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Ben Kizel
24 Ben Kizel
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Short Hills, N.J.
  • High School:
    Millburn
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Business Management
  • gp
    27
  • pts/g
    7.4
  • fg %
    41.3
  • 3pt %
    40.6
  • ft %
    73.4
  • reb/g
    3.4
  • a/g
    3.0
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 8 at Salve Regina W, 73-48
Feb 11 Gordon L, 70-61
Feb 15 Curry W, 75-54
Feb 18 at Roger Williams W, 74-73
Feb 21 at Gordon W, 82-75
Feb 23 at Nichols L, 83-74
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 27 18
Games started 27 18
Minutes 798 538
Minutes per game 29.6 29.9
FG 64-155 48-109
FG Pct 41.3 44.0
3PT 26-64 19-40
3PT Pct 40.6 47.5
FT 47-64 28-36
FT Pct 73.4 77.8
Off rebounds 20 15
Def rebounds 71 49
Total rebounds 91 64
Rebounds per game 3.4 3.6
Personal fouls 60 40
Disqualifications 2 1
Assists 82 57
Turnovers 67 45
Assist to turnover ratio 1.2 1.3
Steals 33 22
Blocks 0 0
Points 201 143
Points per game 7.4 7.9
Points per 40 min 10.1 10.6
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 15 Emerson L, 73-57 1 19 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 4
Nov 16 Emmanuel W, 84-54 1 26 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Nov 22 at Lesley L, 85-78 1 36 1-7 14.3 0-3 0.0 5-8 62.5 7
Nov 30 Univ. of New England W, 44-40 1 34 1-6 16.7 1-4 25.0 2-3 66.7 5
Dec 3 at Nichols L, 80-67 1 34 3-8 37.5 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 7
Dec 6 at Eastern Nazarene L, 80-75 1 30 3-4 75.0 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 9
Dec 10 #5 Tufts L, 78-63 1 28 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 4
Dec 12 at Mount Ida L, 78-58 1 32 3-6 50.0 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 8
Dec 29 vs. DePauw L, 56-43 1 31 1-4 25.0 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 5
Dec 30 vs. Drew W, 84-80 1 35 4-7 57.1 1-3 33.3 5-7 71.4 14
Jan 3 at Endicott L, 76-67 1 26 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 2
Jan 5 Western New England W, 70-48 1 26 5-5 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 7 Roger Williams L, 69-66 1 33 3-7 42.9 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 9
Jan 11 at Curry W, 81-54 1 27 3-6 50.0 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 8
Jan 14 Salve Regina W, 78-61 1 30 5-6 83.3 1-1 100.0 2-3 66.7 13
Jan 17 at Gordon W, 86-78 1 32 4-5 80.0 2-2 100.0 2-3 66.7 12
Jan 21 Nichols W, 71-55 1 30 1-5 20.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 5
Jan 25 at Univ. of New England L, 72-58 1 34 4-10 40.0 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 28 Endicott L, 67-61 1 33 4-7 57.1 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 12
Jan 31 Eastern Nazarene W, 71-47 1 28 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 4 at Western New England W, 70-65 1 34 1-5 20.0 1-2 50.0 7-8 87.5 10
Feb 8 at Salve Regina W, 73-48 1 25 5-10 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 12
Feb 11 Gordon L, 70-61 1 32 2-7 28.6 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Feb 15 Curry W, 75-54 1 19 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 18 at Roger Williams W, 74-73 1 31 1-5 20.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Feb 21 at Gordon W, 82-75 1 24 2-5 40.0 1-3 33.3 5-6 83.3 10
Feb 23 at Nichols L, 83-74 1 29 2-6 33.3 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 15 Emerson L, 73-57 1 19 1 2 3 1 2 1 0
Nov 16 Emmanuel W, 84-54 1 26 0 5 5 2 1 2 0
Nov 22 at Lesley L, 85-78 1 36 1 2 3 4 4 2 0
Nov 30 Univ. of New England W, 44-40 1 34 4 3 7 0 4 1 0
Dec 3 at Nichols L, 80-67 1 34 2 3 5 4 6 2 0
Dec 6 at Eastern Nazarene L, 80-75 1 30 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
Dec 10 #5 Tufts L, 78-63 1 28 0 3 3 4 3 2 0
Dec 12 at Mount Ida L, 78-58 1 32 0 1 1 5 8 0 0
Dec 29 vs. DePauw L, 56-43 1 31 0 2 2 1 1 2 0
Dec 30 vs. Drew W, 84-80 1 35 1 6 7 2 1 1 0
Jan 3 at Endicott L, 76-67 1 26 0 4 4 1 2 0 0
Jan 5 Western New England W, 70-48 1 26 0 3 3 3 4 2 0
Jan 7 Roger Williams L, 69-66 1 33 2 5 7 2 2 0 0
Jan 11 at Curry W, 81-54 1 27 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Jan 14 Salve Regina W, 78-61 1 30 1 2 3 6 3 2 0
Jan 17 at Gordon W, 86-78 1 32 1 2 3 3 2 3 0
Jan 21 Nichols W, 71-55 1 30 0 0 0 3 2 1 0
Jan 25 at Univ. of New England L, 72-58 1 34 1 2 3 2 5 0 0
Jan 28 Endicott L, 67-61 1 33 0 3 3 5 2 0 0
Jan 31 Eastern Nazarene W, 71-47 1 28 1 1 2 2 2 2 0
Feb 4 at Western New England W, 70-65 1 34 1 4 5 3 3 2 0
Feb 8 at Salve Regina W, 73-48 1 25 2 2 4 4 1 1 0
Feb 11 Gordon L, 70-61 1 32 0 2 2 3 1 0 0
Feb 15 Curry W, 75-54 1 19 0 6 6 8 3 2 0
Feb 18 at Roger Williams W, 74-73 1 31 0 3 3 7 1 2 0
Feb 21 at Gordon W, 82-75 1 24 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
Feb 23 at Nichols L, 83-74 1 29 2 1 3 2 1 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 15 Emerson L, 73-57 1 0 - 0.5
Nov 16 Emmanuel W, 84-54 1 2 - 2.0
Nov 22 at Lesley L, 85-78 1 3 - 1.0
Nov 30 Univ. of New England W, 44-40 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 3 at Nichols L, 80-67 1 4 0 0.7
Dec 6 at Eastern Nazarene L, 80-75 1 4 - 0.0
Dec 10 #5 Tufts L, 78-63 1 3 - 1.3
Dec 12 at Mount Ida L, 78-58 1 1 0 0.6
Dec 29 vs. DePauw L, 56-43 1 1 - 1.0
Dec 30 vs. Drew W, 84-80 1 2 - 2.0
Jan 3 at Endicott L, 76-67 1 3 - 0.5
Jan 5 Western New England W, 70-48 1 3 - 0.8
Jan 7 Roger Williams L, 69-66 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 11 at Curry W, 81-54 1 0 - 1.0
Jan 14 Salve Regina W, 78-61 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 17 at Gordon W, 86-78 1 2 - 1.5
Jan 21 Nichols W, 71-55 1 2 - 1.5
Jan 25 at Univ. of New England L, 72-58 1 2 - 0.4
Jan 28 Endicott L, 67-61 1 3 - 2.5
Jan 31 Eastern Nazarene W, 71-47 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 4 at Western New England W, 70-65 1 0 - 1.0
Feb 8 at Salve Regina W, 73-48 1 1 - 4.0
Feb 11 Gordon L, 70-61 1 5 1 3.0
Feb 15 Curry W, 75-54 1 2 - 2.7
Feb 18 at Roger Williams W, 74-73 1 3 - 7.0
Feb 21 at Gordon W, 82-75 1 3 - 4.0
Feb 23 at Nichols L, 83-74 1 5 1 2.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2014-15 26 7.3 0.3-0.7 0.1-0.4 1.4-1.8 2.0
2015-16 26 24.0 1.1-3.0 0.5-1.7 2.3-2.7 5.0
2016-17 27 29.6 2.4-5.7 1.0-2.4 1.7-2.4 7.4
2017-18 26 30.9 2.2-6.7 1.6-4.5 1.8-2.3 7.9
Total 105 23.0 1.5-4.1 0.8-2.2 1.8-2.3 5.6

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2014-15 26 - 191 7-19 36.8 3-11 27.3 36-48 75.0 53
2015-16 26 22 624 28-78 35.9 13-43 30.2 61-71 85.9 130
2016-17 27 27 798 64-155 41.3 26-64 40.6 47-64 73.4 201
2017-18 26 25 804 58-175 33.1 42-116 36.2 47-59 79.7 205
Total 105 74 2417 157-427 36.8 84-234 35.9 191-242 78.9 589

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2014-15 26 191 7.3 1.5-4.0 0.6-2.3 27.3 7.5-10.1 11.1
2015-16 26 624 24.0 1.8-5.0 0.8-2.8 30.2 3.9-4.6 8.3
2016-17 27 798 29.6 3.2-7.8 1.3-3.2 40.6 2.4-3.2 10.1
2017-18 26 804 30.9 2.9-8.7 2.1-5.8 36.2 2.3-2.9 10.2
Total 105 2417 23.0 2.6-7.1 1.4-3.9 35.9 3.2-4.0 9.7

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2014-15 26 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.0
2015-16 26 0.4 2.6 3.0 2.4 1.8 0.8 0.0
2016-17 27 0.7 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.5 1.2 0.0
2017-18 26 0.6 2.1 2.7 2.8 2.0 0.7 0.1
Total 105 0.4 2.0 2.4 2.2 1.7 0.8 0.0

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2014-15 26 - 1 16 17 14 16 7 0
2015-16 26 22 10 68 78 63 47 21 0
2016-17 27 27 20 71 91 82 67 33 0
2017-18 26 25 16 54 70 72 51 19 2
Total 105 74 47 209 256 231 181 80 2

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2014-15 26 0.2 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.4 1.5 0.0
2015-16 26 0.6 4.4 5.0 4.0 3.0 1.3 0.0
2016-17 27 1.0 3.6 4.6 4.1 3.4 1.7 0.0
2017-18 26 0.8 2.7 3.5 3.6 2.5 0.9 0.1
Total 105 0.8 3.5 4.2 3.8 3.0 1.3 0.0

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 27 29.6 2.4-5.7 1.0-2.4 1.7-2.4 7.4
Conference 18 29.9 2.7-6.1 1.1-2.2 1.6-2.0 7.9
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 12 28.2 2.2-5.2 0.8-2.0 1.2-1.8 6.4
Away 13 30.3 2.5-6.2 1.1-2.5 1.9-2.6 8.1
Neutral 2 33.0 2.5-5.5 1.0-3.5 3.5-4.5 9.5
Result            
Wins 14 28.6 2.4-5.5 0.9-2.1 2.3-3.0 8.0
Losses 13 30.5 2.3-6.0 1.1-2.6 1.2-1.7 6.8
Month            
November 4 28.8 1.0-5.0 0.2-2.5 2.0-3.5 4.3
December 6 31.7 2.5-5.5 1.2-3.0 1.7-2.2 7.8
January 10 29.9 3.1-5.8 1.2-2.1 1.4-1.9 8.8
February 7 27.7 2.0-6.3 0.9-2.1 2.1-2.6 7.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 27 27 798 64-155 41.3 26-64 40.6 47-64 73.4 201
Conference 18 18 538 48-109 44.0 19-40 47.5 28-36 77.8 143
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 12 12 338 26-63 41.3 10-24 41.7 15-21 71.4 77
Away 13 13 394 33-81 40.7 14-33 42.4 25-34 73.5 105
Neutral 2 2 66 5-11 45.5 2-7 28.6 7-9 77.8 19
Result                    
Wins 14 14 401 34-77 44.2 12-30 40.0 32-42 76.2 112
Losses 13 13 397 30-78 38.5 14-34 41.2 15-22 68.2 89
Month                    
November 4 4 115 4-20 20.0 1-10 10.0 8-14 57.1 17
December 6 6 190 15-33 45.5 7-18 38.9 10-13 76.9 47
January 10 10 299 31-58 53.4 12-21 57.1 14-19 73.7 88
February 7 7 194 14-44 31.8 6-15 40.0 15-18 83.3 49

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 27 798 29.6 3.2-7.8 1.3-3.2 40.6 2.4-3.2 10.1
Conference 18 538 29.9 3.6-8.1 1.4-3.0 47.5 2.1-2.7 10.6
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 12 338 28.2 3.1-7.5 1.2-2.8 41.7 1.8-2.5 9.1
Away 13 394 30.3 3.4-8.2 1.4-3.4 42.4 2.5-3.5 10.7
Neutral 2 66 33.0 3.0-6.7 1.2-4.2 28.6 4.2-5.5 11.5
Result                
Wins 14 401 28.6 3.4-7.7 1.2-3.0 40.0 3.2-4.2 11.2
Losses 13 397 30.5 3.0-7.9 1.4-3.4 41.2 1.5-2.2 9.0
Month                
November 4 115 28.8 1.4-7.0 0.3-3.5 10.0 2.8-4.9 5.9
December 6 190 31.7 3.2-6.9 1.5-3.8 38.9 2.1-2.7 9.9
January 10 299 29.9 4.1-7.8 1.6-2.8 57.1 1.9-2.5 11.8
February 7 194 27.7 2.9-9.1 1.2-3.1 40.0 3.1-3.7 10.1

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 27 0.7 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.5 1.2 0.0
Conference 18 0.8 2.7 3.6 3.2 2.5 1.2 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 0.8 2.9 3.7 3.3 2.4 1.3 0.0
Away 13 0.8 2.2 2.9 3.1 2.8 1.2 0.0
Neutral 2 0.5 4.0 4.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.0
Result                
Wins 14 0.8 2.7 3.5 3.4 2.1 1.6 0.0
Losses 13 0.7 2.5 3.2 2.6 2.9 0.8 0.0
Month                
November 4 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.8 2.8 1.5 0.0
December 6 0.5 3.0 3.5 2.7 3.3 1.3 0.0
January 10 0.6 2.3 2.9 2.8 2.5 1.1 0.0
February 7 0.7 2.6 3.3 4.4 1.6 1.1 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 27 27 20 71 91 82 67 33 0
Conference 18 18 15 49 64 57 45 22 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 12 12 9 35 44 39 29 15 0
Away 13 13 10 28 38 40 36 15 0
Neutral 2 2 1 8 9 3 2 3 0
Result                  
Wins 14 14 11 38 49 48 29 22 0
Losses 13 13 9 33 42 34 38 11 0
Month                  
November 4 4 6 12 18 7 11 6 0
December 6 6 3 18 21 16 20 8 0
January 10 10 6 23 29 28 25 11 0
February 7 7 5 18 23 31 11 8 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 27 1.0 3.6 4.6 4.1 3.4 1.7 0.0
Conference 18 1.1 3.6 4.8 4.2 3.3 1.6 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 1.1 4.1 5.2 4.6 3.4 1.8 0.0
Away 13 1.0 2.8 3.9 4.1 3.7 1.5 0.0
Neutral 2 0.6 4.8 5.5 1.8 1.2 1.8 0.0
Result                
Wins 14 1.1 3.8 4.9 4.8 2.9 2.2 0.0
Losses 13 0.9 3.3 4.2 3.4 3.8 1.1 0.0
Month                
November 4 2.1 4.2 6.3 2.4 3.8 2.1 0.0
December 6 0.6 3.8 4.4 3.4 4.2 1.7 0.0
January 10 0.8 3.1 3.9 3.7 3.3 1.5 0.0
February 7 1.0 3.7 4.7 6.4 2.3 1.6 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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Knollmeyer, Kizel Earn Spots on NABC Honors Court

Rising seniors Sam Knollmeyer and Ben Kizel rack up academic awards as they are honored by the NABC

July 24, 2017

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Men's Basketball Cruises to Win Over Curry

Leopards lead nearly wire-to-wire in a 75-54 victory over the Colonels; Dan DeVaux scored 15 points in the win

February 15, 2017

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February 8, 2017

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January 28, 2017

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Leopards held to 32 percent shooting for the game in a 72-58 loss; Dan DeVaux scores 14 points for Wentworth

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Hot Shooting Lifts Men's Basketball to Second Straight Win

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January 5, 2017

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