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Ryan Bruns
  • Height:
    6-8
  • Weight:
    225
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Chickasaw
  • High School:
    Marion Local
  • Position:
    C
  • Major:
    Civil Engineering
  • Letters Won:
    **
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    24.0
  • fg %
    57.8
  • 3pt %
    37.8
  • ft %
    79.5
  • reb/g
    8.7
  • a/g
    1.0

Bio

Overview: Ryan  is a two-year starter at center, appearing in 49 games with 36 starts ... Was named 2nd Team All-OAC as a sophomore ... Ranks fifth all-time in Polar Bear history with 124 career blocked shots ... Owns ONU's freshman (58) and sophomore (68) single-season records for blocked shots ... Has scored 561 career points and grabbed 286 career rebounds ... Has scored in double figures 37 times, has scored 20 or more points in 4 games and has 8 double-doubles in his career.

Sophomore Season (2016-17): Started 23 of 24 games at center ... Named 2nd Team All-OAC ... Led the team in rebounding at 7.5 rpg ... Led the team and the OAC and set a new ONU sophomore record with 66 blocked shots ... Scored a career-high 29 points in ONU's OAC Tournament loss to BW on 2/21/17 ... Scored in double figures 21 times and had 7 double-doubles ... Wore uniform #24.

Freshman Season (2015-16): Appeared in 25 games, making 12 starts ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 9.9 ppg ... Led the team with 2.3 blocks per game ... Ranked 29th nationally for total blocks ... One of only two freshman in the country in the top 30 for total blocks ... Set an ONU freshman record with 58 blocked shots ... Posted a season-high 20 points on 11/24/15 in 93-83 victory over Defiance ... Scored in double figures 16 times and had a double-double in his first collegiate game on 11/14/16 against Alma (Mich.) ... Wore uniform #54.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 10 #24 John Carroll L, 90-80
Feb 14 at Otterbein W, 82-68
Feb 17 Marietta L, 88-68
Feb 20 Capital W, 81-60
Feb 22 at #24 Marietta W, 94-88
Feb 24 at John Carroll L, 94-77
  Total Conference
Games 25 16
Games started 23 16
Minutes 777 508
Minutes per game 31.1 31.8
FG 230-398 153-263
FG Pct 57.8 58.2
3PT 17-45 16-37
3PT Pct 37.8 43.2
FT 124-156 83-101
FT Pct 79.5 82.2
Off rebounds 50 37
Def rebounds 167 111
Total rebounds 217 148
Rebounds per game 8.7 9.3
Personal fouls 69 43
Disqualifications 3 2
Assists 26 17
Turnovers 56 34
Assist to turnover ratio 0.5 0.5
Steals 4 1
Blocks 65 43
Points 601 405
Points per game 24.0 25.3
Points per 40 min 30.9 31.9

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 14 at Toledo L, 72-62 1 35 7-21 33.3 0-4 0.0 1-2 50.0 15
Nov 20 at Defiance W, 106-94 1 37 15-22 68.2 0-1 0.0 6-8 75.0 36
Nov 25 vs. #9 Washington (Mo.) L, 77-73 1 38 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Nov 26 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 87-48 1 35 7-14 50.0 0-2 0.0 7-8 87.5 21
Nov 29 Alma (Mich.) L, 81-79 1 32 9-18 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 18
Dec 2 at Capital W, 86-84 1 19 7-13 53.8 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 16
Dec 6 Wilmington W, 92-83 1 40 8-16 50.0 0-1 0.0 8-13 61.5 24
Dec 9 Mount Union W, 86-82 1 32 12-20 60.0 0-0 - 6-11 54.5 30
Dec 16 at John Carroll L, 101-95 1 25 5-13 38.5 1-1 100.0 4-4 100.0 15
Dec 20 at Denison W, 93-64 1 31 12-23 52.2 0-1 0.0 10-12 83.3 34
Dec 29 vs. Lynchburg (Va.) W, 84-64 1 34 11-15 73.3 1-1 100.0 5-10 50.0 28
Dec 30 vs. Keene St. (N.H.) W, 88-75 1 19 8-14 57.1 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 19
Jan 3 Otterbein W, 82-59 1 32 7-16 43.8 1-3 33.3 5-5 100.0 20
Jan 6 at #25 Marietta L, 90-86 1 29 13-19 68.4 2-3 66.7 4-5 80.0 32
Jan 10 at #25 Baldwin Wallace W, 80-73 1 38 10-22 45.5 0-2 0.0 3-4 75.0 23
Jan 13 Muskingum W, 108-87 1 36 18-22 81.8 0-0 - 5-7 71.4 41
Jan 17 Heidelberg L, 84-80 1 29 11-14 78.6 3-4 75.0 4-4 100.0 29
Jan 20 at Mount Union W, 73-66 1 34 9-14 64.3 2-5 40.0 10-10 100.0 30
Jan 24 at Wilmington L, 95-77 1 36 10-16 62.5 1-2 50.0 7-8 87.5 28
Jan 27 Capital W, 82-60 1 32 9-14 64.3 1-3 33.3 7-8 87.5 26
Jan 31 Baldwin Wallace W, 85-74 1 40 11-20 55.0 2-5 40.0 5-5 100.0 29
Feb 3 at Muskingum W, 82-69 1 36 8-14 57.1 2-4 50.0 8-8 100.0 26
Feb 7 at Heidelberg W, 74-67 1 34 8-19 42.1 0-1 0.0 3-5 60.0 19
Feb 10 #24 John Carroll L, 90-80 1 16 7-11 63.6 0-1 0.0 3-3 100.0 17
Feb 14 at Otterbein W, 82-68 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 17 Marietta L, 88-68 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 Capital W, 81-60 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 at #24 Marietta W, 94-88 - 16 6-10 60.0 0-1 0.0 8-10 80.0 20
Feb 24 at John Carroll L, 94-77 - 27 5-11 45.5 0-2 0.0 2-3 66.7 12

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 14 at Toledo L, 72-62 1 35 5 7 12 4 2 2 3
Nov 20 at Defiance W, 106-94 1 37 1 9 10 0 1 0 3
Nov 25 vs. #9 Washington (Mo.) L, 77-73 1 38 0 5 5 1 5 2 4
Nov 26 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 87-48 1 35 2 12 14 2 2 0 4
Nov 29 Alma (Mich.) L, 81-79 1 32 2 2 4 0 0 0 2
Dec 2 at Capital W, 86-84 1 19 3 2 5 0 1 0 2
Dec 6 Wilmington W, 92-83 1 40 8 6 14 2 2 0 6
Dec 9 Mount Union W, 86-82 1 32 0 6 6 0 1 0 1
Dec 16 at John Carroll L, 101-95 1 25 5 6 11 1 2 0 3
Dec 20 at Denison W, 93-64 1 31 2 8 10 2 6 0 1
Dec 29 vs. Lynchburg (Va.) W, 84-64 1 34 2 6 8 1 4 0 2
Dec 30 vs. Keene St. (N.H.) W, 88-75 1 19 3 5 8 0 1 0 6
Jan 3 Otterbein W, 82-59 1 32 1 7 8 0 3 0 1
Jan 6 at #25 Marietta L, 90-86 1 29 1 6 7 1 1 0 3
Jan 10 at #25 Baldwin Wallace W, 80-73 1 38 1 5 6 1 3 0 1
Jan 13 Muskingum W, 108-87 1 36 5 12 17 1 3 0 4
Jan 17 Heidelberg L, 84-80 1 29 1 10 11 0 3 0 2
Jan 20 at Mount Union W, 73-66 1 34 1 8 9 1 1 0 3
Jan 24 at Wilmington L, 95-77 1 36 1 8 9 1 2 0 6
Jan 27 Capital W, 82-60 1 32 0 6 6 3 1 0 4
Jan 31 Baldwin Wallace W, 85-74 1 40 2 4 6 0 4 0 1
Feb 3 at Muskingum W, 82-69 1 36 3 11 14 4 3 0 2
Feb 7 at Heidelberg W, 74-67 1 34 3 12 15 1 2 0 3
Feb 10 #24 John Carroll L, 90-80 1 16 2 2 4 1 2 1 1
Feb 14 at Otterbein W, 82-68 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 17 Marietta L, 88-68 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 20 Capital W, 81-60 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 at #24 Marietta W, 94-88 - 16 0 2 2 2 3 0 0
Feb 24 at John Carroll L, 94-77 - 27 1 7 8 1 0 1 0

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 14 at Toledo L, 72-62 1 3 - 2.0
Nov 20 at Defiance W, 106-94 1 4 - 0.0
Nov 25 vs. #9 Washington (Mo.) L, 77-73 1 4 - 0.2
Nov 26 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 87-48 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 29 Alma (Mich.) L, 81-79 1 2 - -
Dec 2 at Capital W, 86-84 1 4 - 0.0
Dec 6 Wilmington W, 92-83 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 9 Mount Union W, 86-82 1 5 1 0.0
Dec 16 at John Carroll L, 101-95 1 5 1 0.5
Dec 20 at Denison W, 93-64 1 4 - 0.3
Dec 29 vs. Lynchburg (Va.) W, 84-64 1 1 - 0.3
Dec 30 vs. Keene St. (N.H.) W, 88-75 1 5 1 0.0
Jan 3 Otterbein W, 82-59 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 6 at #25 Marietta L, 90-86 1 3 0 1.0
Jan 10 at #25 Baldwin Wallace W, 80-73 1 1 - 0.3
Jan 13 Muskingum W, 108-87 1 2 - 0.3
Jan 17 Heidelberg L, 84-80 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 20 at Mount Union W, 73-66 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 24 at Wilmington L, 95-77 1 3 - 0.5
Jan 27 Capital W, 82-60 1 1 - 3.0
Jan 31 Baldwin Wallace W, 85-74 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 3 at Muskingum W, 82-69 1 4 - 1.3
Feb 7 at Heidelberg W, 74-67 1 2 - 0.5
Feb 10 #24 John Carroll L, 90-80 1 2 - 0.5
Feb 14 at Otterbein W, 82-68 - - - -
Feb 17 Marietta L, 88-68 - - - -
Feb 20 Capital W, 81-60 - - - -
Feb 22 at #24 Marietta W, 94-88 - 1 0 0.7
Feb 24 at John Carroll L, 94-77 - 3 0 -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2015-16 25 19.1 3.6-7.0 0.0-0.2 2.7-3.6 9.9
2016-17 24 23.9 5.1-8.2 0.0-0.1 2.9-4.2 13.0
2017-18 25 31.1 9.2-15.9 0.7-1.8 5.0-6.2 24.0
2018-19 25 32.9 8.0-15.9 0.6-2.4 4.2-5.9 21.0
Total 99 26.8 6.5-11.8 0.3-1.1 3.7-5.0 17.0

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2015-16 25 12 477 90-175 51.4 1-5 20.0 67-90 74.4 248
2016-17 24 23 574 122-196 62.2 0-2 0.0 69-102 67.6 313
2017-18 25 23 777 230-398 57.8 17-45 37.8 124-156 79.5 601
2018-19 25 25 823 201-397 50.6 16-59 27.1 106-148 71.6 524
Total 99 83 2651 643-1166 55.1 34-111 30.6 366-496 73.8 1686

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2015-16 25 477 19.1 7.5-14.7 0.1-0.4 20.0 5.6-7.5 20.8
2016-17 24 574 23.9 8.5-13.7 0.0-0.1 0.0 4.8-7.1 21.8
2017-18 25 777 31.1 11.8-20.5 0.9-2.3 37.8 6.4-8.0 30.9
2018-19 25 823 32.9 9.8-19.3 0.8-2.9 27.1 5.2-7.2 25.5
Total 99 2651 26.8 9.7-17.6 0.5-1.7 30.6 5.5-7.5 25.4

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2015-16 25 1.5 2.8 4.3 0.8 1.4 0.3 2.3
2016-17 24 1.9 5.5 7.5 1.0 1.6 0.8 2.8
2017-18 25 2.0 6.7 8.7 1.0 2.2 0.2 2.6
2018-19 25 2.2 6.6 8.8 2.0 2.7 1.0 2.4
Total 99 1.9 5.4 7.3 1.2 2.0 0.6 2.5

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2015-16 25 12 37 70 107 19 34 8 58
2016-17 24 23 46 133 179 23 38 18 66
2017-18 25 23 50 167 217 26 56 4 65
2018-19 25 25 54 166 220 49 67 25 61
Total 99 83 187 536 723 117 195 55 250

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2015-16 25 3.1 5.9 9.0 1.6 2.9 0.7 4.9
2016-17 24 3.2 9.3 12.5 1.6 2.6 1.3 4.6
2017-18 25 2.6 8.6 11.2 1.3 2.9 0.2 3.3
2018-19 25 2.6 8.1 10.7 2.4 3.3 1.2 3.0
Total 99 2.8 8.1 10.9 1.8 2.9 0.8 3.8

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 31.1 9.2-15.9 0.7-1.8 5.0-6.2 24.0
Conference 16 31.8 9.6-16.4 1.0-2.3 5.2-6.3 25.3
Exhibition 1 35.0 7.0-21.0 0.0-4.0 1.0-2.0 15.0
Location            
Home 9 32.1 10.2-16.8 0.8-1.9 4.8-6.2 26.0
Away 12 30.2 9.0-16.3 0.8-2.1 5.5-6.5 24.3
Neutral 4 31.5 7.5-12.8 0.2-0.8 3.8-5.5 19.0
Result            
Wins 17 32.1 9.8-16.9 0.6-1.9 5.9-7.6 26.0
Losses 8 29.0 8.0-13.8 0.9-1.6 3.0-3.4 19.9
Month            
November 4 35.5 8.8-15.5 0.0-0.8 3.2-4.0 20.8
December 7 28.6 9.0-16.3 0.4-0.9 5.3-7.9 23.7
January 9 34.0 10.9-17.4 1.3-3.0 5.6-6.2 28.7
February 5 25.8 6.8-13.0 0.4-1.8 4.8-5.8 18.8

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 23 777 230-398 57.8 17-45 37.8 124-156 79.5 601
Conference 16 16 508 153-263 58.2 16-37 43.2 83-101 82.2 405
Exhibition 1 1 35 7-21 33.3 0-4 0.0 1-2 50.0 15
Location                    
Home 9 9 289 92-151 60.9 7-17 41.2 43-56 76.8 234
Away 12 10 362 108-196 55.1 9-25 36.0 66-78 84.6 291
Neutral 4 4 126 30-51 58.8 1-3 33.3 15-22 68.2 76
Result                    
Wins 17 16 545 166-288 57.6 10-32 31.3 100-129 77.5 442
Losses 8 7 232 64-110 58.2 7-13 53.8 24-27 88.9 159
Month                    
November 4 4 142 35-62 56.5 0-3 0.0 13-16 81.3 83
December 7 7 200 63-114 55.3 3-6 50.0 37-55 67.3 166
January 9 9 306 98-157 62.4 12-27 44.4 50-56 89.3 258
February 5 3 129 34-65 52.3 2-9 22.2 24-29 82.8 94

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 777 31.1 11.8-20.5 0.9-2.3 37.8 6.4-8.0 30.9
Conference 16 508 31.8 12.0-20.7 1.3-2.9 43.2 6.5-8.0 31.9
Exhibition 1 35 35.0 8.0-24.0 0.0-4.6 0.0 1.1-2.3 17.1
Location                
Home 9 289 32.1 12.7-20.9 1.0-2.4 41.2 6.0-7.8 32.4
Away 12 362 30.2 11.9-21.7 1.0-2.8 36.0 7.3-8.6 32.2
Neutral 4 126 31.5 9.5-16.2 0.3-1.0 33.3 4.8-7.0 24.1
Result                
Wins 17 545 32.1 12.2-21.1 0.7-2.3 31.3 7.3-9.5 32.4
Losses 8 232 29.0 11.0-19.0 1.2-2.2 53.8 4.1-4.7 27.4
Month                
November 4 142 35.5 9.9-17.5 0.0-0.8 0.0 3.7-4.5 23.4
December 7 200 28.6 12.6-22.8 0.6-1.2 50.0 7.4-11.0 33.2
January 9 306 34.0 12.8-20.5 1.6-3.5 44.4 6.5-7.3 33.7
February 5 129 25.8 10.5-20.2 0.6-2.8 22.2 7.4-9.0 29.1

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 2.0 6.7 8.7 1.0 2.2 0.2 2.6
Conference 16 2.3 6.9 9.3 1.1 2.1 0.1 2.7
Exhibition 1 5.0 7.0 12.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
Location                
Home 9 2.3 6.1 8.4 0.8 2.1 0.1 2.4
Away 12 1.8 7.0 8.8 1.3 2.1 0.1 2.3
Neutral 4 1.8 7.0 8.8 1.0 3.0 0.5 4.0
Result                
Wins 17 2.2 7.1 9.3 1.2 2.4 0.0 2.6
Losses 8 1.6 5.8 7.4 0.8 1.9 0.5 2.6
Month                
November 4 1.3 7.0 8.3 0.8 2.0 0.5 3.3
December 7 3.3 5.6 8.9 0.9 2.4 0.0 3.0
January 9 1.4 7.3 8.8 0.9 2.3 0.0 2.8
February 5 1.8 6.8 8.6 1.8 2.0 0.4 1.2

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 23 50 167 217 26 56 4 65
Conference 16 16 37 111 148 17 34 1 43
Exhibition 1 1 5 7 12 4 2 2 3
Location                  
Home 9 9 21 55 76 7 19 1 22
Away 12 10 22 84 106 15 25 1 27
Neutral 4 4 7 28 35 4 12 2 16
Result                  
Wins 17 16 37 121 158 20 41 0 44
Losses 8 7 13 46 59 6 15 4 21
Month                  
November 4 4 5 28 33 3 8 2 13
December 7 7 23 39 62 6 17 0 21
January 9 9 13 66 79 8 21 0 25
February 5 3 9 34 43 9 10 2 6

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 2.6 8.6 11.2 1.3 2.9 0.2 3.3
Conference 16 2.9 8.7 11.7 1.3 2.7 0.1 3.4
Exhibition 1 5.7 8.0 13.7 4.6 2.3 2.3 3.4
Location                
Home 9 2.9 7.6 10.5 1.0 2.6 0.1 3.0
Away 12 2.4 9.3 11.7 1.7 2.8 0.1 3.0
Neutral 4 2.2 8.9 11.1 1.3 3.8 0.6 5.1
Result                
Wins 17 2.7 8.9 11.6 1.5 3.0 0.0 3.2
Losses 8 2.2 7.9 10.2 1.0 2.6 0.7 3.6
Month                
November 4 1.4 7.9 9.3 0.8 2.3 0.6 3.7
December 7 4.6 7.8 12.4 1.2 3.4 0.0 4.2
January 9 1.7 8.6 10.3 1.0 2.7 0.0 3.3
February 5 2.8 10.5 13.3 2.8 3.1 0.6 1.9