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14 Branden Rushton
Branden Rushton
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    175
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Columbus
  • High School:
    Reynoldsburg
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Electrical Engineering
  • Letters Won:
    ***
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    16.0
  • fg %
    46.9
  • 3pt %
    42.9
  • ft %
    86.4
  • reb/g
    3.5
  • a/g
    1.7

Bio

Overview: Branden has started all 107 games in his career at ONU ... Is a 4-time All-OAC honoree ... Ends career with 1,493 points, which is sixth most in school history.

Senior Season (2013-14): Played and started all 26 games ... Led the team in scoring at 16.0 ppg ... Scored at least 20 points nine different times, including a career-high 31 points on Dec. 31 against Chapman (Calif.) ... Named First Team All-OAC.

Junior Season (2012-13): Led team in scoring for second straight season at 15.1 ppg ... Scored in double-figures in 25 games ... Had back-to-back 24 points games on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25 against Alma (Mich.) and Finlandia (Mich.), which tied his career-high ... Earned Second Team All-OAC honors. 

Sophomore Season (2011-12): Led the team in scoring (13.3 ppg) and in assists (55) ... Scored in double figures 19 times and tied his career-high with 24 points on Jan. 14 against BW ... Named MVP of the Gettysburg Tournament.

Freshman Season (2010-11): Was second on the team in scoring at 11.4 ppg ... Scored in double figures 15 times, including a career-high 24 points at Capital on Dec. 20 ... Dished out a career-high 6 assists against Mt Union on Feb. 12.

Year G/GS FG FG Pct. 3FG 3FG Pct. FT FT Pct. Reb. RPG PF/FO Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts. PPG
2013-1426/26158-337.46942-98.42957-66.864903.563/1454332441516.0
2012-13 27/27 155-314 .494 33-88 .375 65-83 .783 85 3.1 64/2 56 55 1 20 408 15.1
2011-12 28/28 140-319 .439 28-78 .359 65-82 .793 71 2.5 67/1 55 52 2 27 373 13.3
2010-11 26/26 110-276 .399 26-75 .347 51-67 .761 54 2.1 55/2 39 75 9 15 297 11.4
Totals 107/107 563-1,246 .452 129-339 .381 238-298 .799 300 2.8 249/6 195 225 15 86 1,493 14.0

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 8 at Muskingum W, 81-74
Feb 12 Heidelberg W, 96-86
Feb 15 at Mount Union W, 90-85
Feb 19 at Wilmington W, 88-85
Feb 22 Capital W, 88-85
Feb 25 John Carroll L, 92-81
  Total Conference
Games 26 18
Games started 26 18
Minutes 741 514
Minutes per game 28.5 28.6
FG 158-337 95-217
FG Pct 46.9 43.8
3PT 42-98 26-68
3PT Pct 42.9 38.2
FT 57-66 37-44
FT Pct 86.4 84.1
Off rebounds 20 15
Def rebounds 70 44
Total rebounds 90 59
Rebounds per game 3.5 3.3
Personal fouls 63 46
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 45 33
Turnovers 43 34
Assist to turnover ratio 1.0 1.0
Steals 24 19
Blocks 3 2
Points 415 253
Points per game 16.0 14.1
Points per 40 min 22.4 19.7

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 at Kent St. L, 84-48 1 27 3-9 33.3 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 6
Nov 22 at Buffalo St. (N.Y.) W, 79-77 1 32 8-16 50.0 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 18
Nov 23 vs. Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 72-57 1 24 6-14 42.9 1-2 50.0 3-3 100.0 16
Nov 26 at Defiance L, 70-66 1 32 3-9 33.3 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 9
Nov 30 Bethany (W.Va.) L, 88-80 1 25 8-16 50.0 0-1 0.0 7-7 100.0 23
Dec 4 Baldwin Wallace L, 72-68 1 30 7-12 58.3 3-3 100.0 1-2 50.0 18
Dec 7 at John Carroll L, 82-64 1 29 7-13 53.8 3-5 60.0 3-4 75.0 20
Dec 14 Muskingum W, 82-57 1 25 9-14 64.3 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 20
Dec 18 at Otterbein W, 87-82 1 28 6-16 37.5 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 13
Dec 29 at Cal Tech W, 102-69 1 25 9-14 64.3 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 21
Dec 31 at Chapman (Calif.) W, 86-82 1 27 12-18 66.7 5-6 83.3 2-2 100.0 31
Jan 4 Trine (Ind.) L, 73-68 1 31 11-17 64.7 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 25
Jan 8 Marietta W, 78-73 1 29 3-14 21.4 3-5 60.0 2-2 100.0 11
Jan 11 Mount Union L, 71-67 1 26 2-12 16.7 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 5
Jan 15 at Heidelberg L, 78-75 1 25 2-8 25.0 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 7
Jan 18 at Capital W, 72-71 1 24 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 6
Jan 22 Wilmington L, 91-80 1 26 4-9 44.4 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 11
Jan 26 John Carroll W, 97-80 1 30 6-14 42.9 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 12
Jan 29 at Baldwin Wallace W, 89-77 1 32 9-13 69.2 3-5 60.0 3-4 75.0 24
Feb 1 at Marietta L, 76-71 1 31 3-10 30.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 7
Feb 6 Otterbein W, 88-74 1 28 4-10 40.0 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 12
Feb 8 at Muskingum W, 81-74 1 29 7-15 46.7 2-6 33.3 4-4 100.0 20
Feb 12 Heidelberg W, 96-86 1 31 10-17 58.8 6-7 85.7 0-0 - 26
Feb 15 at Mount Union W, 90-85 1 31 8-14 57.1 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 18
Feb 19 at Wilmington W, 88-85 1 32 4-15 26.7 0-4 0.0 4-4 100.0 12
Feb 22 Capital W, 88-85 1 28 3-8 37.5 1-3 33.3 4-5 80.0 11
Feb 25 John Carroll L, 92-81 1 31 6-16 37.5 2-7 28.6 5-6 83.3 19

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 at Kent St. L, 84-48 1 27 0 4 4 1 3 1 0
Nov 22 at Buffalo St. (N.Y.) W, 79-77 1 32 2 3 5 3 1 1 0
Nov 23 vs. Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 72-57 1 24 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Nov 26 at Defiance L, 70-66 1 32 2 2 4 0 2 1 0
Nov 30 Bethany (W.Va.) L, 88-80 1 25 0 6 6 0 1 2 0
Dec 4 Baldwin Wallace L, 72-68 1 30 1 2 3 1 1 3 1
Dec 7 at John Carroll L, 82-64 1 29 1 2 3 0 1 3 0
Dec 14 Muskingum W, 82-57 1 25 2 0 2 2 0 1 0
Dec 18 at Otterbein W, 87-82 1 28 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
Dec 29 at Cal Tech W, 102-69 1 25 1 6 7 4 2 0 1
Dec 31 at Chapman (Calif.) W, 86-82 1 27 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jan 4 Trine (Ind.) L, 73-68 1 31 0 3 3 2 1 0 0
Jan 8 Marietta W, 78-73 1 29 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
Jan 11 Mount Union L, 71-67 1 26 0 1 1 1 3 0 0
Jan 15 at Heidelberg L, 78-75 1 25 3 1 4 4 3 2 1
Jan 18 at Capital W, 72-71 1 24 0 2 2 2 4 1 0
Jan 22 Wilmington L, 91-80 1 26 1 4 5 4 2 1 0
Jan 26 John Carroll W, 97-80 1 30 1 5 6 1 4 1 0
Jan 29 at Baldwin Wallace W, 89-77 1 32 0 0 0 2 1 2 0
Feb 1 at Marietta L, 76-71 1 31 0 4 4 2 4 0 0
Feb 6 Otterbein W, 88-74 1 28 1 5 6 3 0 3 0
Feb 8 at Muskingum W, 81-74 1 29 1 2 3 1 3 0 0
Feb 12 Heidelberg W, 96-86 1 31 0 4 4 3 5 1 0
Feb 15 at Mount Union W, 90-85 1 31 0 5 5 1 0 1 0
Feb 19 at Wilmington W, 88-85 1 32 3 2 5 1 0 0 0
Feb 22 Capital W, 88-85 1 28 0 1 1 3 1 0 0
Feb 25 John Carroll L, 92-81 1 31 0 2 2 3 2 1 0

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 at Kent St. L, 84-48 1 0 0 0.3
Nov 22 at Buffalo St. (N.Y.) W, 79-77 1 3 0 3.0
Nov 23 vs. Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 72-57 1 3 0 -
Nov 26 at Defiance L, 70-66 1 3 0 0.0
Nov 30 Bethany (W.Va.) L, 88-80 1 2 0 0.0
Dec 4 Baldwin Wallace L, 72-68 1 0 0 1.0
Dec 7 at John Carroll L, 82-64 1 3 0 0.0
Dec 14 Muskingum W, 82-57 1 2 0 -
Dec 18 at Otterbein W, 87-82 1 2 0 2.0
Dec 29 at Cal Tech W, 102-69 1 0 0 2.0
Dec 31 at Chapman (Calif.) W, 86-82 1 1 0 -
Jan 4 Trine (Ind.) L, 73-68 1 2 0 2.0
Jan 8 Marietta W, 78-73 1 4 0 0.0
Jan 11 Mount Union L, 71-67 1 0 0 0.3
Jan 15 at Heidelberg L, 78-75 1 4 0 1.3
Jan 18 at Capital W, 72-71 1 3 0 0.5
Jan 22 Wilmington L, 91-80 1 4 0 2.0
Jan 26 John Carroll W, 97-80 1 3 0 0.3
Jan 29 at Baldwin Wallace W, 89-77 1 1 0 2.0
Feb 1 at Marietta L, 76-71 1 4 0 0.5
Feb 6 Otterbein W, 88-74 1 2 - -
Feb 8 at Muskingum W, 81-74 1 1 0 0.3
Feb 12 Heidelberg W, 96-86 1 1 - 0.6
Feb 15 at Mount Union W, 90-85 1 6 1 -
Feb 19 at Wilmington W, 88-85 1 3 0 -
Feb 22 Capital W, 88-85 1 3 - 3.0
Feb 25 John Carroll L, 92-81 1 3 - 1.5

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2011-12 28 30.3 5.0-11.4 1.0-2.8 2.3-2.9 13.3
2012-13 27 30.5 5.7-11.6 1.2-3.3 2.4-3.1 15.1
2013-14 26 28.5 6.1-13.0 1.6-3.8 2.2-2.5 16.0
Total 81 29.8 5.6-12.0 1.3-3.3 2.3-2.9 14.8

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2011-12 28 28 849 140-319 43.9 28-78 35.9 65-82 79.3 373
2012-13 27 27 824 155-314 49.4 33-88 37.5 65-83 78.3 408
2013-14 26 26 741 158-337 46.9 42-98 42.9 57-66 86.4 415
Total 81 81 2414 453-970 46.7 103-264 39.0 187-231 81.0 1196

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2011-12 28 849 30.3 6.6-15.0 1.3-3.7 35.9 3.1-3.9 17.6
2012-13 27 824 30.5 7.5-15.2 1.6-4.3 37.5 3.2-4.0 19.8
2013-14 26 741 28.5 8.5-18.2 2.3-5.3 42.9 3.1-3.6 22.4
Total 81 2414 29.8 7.5-16.1 1.7-4.4 39.0 3.1-3.8 19.8

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2011-12 28 0.6 1.9 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.0 0.1
2012-13 27 0.5 2.7 3.1 2.1 2.0 0.7 0.0
2013-14 26 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.1
Total 81 0.6 2.4 3.0 1.9 1.9 0.9 0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2011-12 28 28 18 53 71 55 52 27 2
2012-13 27 27 13 72 85 56 55 20 1
2013-14 26 26 20 70 90 45 43 24 3
Total 81 81 51 195 246 156 150 71 6

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2011-12 28 0.8 2.5 3.3 2.6 2.4 1.3 0.1
2012-13 27 0.6 3.5 4.1 2.7 2.7 1.0 0.0
2013-14 26 1.1 3.8 4.9 2.4 2.3 1.3 0.2
Total 81 0.8 3.2 4.1 2.6 2.5 1.2 0.1

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 26 28.5 6.1-13.0 1.6-3.8 2.2-2.5 16.0
Conference 18 28.6 5.3-12.1 1.4-3.8 2.1-2.4 14.1
Exhibition 1 27.0 3.0-9.0 0.0-4.0 0.0-0.0 6.0
Location            
Home 12 28.3 6.1-13.2 1.8-3.9 2.2-2.7 16.1
Away 13 29.0 6.1-12.6 1.5-3.8 2.2-2.4 15.8
Neutral 1 24.0 6.0-14.0 1.0-2.0 3.0-3.0 16.0
Result            
Wins 16 28.4 6.6-13.4 1.8-3.8 2.1-2.3 16.9
Losses 10 28.6 5.3-12.2 1.4-3.7 2.4-2.9 14.4
Month            
November 4 28.3 6.2-13.8 0.8-2.2 3.2-3.5 16.5
December 6 27.3 8.3-14.5 2.5-3.8 1.3-1.8 20.5
January 8 27.9 4.8-11.2 1.4-3.8 1.8-2.0 12.6
February 8 30.1 5.6-13.1 1.6-4.5 2.8-3.1 15.6

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 26 26 741 158-337 46.9 42-98 42.9 57-66 86.4 415
Conference 18 18 514 95-217 43.8 26-68 38.2 37-44 84.1 253
Exhibition 1 1 27 3-9 33.3 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 6
Location                    
Home 12 12 340 73-159 45.9 21-47 44.7 26-32 81.3 193
Away 13 13 377 79-164 48.2 20-49 40.8 28-31 90.3 206
Neutral 1 1 24 6-14 42.9 1-2 50.0 3-3 100.0 16
Result                    
Wins 16 16 455 105-215 48.8 28-61 45.9 33-37 89.2 271
Losses 10 10 286 53-122 43.4 14-37 37.8 24-29 82.8 144
Month                    
November 4 4 113 25-55 45.5 3-9 33.3 13-14 92.9 66
December 6 6 164 50-87 57.5 15-23 65.2 8-11 72.7 123
January 8 8 223 38-90 42.2 11-30 36.7 14-16 87.5 101
February 8 8 241 45-105 42.9 13-36 36.1 22-25 88.0 125

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 26 741 28.5 8.5-18.2 2.3-5.3 42.9 3.1-3.6 22.4
Conference 18 514 28.6 7.4-16.9 2.0-5.3 38.2 2.9-3.4 19.7
Exhibition 1 27 27.0 4.4-13.3 0.0-5.9 0.0 0.0-0.0 8.9
Location                
Home 12 340 28.3 8.6-18.7 2.5-5.5 44.7 3.1-3.8 22.7
Away 13 377 29.0 8.4-17.4 2.1-5.2 40.8 3.0-3.3 21.9
Neutral 1 24 24.0 10.0-23.3 1.7-3.3 50.0 5.0-5.0 26.7
Result                
Wins 16 455 28.4 9.2-18.9 2.5-5.4 45.9 2.9-3.3 23.8
Losses 10 286 28.6 7.4-17.1 2.0-5.2 37.8 3.4-4.1 20.1
Month                
November 4 113 28.3 8.8-19.5 1.1-3.2 33.3 4.6-5.0 23.4
December 6 164 27.3 12.2-21.2 3.7-5.6 65.2 2.0-2.7 30.0
January 8 223 27.9 6.8-16.1 2.0-5.4 36.7 2.5-2.9 18.1
February 8 241 30.1 7.5-17.4 2.2-6.0 36.1 3.7-4.1 20.7

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 26 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.1
Conference 18 0.8 2.4 3.3 1.8 1.9 1.1 0.1
Exhibition 1 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0
Location                
Home 12 0.5 3.0 3.5 1.9 1.8 1.1 0.1
Away 13 1.1 2.4 3.5 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.2
Neutral 1 0.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 16 0.8 2.7 3.4 1.8 1.4 0.7 0.1
Losses 10 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.7 2.0 1.3 0.2
Month                
November 4 1.0 3.5 4.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.0
December 6 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.5 0.8 1.2 0.3
January 8 0.6 2.4 3.0 2.0 2.4 0.9 0.1
February 8 0.6 3.1 3.8 2.1 1.9 0.8 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 26 26 20 70 90 45 43 24 3
Conference 18 18 15 44 59 33 34 19 2
Exhibition 1 1 0 4 4 1 3 1 0
Location                  
Home 12 12 6 36 42 23 21 13 1
Away 13 13 14 31 45 22 22 11 2
Neutral 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Result                  
Wins 16 16 12 43 55 28 23 11 1
Losses 10 10 8 27 35 17 20 13 2
Month                  
November 4 4 4 14 18 3 4 4 0
December 6 6 6 12 18 9 5 7 2
January 8 8 5 19 24 16 19 7 1
February 8 8 5 25 30 17 15 6 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 26 1.1 3.8 4.9 2.4 2.3 1.3 0.2
Conference 18 1.2 3.4 4.6 2.6 2.6 1.5 0.2
Exhibition 1 0.0 5.9 5.9 1.5 4.4 1.5 0.0
Location                
Home 12 0.7 4.2 4.9 2.7 2.5 1.5 0.1
Away 13 1.5 3.3 4.8 2.3 2.3 1.2 0.2
Neutral 1 0.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 16 1.1 3.8 4.8 2.5 2.0 1.0 0.1
Losses 10 1.1 3.8 4.9 2.4 2.8 1.8 0.3
Month                
November 4 1.4 5.0 6.4 1.1 1.4 1.4 0.0
December 6 1.5 2.9 4.4 2.2 1.2 1.7 0.5
January 8 0.9 3.4 4.3 2.9 3.4 1.3 0.2
February 8 0.8 4.1 5.0 2.8 2.5 1.0 0.0