McKenzie Cooper

10 McKenzie Cooper

Height:

5-7
Year:

Jr.
Hometown:

Greentown, Ind.
High School:

Eastern
Position:

G

gp

25
pts/g

5.5
fg %

28.9
3pt %

21.3
ft %

71.4
reb/g

3.6
a/g

1.0

Bio

Junior (2022-23): Played in all 25 games, one of four players to do so...Started the season-opener on Nov. 8 at Kenyon and was one of the first five for most of the year, making starts in 14 of 15 games between Dec. 10-Jan. 28...Recorded the third-most rebounds on the team (89) and led the squad on the glass in three games...Recorded a double-double in final game on Feb. 17 vs. Bluffton with a career-high 15 points and career-best 10 rebounds, which included the last point of the season with a free throw to put Defiance up 85-82 in double overtime with less than 1 second on the clock...Fifth on the team in scoring at 5.5 points per game...29 steals were tied for second-best on the team

Sophomore (2021-22): Played in 22 games ... Averaged 7.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game ... Tied for second on the team with 23 steals ... Scored at least 10 points in five games ... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in the season-opening victory over Adrian ... Named to the HCAC Academic All-Conference Team.

Freshman (2020-21): Played in six games while making two starts ... Averaged 4.7 points, 12.5 minutes, and 2.7 rebounds per game.

Prep: Eastern High School (2020) in Greentown, Ind... Four-year letterwinner in basketball at Eastern High School... Three-year letterwinner in volleyball and also lettered in softball... Four-time All-Conference honoree in basketball... Earned IBCA Honorable Mention accolades... Third All-time 1,000 point scorer and holds the 3 point record (174) at Eastern High School

Personal: Daughter of Duane and Lisa Cooper...Has a twin brother, Jacob... Born in Mansfield, Ohio... Majoring in business administration and sport management... Recipient of the Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce Business Scholarship and Community Health Network Sports Medicine Scholarship...Favorite teams are the Ohio State Buckeyes and Los Angeles Lakers…Favorite player is LeBron James

Single-Game Highs
Points: 15 (vs. Bluffton, 2/17/23)
Rebounds: 10 (vs. Bluffton, 2/17/23)
Assists: 5 (vs. Rose-Hulman, 2/12/22)
Steals: 4 (vs. Heidelberg, 1/1/22)
Blocks: 1 (10x)
FG Made: 6 (at Manchester, 12/1/21)
3FG Made: 3 (vs. Kalamazoo, 12/19/22)
FT Made: 6 (at Bluffton, 1/16/21)

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 4	at #2 Transylvania (Ky.)	L, 76-33
Feb 6	at Albion (Mich.)	L, 70-57
Feb 8	Anderson (Ind.)	L, 88-81
Feb 11	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)
Feb 14	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 71-58
Feb 17	Bluffton	W, 85-82

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	25	16
Games started	14	8
Minutes	457	301
Minutes per game	18.3	18.8
FG	50-173	33-112
FG Pct	28.9	29.5
3PT	13-61	5-31
3PT Pct	21.3	16.1
FT	25-35	16-23
FT Pct	71.4	69.6
Off rebounds	22	10
Def rebounds	67	44
Total rebounds	89	54
Rebounds per game	3.6	3.4
Personal fouls	48	37
Disqualifications	1	1
Assists	26	18
Turnovers	27	18
Assist to turnover ratio	1.0	1.0
Steals	29	19
Blocks	6	4
Points	138	87
Points per game	5.5	5.4
Points per 40 min	12.1	11.6

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 8	at Kenyon	L, 55-54	1	16	0-7	0.0	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	2
Nov 15	at Ohio Wesleyan	L, 67-43	-	12	1-6	16.7	0-4	0.0	1-2	50.0	3
Nov 20	at St. Mary's (Ind.)	W, 70-60	-	26	1-10	10.0	0-4	0.0	2-2	100.0	4
Nov 30	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 80-73	-	19	4-7	57.1	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	9
Dec 3	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 58-51	-	19	4-8	50.0	0-2	0.0	3-3	100.0	11
Dec 10	at Hanover (Ind.)	L, 68-54	1	22	3-8	37.5	1-4	25.0	1-2	50.0	8
Dec 13	at Adrian (Mich.)	W, 67-59	1	16	2-5	40.0	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	6
Dec 15	at Hiram	W, 68-54	1	17	2-7	28.6	1-4	25.0	1-1	100.0	6
Dec 18	Wooster	W, 66-40	1	18	3-6	50.0	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	8
Dec 19	Kalamazoo	W, 87-42	1	16	3-7	42.9	3-4	75.0	0-0	-	9
Dec 31	Mt. St. Joseph	W, 55-39	1	21	1-5	20.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	2
Jan 4	at Bluffton	L, 81-48	1	16	0-4	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	0
Jan 7	#3 Transylvania (Ky.)	L, 70-40	1	15	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 11	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 87-73	-	9	0-4	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 14	Rose-Hulman (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 14	Miami-Hamilton	L, 62-59	1	17	2-6	33.3	1-3	33.3	1-3	33.3	6
Jan 18	Earlham (Ind.)	L, 56-50	1	27	3-11	27.3	0-4	0.0	2-2	100.0	8
Jan 21	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 62-49	1	33	4-14	28.6	1-4	25.0	4-6	66.7	13
Jan 24	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 72-64	1	21	3-6	50.0	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	8
Jan 28	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 67-55	1	20	1-5	20.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	2
Feb 1	at Manchester (Ind.)	W, 90-63	-	5	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Feb 4	at #2 Transylvania (Ky.)	L, 76-33	-	17	1-5	20.0	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	2
Feb 6	at Albion (Mich.)	L, 70-57	-	18	3-7	42.9	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	7
Feb 8	Anderson (Ind.)	L, 88-81	-	11	2-8	25.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	4
Feb 11	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 14	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 71-58	-	15	2-7	28.6	0-2	0.0	1-2	50.0	5
Feb 17	Bluffton	W, 85-82	-	31	5-16	31.3	2-2	100.0	3-6	50.0	15

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 8	at Kenyon	L, 55-54	1	16	2	0	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 15	at Ohio Wesleyan	L, 67-43	-	12	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
Nov 20	at St. Mary's (Ind.)	W, 70-60	-	26	2	6	8	2	1	1	0
Nov 30	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 80-73	-	19	0	1	1	3	1	3	0
Dec 3	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 58-51	-	19	0	2	2	1	0	3	0
Dec 10	at Hanover (Ind.)	L, 68-54	1	22	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Dec 13	at Adrian (Mich.)	W, 67-59	1	16	2	0	2	1	1	1	0
Dec 15	at Hiram	W, 68-54	1	17	1	4	5	2	1	2	0
Dec 18	Wooster	W, 66-40	1	18	1	3	4	1	0	2	1
Dec 19	Kalamazoo	W, 87-42	1	16	0	5	5	1	0	1	0
Dec 31	Mt. St. Joseph	W, 55-39	1	21	0	3	3	0	0	1	0
Jan 4	at Bluffton	L, 81-48	1	16	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Jan 7	#3 Transylvania (Ky.)	L, 70-40	1	15	1	2	3	2	0	1	0
Jan 11	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 87-73	-	9	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Jan 14	Rose-Hulman (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 14	Miami-Hamilton	L, 62-59	1	17	1	4	5	0	3	1	0
Jan 18	Earlham (Ind.)	L, 56-50	1	27	0	3	3	1	4	3	0
Jan 21	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 62-49	1	33	1	6	7	1	1	3	0
Jan 24	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 72-64	1	21	1	1	2	1	4	2	0
Jan 28	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 67-55	1	20	0	7	7	1	1	0	1
Feb 1	at Manchester (Ind.)	W, 90-63	-	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
Feb 4	at #2 Transylvania (Ky.)	L, 76-33	-	17	0	1	1	3	0	0	1
Feb 6	at Albion (Mich.)	L, 70-57	-	18	2	1	3	0	1	1	1
Feb 8	Anderson (Ind.)	L, 88-81	-	11	1	2	3	0	1	0	0
Feb 11	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 14	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 71-58	-	15	1	4	5	1	2	1	1
Feb 17	Bluffton	W, 85-82	-	31	3	7	10	1	1	1	1

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 8	at Kenyon	L, 55-54	1	1	0	-
Nov 15	at Ohio Wesleyan	L, 67-43	-	2	0	0.0
Nov 20	at St. Mary's (Ind.)	W, 70-60	-	1	0	2.0
Nov 30	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 80-73	-	3	0	3.0
Dec 3	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 58-51	-	2	0	-
Dec 10	at Hanover (Ind.)	L, 68-54	1	4	0	-
Dec 13	at Adrian (Mich.)	W, 67-59	1	0	0	1.0
Dec 15	at Hiram	W, 68-54	1	0	0	2.0
Dec 18	Wooster	W, 66-40	1	1	0	-
Dec 19	Kalamazoo	W, 87-42	1	1	0	-
Dec 31	Mt. St. Joseph	W, 55-39	1	1	0	-
Jan 4	at Bluffton	L, 81-48	1	1	0	-
Jan 7	#3 Transylvania (Ky.)	L, 70-40	1	3	0	-
Jan 11	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 87-73	-	3	-	0.0
Jan 14	Rose-Hulman (Ind.)		-	-	-	-
Jan 14	Miami-Hamilton	L, 62-59	1	2	0	0.0
Jan 18	Earlham (Ind.)	L, 56-50	1	5	1	0.3
Jan 21	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 62-49	1	4	0	1.0
Jan 24	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 72-64	1	0	0	0.3
Jan 28	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 67-55	1	3	0	1.0
Feb 1	at Manchester (Ind.)	W, 90-63	-	1	0	0.0
Feb 4	at #2 Transylvania (Ky.)	L, 76-33	-	2	0	-
Feb 6	at Albion (Mich.)	L, 70-57	-	3	0	0.0
Feb 8	Anderson (Ind.)	L, 88-81	-	1	-	0.0
Feb 11	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)		-	-	-	-
Feb 14	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 71-58	-	0	0	0.5
Feb 17	Bluffton	W, 85-82	-	4	0	1.0

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2020-21	6	12.5	1.0-4.0	0.3-2.0	2.3-3.0	4.7
2021-22	22	19.5	2.4-6.2	1.0-2.8	1.4-1.6	7.1
2022-23	25	18.3	2.0-6.9	0.5-2.4	1.0-1.4	5.5
Total	53	18.2	2.0-6.3	0.7-2.5	1.3-1.7	6.1

Career Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2020-21	6	2	75	6-24	25.0	2-12	16.7	14-18	77.8	28
2021-22	22	0	430	52-136	38.2	22-62	35.5	30-36	83.3	156
2022-23	25	14	457	50-173	28.9	13-61	21.3	25-35	71.4	138
Total	53	16	962	108-333	32.4	37-135	27.4	69-89	77.5	322

Career Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2020-21	6	75	12.5	3.2-12.8	1.1-6.4	16.7	7.5-9.6	14.9
2021-22	22	430	19.5	4.8-12.7	2.0-5.8	35.5	2.8-3.3	14.5
2022-23	25	457	18.3	4.4-15.1	1.1-5.3	21.3	2.2-3.1	12.1
Total	53	962	18.2	4.5-13.8	1.5-5.6	27.4	2.9-3.7	13.4

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2020-21	6	0.8	1.8	2.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	0.2
2021-22	22	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.1
2022-23	25	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.0	1.1	1.2	0.2
Total	53	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.1	1.3	1.1	0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2020-21	6	2	5	11	16	2	8	6	1
2021-22	22	0	13	55	68	29	33	23	3
2022-23	25	14	22	67	89	26	27	29	6
Total	53	16	40	133	173	57	68	58	10

Career Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2020-21	6	2.7	5.9	8.5	1.1	4.3	3.2	0.5
2021-22	22	1.2	5.1	6.3	2.7	3.1	2.1	0.3
2022-23	25	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.3	2.4	2.5	0.5
Total	53	1.7	5.5	7.2	2.4	2.8	2.4	0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	25	18.3	2.0-6.9	0.5-2.4	1.0-1.4	5.5
Conference	16	18.8	2.1-7.0	0.3-1.9	1.0-1.4	5.4
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	11	19.5	2.5-7.5	0.8-2.2	0.8-1.3	6.7
Away	14	17.4	1.6-6.5	0.3-2.6	1.1-1.5	4.6
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	9	18.3	2.1-7.1	0.9-2.6	1.0-1.4	6.1
Losses	16	18.3	1.9-6.8	0.3-2.4	1.0-1.4	5.2
Month
November	4	18.3	1.5-7.5	0.2-3.0	1.2-1.5	4.5
December	7	18.4	2.6-6.6	1.0-3.0	1.0-1.1	7.1
January	8	19.8	1.6-6.6	0.2-2.0	1.1-1.6	4.6
February	6	16.2	2.2-7.3	0.5-2.0	0.7-1.3	5.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	25	14	457	50-173	28.9	13-61	21.3	25-35	71.4	138
Conference	16	8	301	33-112	29.5	5-31	16.1	16-23	69.6	87
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	11	7	214	28-82	34.1	9-24	37.5	9-14	64.3	74
Away	14	7	243	22-91	24.2	4-37	10.8	16-21	76.2	64
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	9	5	165	19-64	29.7	8-23	34.8	9-13	69.2	55
Losses	16	9	292	31-109	28.4	5-38	13.2	16-22	72.7	83
Month
November	4	1	73	6-30	20.0	1-12	8.3	5-6	83.3	18
December	7	6	129	18-46	39.1	7-21	33.3	7-8	87.5	50
January	8	7	158	13-53	24.5	2-16	12.5	9-13	69.2	37
February	6	-	97	13-44	29.5	3-12	25.0	4-8	50.0	33

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	25	457	18.3	4.4-15.1	1.1-5.3	21.3	2.2-3.1	12.1
Conference	16	301	18.8	4.4-14.9	0.7-4.1	16.1	2.1-3.1	11.6
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	11	214	19.5	5.2-15.3	1.7-4.5	37.5	1.7-2.6	13.8
Away	14	243	17.4	3.6-15.0	0.7-6.1	10.8	2.6-3.5	10.5
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	9	165	18.3	4.6-15.5	1.9-5.6	34.8	2.2-3.2	13.3
Losses	16	292	18.3	4.2-14.9	0.7-5.2	13.2	2.2-3.0	11.4
Month
November	4	73	18.3	3.3-16.4	0.5-6.6	8.3	2.7-3.3	9.9
December	7	129	18.4	5.6-14.3	2.2-6.5	33.3	2.2-2.5	15.5
January	8	158	19.8	3.3-13.4	0.5-4.1	12.5	2.3-3.3	9.4
February	6	97	16.2	5.4-18.1	1.2-4.9	25.0	1.6-3.3	13.6

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	25	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.0	1.1	1.2	0.2
Conference	16	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.3
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	11	0.6	3.5	4.2	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.3
Away	14	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.2
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	9	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.3
Losses	16	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.2
Month
November	4	1.3	1.8	3.0	1.5	1.0	1.3	0.0
December	7	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.0	0.3	1.6	0.1
January	8	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.0	1.8	1.3	0.1
February	6	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.7

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	25	14	22	67	89	26	27	29	6
Conference	16	8	10	44	54	18	18	19	4
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	11	7	7	39	46	11	11	16	3
Away	14	7	15	28	43	15	16	13	3
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	9	5	11	32	43	9	8	10	3
Losses	16	9	11	35	46	17	19	19	3
Month
November	4	1	5	7	12	6	4	5	0
December	7	6	4	18	22	7	2	11	1
January	8	7	5	27	32	8	14	10	1
February	6	-	8	15	23	5	7	3	4

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	25	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.3	2.4	2.5	0.5
Conference	16	1.3	5.8	7.2	2.4	2.4	2.5	0.5
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	11	1.3	7.3	8.6	2.1	2.1	3.0	0.6
Away	14	2.5	4.6	7.1	2.5	2.6	2.1	0.5
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	9	2.7	7.8	10.4	2.2	1.9	2.4	0.7
Losses	16	1.5	4.8	6.3	2.3	2.6	2.6	0.4
Month
November	4	2.7	3.8	6.6	3.3	2.2	2.7	0.0
December	7	1.2	5.6	6.8	2.2	0.6	3.4	0.3
January	8	1.3	6.8	8.1	2.0	3.5	2.5	0.3
February	6	3.3	6.2	9.5	2.1	2.9	1.2	1.6