 18-31 58.1 88
2020-21 9 0 132 20-44 45.5 2-9 22.2 5-10 50.0 47
2021-22 22 20 540 93-204 45.6 5-17 29.4 61-86 70.9 252
Total 83 44 1436 186-437 42.6 19-64 29.7 109-164 66.5 500

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 27 355 13.1 4.5-10.5 0.9-2.5 36.4 2.8-4.2 12.7
2019-20 25 409 16.4 3.2-9.4 0.4-1.6 25.0 1.8-3.0 8.6
2020-21 9 132 14.7 6.1-13.3 0.6-2.7 22.2 1.5-3.0 14.2
2021-22 22 540 24.5 6.9-15.1 0.4-1.3 29.4 4.5-6.4 18.7
Total 83 1436 17.3 5.2-12.2 0.5-1.8 29.7 3.0-4.6 13.9

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 27 1.1 1.2 2.3 0.6 1.4 0.5 0.0
2019-20 25 1.3 1.6 2.9 0.5 1.8 0.5 0.2
2020-21 9 1.6 1.9 3.4 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.0
2021-22 22 4.2 4.0 8.2 1.2 1.9 1.2 0.0
Total 83 2.1 2.1 4.2 0.7 1.6 0.7 0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2018-19 27 1 31 32 63 17 39 13 1
2019-20 25 23 33 40 73 12 46 12 5
2020-21 9 0 14 17 31 2 9 5 0
2021-22 22 20 93 87 180 27 41 27 1
Total 83 44 171 176 347 58 135 57 7

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 27 3.5 3.6 7.1 1.9 4.4 1.5 0.1
2019-20 25 3.2 3.9 7.1 1.2 4.5 1.2 0.5
2020-21 9 4.2 5.2 9.4 0.6 2.7 1.5 0.0
2021-22 22 6.9 6.4 13.3 2.0 3.0 2.0 0.1
Total 83 4.8 4.9 9.7 1.6 3.8 1.6 0.2

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 16.4 1.3-3.8 0.2-0.6 0.7-1.2 3.5
Conference 18 16.3 1.4-3.6 0.2-0.4 0.7-1.3 3.7
Exhibition 1 11.0 0.0-2.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location            
Home 11 15.8 1.1-2.7 0.1-0.5 0.9-1.5 3.2
Away 14 16.8 1.5-4.7 0.2-0.8 0.6-1.0 3.8
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 7 17.9 1.6-3.3 0.4-0.7 1.1-1.9 4.7
Losses 18 15.8 1.2-4.1 0.1-0.6 0.6-1.0 3.1
Month            
November 3 17.7 0.7-5.3 0.3-2.0 0.7-1.3 2.3
December 7 14.3 1.6-4.0 0.4-0.9 0.4-0.6 4.0
January 8 16.6 1.0-3.2 0.0-0.2 0.6-1.1 2.6
February 7 17.6 1.7-3.7 0.0-0.3 1.1-2.0 4.6

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 23 409 33-96 34.4 4-16 25.0 18-31 58.1 88
Conference 18 17 294 25-64 39.1 3-8 37.5 13-23 56.5 66
Exhibition 1 - 11 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 11 174 12-30 40.0 1-5 20.0 10-17 58.8 35
Away 14 12 235 21-66 31.8 3-11 27.3 8-14 57.1 53
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 7 7 125 11-23 47.8 3-5 60.0 8-13 61.5 33
Losses 18 16 284 22-73 30.1 1-11 9.1 10-18 55.6 55
Month                    
November 3 2 53 2-16 12.5 1-6 16.7 2-4 50.0 7
December 7 7 100 11-28 39.3 3-6 50.0 3-4 75.0 28
January 8 8 133 8-26 30.8 0-2 0.0 5-9 55.6 21
February 7 6 123 12-26 46.2 0-2 0.0 8-14 57.1 32

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 409 16.4 3.2-9.4 0.4-1.6 25.0 1.8-3.0 8.6
Conference 18 294 16.3 3.4-8.7 0.4-1.1 37.5 1.8-3.1 9.0
Exhibition 1 11 11.0 0.0-7.3 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 11 174 15.8 2.8-6.9 0.2-1.1 20.0 2.3-3.9 8.0
Away 14 235 16.8 3.6-11.2 0.5-1.9 27.3 1.4-2.4 9.0
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 7 125 17.9 3.5-7.4 1.0-1.6 60.0 2.6-4.2 10.6
Losses 18 284 15.8 3.1-10.3 0.1-1.5 9.1 1.4-2.5 7.7
Month                
November 3 53 17.7 1.5-12.1 0.8-4.5 16.7 1.5-3.0 5.3
December 7 100 14.3 4.4-11.2 1.2-2.4 50.0 1.2-1.6 11.2
January 8 133 16.6 2.4-7.8 0.0-0.6 0.0 1.5-2.7 6.3
February 7 123 17.6 3.9-8.5 0.0-0.7 0.0 2.6-4.6 10.4

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 1.3 1.6 2.9 0.5 1.8 0.5 0.2
Conference 18 1.2 1.8 3.0 0.6 1.7 0.4 0.2
Exhibition 1 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 11 1.3 1.5 2.7 0.5 1.8 0.5 0.2
Away 14 1.4 1.7 3.1 0.5 1.9 0.4 0.2
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 7 1.6 2.1 3.7 0.9 1.7 1.0 0.3
Losses 18 1.2 1.4 2.6 0.3 1.9 0.3 0.2
Month                
November 3 1.3 1.0 2.3 0.3 3.7 1.0 0.7
December 7 1.6 0.7 2.3 0.1 1.3 0.7 0.0
January 8 1.5 1.6 3.1 0.9 1.9 0.1 0.3
February 7 0.9 2.7 3.6 0.4 1.6 0.4 0.1

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 23 33 40 73 12 46 12 5
Conference 18 17 21 33 54 11 30 7 3
Exhibition 1 - 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Location                  
Home 11 11 14 16 30 5 20 6 2
Away 14 12 19 24 43 7 26 6 3
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 7 7 11 15 26 6 12 7 2
Losses 18 16 22 25 47 6 34 5 3
Month                  
November 3 2 4 3 7 1 11 3 2
December 7 7 11 5 16 1 9 5 0
January 8 8 12 13 25 7 15 1 2
February 7 6 6 19 25 3 11 3 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 3.2 3.9 7.1 1.2 4.5 1.2 0.5
Conference 18 2.9 4.5 7.3 1.5 4.1 1.0 0.4
Exhibition 1 0.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 11 3.2 3.7 6.9 1.1 4.6 1.4 0.5
Away 14 3.2 4.1 7.3 1.2 4.4 1.0 0.5
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 7 3.5 4.8 8.3 1.9 3.8 2.2 0.6
Losses 18 3.1 3.5 6.6 0.8 4.8 0.7 0.4
Month                
November 3 3.0 2.3 5.3 0.8 8.3 2.3 1.5
December 7 4.4 2.0 6.4 0.4 3.6 2.0 0.0
January 8 3.6 3.9 7.5 2.1 4.5 0.3 0.6
February 7 2.0 6.2 8.1 1.0 3.6 1.0 0.3

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