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Ben Kizel
24 Ben Kizel
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Short Hills, N.J.
  • High School:
    Millburn
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Business Management
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    7.9
  • fg %
    33.1
  • 3pt %
    36.2
  • ft %
    79.7
  • reb/g
    2.7
  • a/g
    2.8
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 3 Roger Williams L, 72-58
Feb 6 Univ. of New England L, 82-80
Feb 10 at Endicott L, 69-56
Feb 13 Western New England W, 67-64
Feb 17 at Nichols L, 81-72
Feb 20 at Endicott L, 83-74
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 26 18
Games started 25 18
Minutes 804 553
Minutes per game 30.9 30.7
FG 58-175 37-121
FG Pct 33.1 30.6
3PT 42-116 27-78
3PT Pct 36.2 34.6
FT 47-59 39-47
FT Pct 79.7 83.0
Off rebounds 16 13
Def rebounds 54 40
Total rebounds 70 53
Rebounds per game 2.7 2.9
Personal fouls 59 40
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 72 56
Turnovers 51 33
Assist to turnover ratio 1.4 1.7
Steals 19 12
Blocks 2 2
Points 205 140
Points per game 7.9 7.8
Points per 40 min 10.2 10.1
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 12 at Northeastern L, 83-49 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Framingham State W, 61-45 - 24 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 17 vs. New England College W, 72-67 1 32 2-6 33.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 18 at #8 Middlebury L, 74-58 1 34 3-6 50.0 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 9
Nov 21 Lesley L, 72-63 1 35 3-9 33.3 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 9
Nov 29 at Curry W, 58-49 1 22 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
Dec 2 Eastern Nazarene W, 71-54 1 22 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Dec 5 Salve Regina W, 77-72 1 34 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 4-6 66.7 7
Dec 7 at Emmanuel W, 60-56 1 31 1-6 16.7 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 3
Dec 9 Mount Ida W, 72-65 1 29 7-11 63.6 4-8 50.0 2-3 66.7 20
Dec 14 at Wheelock W, 76-64 1 35 3-5 60.0 2-3 66.7 4-7 57.1 12
Jan 6 Endicott L, 76-56 1 26 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Jan 9 Gordon L, 77-66 1 34 3-9 33.3 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 9
Jan 11 at Univ. of New England W, 97-89 1 36 6-11 54.5 3-5 60.0 9-11 81.8 24
Jan 13 Nichols L, 72-65 1 37 1-7 14.3 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 5
Jan 16 at Western New England W, 72-71 1 37 6-11 54.5 5-10 50.0 2-2 100.0 19
Jan 18 at Roger Williams W, 66-60 1 28 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 6
Jan 20 at Salve Regina W, 53-50 1 29 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 4
Jan 24 Curry W, 62-58 1 34 0-9 0.0 0-5 0.0 6-6 100.0 6
Jan 27 at Eastern Nazarene L, 68-65 1 32 1-9 11.1 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 3
Jan 30 at Gordon L, 83-62 1 27 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 6
Feb 3 Roger Williams L, 72-58 1 34 2-10 20.0 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 6
Feb 6 Univ. of New England L, 82-80 1 26 3-5 60.0 1-2 50.0 9-10 90.0 16
Feb 10 at Endicott L, 69-56 1 25 2-7 28.6 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 6
Feb 13 Western New England W, 67-64 1 39 2-8 25.0 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 5
Feb 17 at Nichols L, 81-72 1 31 2-7 28.6 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 7
Feb 20 at Endicott L, 83-74 1 31 2-7 28.6 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 7
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 12 at Northeastern L, 83-49 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Framingham State W, 61-45 - 24 0 1 1 2 1 0 0
Nov 17 vs. New England College W, 72-67 1 32 0 1 1 2 4 2 0
Nov 18 at #8 Middlebury L, 74-58 1 34 1 2 3 2 2 1 0
Nov 21 Lesley L, 72-63 1 35 1 1 2 3 3 1 0
Nov 29 at Curry W, 58-49 1 22 1 2 3 2 2 0 0
Dec 2 Eastern Nazarene W, 71-54 1 22 1 1 2 4 0 1 0
Dec 5 Salve Regina W, 77-72 1 34 0 8 8 4 1 1 1
Dec 7 at Emmanuel W, 60-56 1 31 0 3 3 0 4 0 0
Dec 9 Mount Ida W, 72-65 1 29 1 1 2 2 2 0 0
Dec 14 at Wheelock W, 76-64 1 35 0 4 4 2 2 3 0
Jan 6 Endicott L, 76-56 1 26 0 1 1 6 3 1 0
Jan 9 Gordon L, 77-66 1 34 3 1 4 4 3 1 0
Jan 11 at Univ. of New England W, 97-89 1 36 0 5 5 1 4 3 0
Jan 13 Nichols L, 72-65 1 37 0 2 2 3 0 0 0
Jan 16 at Western New England W, 72-71 1 37 1 4 5 4 1 0 0
Jan 18 at Roger Williams W, 66-60 1 28 0 1 1 4 3 0 1
Jan 20 at Salve Regina W, 53-50 1 29 0 2 2 3 1 1 0
Jan 24 Curry W, 62-58 1 34 3 1 4 5 2 1 0
Jan 27 at Eastern Nazarene L, 68-65 1 32 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
Jan 30 at Gordon L, 83-62 1 27 1 1 2 1 3 0 0
Feb 3 Roger Williams L, 72-58 1 34 0 4 4 5 1 0 0
Feb 6 Univ. of New England L, 82-80 1 26 2 0 2 4 1 1 0
Feb 10 at Endicott L, 69-56 1 25 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
Feb 13 Western New England W, 67-64 1 39 0 4 4 1 2 1 0
Feb 17 at Nichols L, 81-72 1 31 1 2 3 2 2 0 0
Feb 20 at Endicott L, 83-74 1 31 0 1 1 3 0 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 12 at Northeastern L, 83-49 - - - -
Nov 15 at Framingham State W, 61-45 - 2 - 2.0
Nov 17 vs. New England College W, 72-67 1 1 - 0.5
Nov 18 at #8 Middlebury L, 74-58 1 3 - 1.0
Nov 21 Lesley L, 72-63 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 29 at Curry W, 58-49 1 4 - 1.0
Dec 2 Eastern Nazarene W, 71-54 1 1 - -
Dec 5 Salve Regina W, 77-72 1 4 - 4.0
Dec 7 at Emmanuel W, 60-56 1 3 0 0.0
Dec 9 Mount Ida W, 72-65 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 14 at Wheelock W, 76-64 1 4 0 1.0
Jan 6 Endicott L, 76-56 1 2 - 2.0
Jan 9 Gordon L, 77-66 1 4 - 1.3
Jan 11 at Univ. of New England W, 97-89 1 1 - 0.3
Jan 13 Nichols L, 72-65 1 3 - -
Jan 16 at Western New England W, 72-71 1 1 - 4.0
Jan 18 at Roger Williams W, 66-60 1 3 0 1.3
Jan 20 at Salve Regina W, 53-50 1 3 - 3.0
Jan 24 Curry W, 62-58 1 0 - 2.5
Jan 27 at Eastern Nazarene L, 68-65 1 1 - 1.5
Jan 30 at Gordon L, 83-62 1 1 - 0.3
Feb 3 Roger Williams L, 72-58 1 2 - 5.0
Feb 6 Univ. of New England L, 82-80 1 4 - 4.0
Feb 10 at Endicott L, 69-56 1 3 - 0.0
Feb 13 Western New England W, 67-64 1 0 - 0.5
Feb 17 at Nichols L, 81-72 1 3 0 1.0
Feb 20 at Endicott L, 83-74 1 2 - -
  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 26 30.9 2.2-6.7 1.6-4.5 1.8-2.3 7.9
Conference 18 30.7 2.1-6.7 1.5-4.3 2.2-2.6 7.8
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 11 31.8 2.3-7.1 1.6-4.7 2.1-2.5 8.3
Away 14 30.1 2.2-6.5 1.6-4.3 1.7-2.3 7.8
Neutral 1 32.0 2.0-6.0 1.0-4.0 0.0-0.0 5.0
Result            
Wins 14 30.9 2.4-6.4 1.6-4.4 2.1-2.8 8.5
Losses 12 31.0 2.0-7.2 1.7-4.6 1.5-1.7 7.2
Month            
November 5 29.4 1.8-6.0 1.6-4.4 0.0-0.0 5.2
December 5 30.2 2.8-5.6 1.8-4.2 2.0-3.2 9.4
January 10 32.0 2.2-7.3 1.6-4.5 2.5-2.9 8.5
February 6 31.0 2.2-7.3 1.5-4.7 2.0-2.3 7.8

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 26 25 804 58-175 33.1 42-116 36.2 47-59 79.7 205
Conference 18 18 553 37-121 30.6 27-78 34.6 39-47 83.0 140
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 11 350 25-78 32.1 18-52 34.6 23-27 85.2 91
Away 14 13 422 31-91 34.1 23-60 38.3 24-32 75.0 109
Neutral 1 1 32 2-6 33.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Result                    
Wins 14 13 432 34-89 38.2 22-61 36.1 29-39 74.4 119
Losses 12 12 372 24-86 27.9 20-55 36.4 18-20 90.0 86
Month                    
November 5 4 147 9-30 30.0 8-22 36.4 0-0 - 26
December 5 5 151 14-28 50.0 9-21 42.9 10-16 62.5 47
January 10 10 320 22-73 30.1 16-45 35.6 25-29 86.2 85
February 6 6 186 13-44 29.5 9-28 32.1 12-14 85.7 47

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 26 804 30.9 2.9-8.7 2.1-5.8 36.2 2.3-2.9 10.2
Conference 18 553 30.7 2.7-8.8 2.0-5.6 34.6 2.8-3.4 10.1
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 11 350 31.8 2.9-8.9 2.1-5.9 34.6 2.6-3.1 10.4
Away 14 422 30.1 2.9-8.6 2.2-5.7 38.3 2.3-3.0 10.3
Neutral 1 32 32.0 2.5-7.5 1.2-5.0 25.0 0.0-0.0 6.3
Result                
Wins 14 432 30.9 3.1-8.2 2.0-5.6 36.1 2.7-3.6 11.0
Losses 12 372 31.0 2.6-9.2 2.2-5.9 36.4 1.9-2.2 9.2
Month                
November 5 147 29.4 2.4-8.2 2.2-6.0 36.4 0.0-0.0 7.1
December 5 151 30.2 3.7-7.4 2.4-5.6 42.9 2.6-4.2 12.5
January 10 320 32.0 2.8-9.1 2.0-5.6 35.6 3.1-3.6 10.6
February 6 186 31.0 2.8-9.5 1.9-6.0 32.1 2.6-3.0 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 26 0.6 2.1 2.7 2.8 2.0 0.7 0.1
Conference 18 0.7 2.2 2.9 3.1 1.8 0.7 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 1.0 2.2 3.2 3.7 1.6 0.7 0.1
Away 14 0.4 2.1 2.4 2.1 2.1 0.6 0.1
Neutral 1 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 14 0.5 2.7 3.2 2.6 2.1 0.9 0.1
Losses 12 0.8 1.3 2.1 3.0 1.8 0.5 0.0
Month                
November 5 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.2 2.4 0.8 0.0
December 5 0.4 3.4 3.8 2.4 1.8 1.0 0.2
January 10 0.8 1.8 2.6 3.4 2.2 0.7 0.1
February 6 0.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 1.3 0.5 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 26 25 16 54 70 72 51 19 2
Conference 18 18 13 40 53 56 33 12 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 11 11 11 24 35 41 18 8 1
Away 14 13 5 29 34 29 29 9 1
Neutral 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 0
Result                  
Wins 14 13 7 38 45 36 29 13 2
Losses 12 12 9 16 25 36 22 6 0
Month                  
November 5 4 3 7 10 11 12 4 0
December 5 5 2 17 19 12 9 5 1
January 10 10 8 18 26 34 22 7 1
February 6 6 3 12 15 15 8 3 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 26 0.8 2.7 3.5 3.6 2.5 0.9 0.1
Conference 18 0.9 2.9 3.8 4.1 2.4 0.9 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 1.3 2.7 4.0 4.7 2.1 0.9 0.1
Away 14 0.5 2.7 3.2 2.7 2.7 0.9 0.1
Neutral 1 0.0 1.3 1.3 2.5 5.0 2.5 0.0
Result                
Wins 14 0.6 3.5 4.2 3.3 2.7 1.2 0.2
Losses 12 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.9 2.4 0.6 0.0
Month                
November 5 0.8 1.9 2.7 3.0 3.3 1.1 0.0
December 5 0.5 4.5 5.0 3.2 2.4 1.3 0.3
January 10 1.0 2.3 3.3 4.3 2.8 0.9 0.1
February 6 0.6 2.6 3.2 3.2 1.7 0.6 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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