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Ellen Nurmi
4 Ellen Nurmi
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Turku, Finland
  • High School:
    Makelanrinne HS
  • Previous College:
    University of Portland
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Advertising and Public Relations
  • gp
    28
  • pts/g
    10.3
  • fg %
    43.0
  • 3pt %
    33.3
  • ft %
    82.7
  • reb/g
    3.2
  • a/g
    3.6

Bio

As a Junior: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award…Averaged 10.3 points and 3.2 rebounds a game… Started in all 28 games averaging 33.5 minutes per contest… Had a season high of 26 points, along with grabbing five rebounds versus Barry (1/28)…Scored in double figures in 14 of the 28 games…Lead the team in assists at 3.6 per game, ending the season with a total of 101 assists…She also recorded 22 steals on the season… Assist/turnover ratio was 1.2… Had four games leading the team in scoring…Finished the season with an .827 free throw percentage and a .333 3-point percentage…Ranked 18th in the conference for scoring, fifth in assists, and eight in assist/turnover ratio.

As a Sophomore: Second-team all-SSC...SSC all-newcomer team...SSC Newcomer of the Year...SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award...Started in all 31 games…Averaged 34.3 minutes per contest… Made Spartan debut scoring 16 points and grabbing seven rebounds in home opener vs. Francis Marion (11/8/2013)…Tallied 11.8 points per game, ending as the team’s leading scorer… Shot 73 percent from the field against Barry, notching a season-high 26 points (2/1/2014)… Recorded 15 points or more in 10 matches… Concluded season with 88 assists and 39 steals… Shot 80 percent from the charity stripe… Marked at least 50 percent from three-point range 11 times… Scored 10 points in the SSC Championship game vs. Nova Southeastern (3/9/2014)… Averaged 14 points per battle in the NCAA South Regional Tournament…Notched a season-best eight assists vs. Palm Beach Atlantic (1/29/2014)...Tallied 365 total points on the season... Named the SSC Newcomer of the Year... Earned a spot on the SSC All-Conference Second Team.

As a Freshman (UP): Started 22 games at the University of Portland…Averaged 7.9 points per game…Recorded 46 steals on the season…Tallied 67 assists…Scored a career high of 19 points vs. San Diego (1/5/13).

High School: Attended Makelanrinne High School…Member of the Finland WU16 and WU18 National Team…Club team won two national championships…Named best junior league shooter by the Finnish National Basketball Association.

Personal: Volunteered with Playworks in Portland, Oregon…Daughter of Juha Nurmi and Marina Seligson… Has two siblings, Julius and Sylva…Advertising and Public Relations major…Birthdate: 1/5/1993.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 18 at Saint Leo L, 63-61
Feb 21 Rollins W, 66-47
Feb 25 at Florida Southern L, 79-54
Feb 28 Barry W, 70-50
Mar 5 vs. Florida Tech W, 69-52
Mar 7 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 67-40
  Total Conference
Games 28 16
Games started 28 16
Minutes 938 538
Minutes per game 33.5 33.6
FG 102-237 58-136
FG Pct 43.0 42.6
3PT 41-123 22-70
3PT Pct 33.3 31.4
FT 43-52 27-31
FT Pct 82.7 87.1
Off rebounds 8 4
Def rebounds 81 40
Total rebounds 89 44
Rebounds per game 3.2 2.8
Personal fouls 50 32
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 101 61
Turnovers 83 43
Assist to turnover ratio 1.2 1.4
Steals 22 9
Blocks 4 1
Points 288 165
Points per game 10.3 10.3
Points per 40 min 12.3 12.3

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 14 Flagler W, 58-56 1 40 3-9 33.3 1-5 20.0 2-4 50.0 9
Nov 15 Georgia College W, 60-38 1 27 4-8 50.0 2-6 33.3 2-2 100.0 12
Nov 22 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 52-31 1 37 4-10 40.0 1-5 20.0 1-1 100.0 10
Nov 25 Warner W, 66-48 1 34 3-7 42.9 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 8
Nov 28 at Western Washington L, 85-56 1 22 1-8 12.5 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 29 vs. St. Martin's W, 72-59 1 39 8-11 72.7 3-4 75.0 2-2 100.0 21
Dec 6 at Nova Southeastern W, 76-75 1 33 4-7 57.1 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 10
Dec 15 University of the Sciences L, 66-65 1 39 5-8 62.5 3-6 50.0 1-2 50.0 14
Dec 19 vs. Eastern New Mexico W, 84-59 1 32 7-9 77.8 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7 18
Dec 20 vs. Molloy L, 59-58 1 33 2-9 22.2 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 6
Jan 3 Lynn W, 59-44 1 37 4-10 40.0 3-9 33.3 3-4 75.0 14
Jan 7 at Eckerd L, 55-44 1 25 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 10 at Florida Tech L, 62-57 1 38 7-12 58.3 1-3 33.3 1-1 100.0 16
Jan 14 Saint Leo W, 62-53 1 28 2-5 40.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 17 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-39 1 24 2-9 22.2 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 4
Jan 21 Florida Southern W, 63-52 1 35 5-13 38.5 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 24 at Rollins L, 63-46 1 34 2-7 28.6 0-3 0.0 2-3 66.7 6
Jan 28 at Barry W, 61-49 1 40 8-14 57.1 4-8 50.0 6-6 100.0 26
Jan 31 Nova Southeastern L, 55-53 1 36 1-6 16.7 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 4 at Lynn W, 76-45 1 21 4-6 66.7 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 9
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 64-61 1 17 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 11 Eckerd L, 75-65 1 40 1-6 16.7 1-5 20.0 2-2 100.0 5
Feb 18 at Saint Leo L, 63-61 1 40 4-13 30.8 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 10
Feb 21 Rollins W, 66-47 1 39 6-14 42.9 4-7 57.1 6-7 85.7 22
Feb 25 at Florida Southern L, 79-54 1 37 2-6 33.3 1-3 33.3 4-4 100.0 9
Feb 28 Barry W, 70-50 1 38 5-9 55.6 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 12
Mar 5 vs. Florida Tech W, 69-52 1 40 4-8 50.0 3-7 42.9 4-4 100.0 15
Mar 7 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 67-40 1 33 1-5 20.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 14 Flagler W, 58-56 1 40 0 3 3 3 4 0 1
Nov 15 Georgia College W, 60-38 1 27 0 3 3 4 4 1 0
Nov 22 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 52-31 1 37 1 4 5 3 4 4 1
Nov 25 Warner W, 66-48 1 34 0 4 4 5 3 0 0
Nov 28 at Western Washington L, 85-56 1 22 1 0 1 2 4 1 0
Nov 29 vs. St. Martin's W, 72-59 1 39 1 3 4 2 2 2 1
Dec 6 at Nova Southeastern W, 76-75 1 33 0 1 1 3 3 1 0
Dec 15 University of the Sciences L, 66-65 1 39 1 5 6 4 5 1 0
Dec 19 vs. Eastern New Mexico W, 84-59 1 32 0 4 4 7 2 1 0
Dec 20 vs. Molloy L, 59-58 1 33 0 1 1 0 4 2 0
Jan 3 Lynn W, 59-44 1 37 1 2 3 3 3 1 0
Jan 7 at Eckerd L, 55-44 1 25 0 3 3 5 3 0 0
Jan 10 at Florida Tech L, 62-57 1 38 0 3 3 1 4 1 0
Jan 14 Saint Leo W, 62-53 1 28 0 0 0 4 2 1 0
Jan 17 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-39 1 24 0 5 5 2 0 0 0
Jan 21 Florida Southern W, 63-52 1 35 0 2 2 4 4 0 0
Jan 24 at Rollins L, 63-46 1 34 0 5 5 4 4 0 1
Jan 28 at Barry W, 61-49 1 40 0 5 5 5 1 0 0
Jan 31 Nova Southeastern L, 55-53 1 36 0 2 2 4 3 0 0
Feb 4 at Lynn W, 76-45 1 21 0 4 4 5 4 1 0
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 64-61 1 17 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
Feb 11 Eckerd L, 75-65 1 40 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
Feb 18 at Saint Leo L, 63-61 1 40 0 3 3 5 2 1 0
Feb 21 Rollins W, 66-47 1 39 0 7 7 6 3 1 0
Feb 25 at Florida Southern L, 79-54 1 37 0 0 0 4 3 2 0
Feb 28 Barry W, 70-50 1 38 2 2 4 4 1 0 0
Mar 5 vs. Florida Tech W, 69-52 1 40 0 7 7 8 6 0 0
Mar 7 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 67-40 1 33 0 2 2 0 2 1 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 14 Flagler W, 58-56 1 3 - 0.8
Nov 15 Georgia College W, 60-38 1 4 - 1.0
Nov 22 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 52-31 1 2 - 0.8
Nov 25 Warner W, 66-48 1 0 - 1.7
Nov 28 at Western Washington L, 85-56 1 0 - 0.5
Nov 29 vs. St. Martin's W, 72-59 1 1 - 1.0
Dec 6 at Nova Southeastern W, 76-75 1 3 - 1.0
Dec 15 University of the Sciences L, 66-65 1 1 - 0.8
Dec 19 vs. Eastern New Mexico W, 84-59 1 0 - 3.5
Dec 20 vs. Molloy L, 59-58 1 4 - 0.0
Jan 3 Lynn W, 59-44 1 0 - 1.0
Jan 7 at Eckerd L, 55-44 1 3 - 1.7
Jan 10 at Florida Tech L, 62-57 1 2 - 0.3
Jan 14 Saint Leo W, 62-53 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 17 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 64-39 1 1 - -
Jan 21 Florida Southern W, 63-52 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 24 at Rollins L, 63-46 1 4 - 1.0
Jan 28 at Barry W, 61-49 1 0 - 5.0
Jan 31 Nova Southeastern L, 55-53 1 2 - 1.3
Feb 4 at Lynn W, 76-45 1 3 - 1.3
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 64-61 1 2 - 0.5
Feb 11 Eckerd L, 75-65 1 3 - 3.0
Feb 18 at Saint Leo L, 63-61 1 0 - 2.5
Feb 21 Rollins W, 66-47 1 2 - 2.0
Feb 25 at Florida Southern L, 79-54 1 5 1 1.3
Feb 28 Barry W, 70-50 1 1 - 4.0
Mar 5 vs. Florida Tech W, 69-52 1 2 - 1.3
Mar 7 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 67-40 1 0 - 0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2013-14 31 34.3 4.2-9.5 2.0-5.6 1.3-1.6 11.8
2014-15 28 33.5 3.6-8.5 1.5-4.4 1.5-1.9 10.3
2015-16 33 32.5 3.4-7.4 1.0-2.8 1.9-2.5 9.7
Total 92 33.4 3.8-8.4 1.5-4.2 1.6-2.0 10.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2013-14 31 31 1062 131-295 44.4 63-175 36.0 40-50 80.0 365
2014-15 28 28 938 102-237 43.0 41-123 33.3 43-52 82.7 288
2015-16 33 28 1074 112-243 46.1 32-93 34.4 64-83 77.1 320
Total 92 87 3074 345-775 44.5 136-391 34.8 147-185 79.5 973

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2013-14 31 1062 34.3 4.9-11.1 2.4-6.6 36.0 1.5-1.9 13.7
2014-15 28 938 33.5 4.3-10.1 1.7-5.2 33.3 1.8-2.2 12.3
2015-16 33 1074 32.5 4.2-9.1 1.2-3.5 34.4 2.4-3.1 11.9
Total 92 3074 33.4 4.5-10.1 1.8-5.1 34.8 1.9-2.4 12.7

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2013-14 31 0.4 3.2 3.6 2.8 2.3 1.3 0.3
2014-15 28 0.3 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.0 0.8 0.1
2015-16 33 0.4 2.1 2.5 3.1 2.2 0.7 0.1
Total 92 0.4 2.7 3.1 3.2 2.5 0.9 0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2013-14 31 31 13 100 113 88 72 39 9
2014-15 28 28 8 81 89 101 83 22 4
2015-16 33 28 13 70 83 103 71 23 4
Total 92 87 34 251 285 292 226 84 17

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2013-14 31 0.5 3.8 4.3 3.3 2.7 1.5 0.3
2014-15 28 0.3 3.5 3.8 4.3 3.5 0.9 0.2
2015-16 33 0.5 2.6 3.1 3.8 2.6 0.9 0.1
Total 92 0.4 3.3 3.7 3.8 2.9 1.1 0.2

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 28 33.5 3.6-8.5 1.5-4.4 1.5-1.9 10.3
Conference 16 33.6 3.6-8.5 1.4-4.4 1.7-1.9 10.3
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 13 33.4 3.3-8.4 1.5-4.8 1.4-1.8 9.5
Away 10 32.7 3.7-8.6 1.1-3.8 1.5-1.7 10.0
Neutral 5 35.4 4.4-8.4 2.0-4.4 2.0-2.2 12.8
Result            
Wins 17 33.0 4.4-9.1 1.8-4.8 1.7-2.1 12.4
Losses 11 34.3 2.5-7.5 0.9-3.7 1.3-1.5 7.1
Month            
November 6 33.2 3.8-8.8 1.5-4.2 1.2-1.5 10.3
December 4 34.3 4.5-8.2 2.0-4.8 1.0-1.8 12.0
January 9 33.0 3.6-8.8 1.0-4.2 1.6-1.9 9.7
February 7 33.1 3.4-8.4 1.7-4.7 1.7-1.9 10.3
March 2 36.5 2.5-6.5 1.5-4.0 3.0-3.0 9.5

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 28 28 938 102-237 43.0 41-123 33.3 43-52 82.7 288
Conference 16 16 538 58-136 42.6 22-70 31.4 27-31 87.1 165
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 13 13 434 43-109 39.4 20-63 31.7 18-24 75.0 124
Away 10 10 327 37-86 43.0 11-38 28.9 15-17 88.2 100
Neutral 5 5 177 22-42 52.4 10-22 45.5 10-11 90.9 64
Result                    
Wins 17 17 561 75-154 48.7 31-82 37.8 29-36 80.6 210
Losses 11 11 377 27-83 32.5 10-41 24.4 14-16 87.5 78
Month                    
November 6 6 199 23-53 43.4 9-25 36.0 7-9 77.8 62
December 4 4 137 18-33 54.5 8-19 42.1 4-7 57.1 48
January 9 9 297 32-79 40.5 9-38 23.7 14-17 82.4 87
February 7 7 232 24-59 40.7 12-33 36.4 12-13 92.3 72
March 2 2 73 5-13 38.5 3-8 37.5 6-6 100.0 19

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 28 938 33.5 4.3-10.1 1.7-5.2 33.3 1.8-2.2 12.3
Conference 16 538 33.6 4.3-10.1 1.6-5.2 31.4 2.0-2.3 12.3
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 13 434 33.4 4.0-10.0 1.8-5.8 31.7 1.7-2.2 11.4
Away 10 327 32.7 4.5-10.5 1.3-4.6 28.9 1.8-2.1 12.2
Neutral 5 177 35.4 5.0-9.5 2.3-5.0 45.5 2.3-2.5 14.5
Result                
Wins 17 561 33.0 5.3-11.0 2.2-5.8 37.8 2.1-2.6 15.0
Losses 11 377 34.3 2.9-8.8 1.1-4.4 24.4 1.5-1.7 8.3
Month                
November 6 199 33.2 4.6-10.7 1.8-5.0 36.0 1.4-1.8 12.5
December 4 137 34.3 5.3-9.6 2.3-5.5 42.1 1.2-2.0 14.0
January 9 297 33.0 4.3-10.6 1.2-5.1 23.7 1.9-2.3 11.7
February 7 232 33.1 4.1-10.2 2.1-5.7 36.4 2.1-2.2 12.4
March 2 73 36.5 2.7-7.1 1.6-4.4 37.5 3.3-3.3 10.4

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 28 0.3 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.0 0.8 0.1
Conference 16 0.3 2.5 2.8 3.8 2.7 0.6 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 0.4 2.8 3.2 3.6 2.7 0.4 0.1
Away 10 0.2 2.8 3.0 3.7 3.2 1.1 0.2
Neutral 5 0.2 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.2 1.2 0.2
Result                
Wins 17 0.4 3.4 3.7 4.1 2.8 0.8 0.2
Losses 11 0.2 2.2 2.4 2.9 3.2 0.8 0.1
Month                
November 6 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.5 1.3 0.5
December 4 0.3 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.5 1.3 0.0
January 9 0.1 3.0 3.1 3.6 2.7 0.3 0.1
February 7 0.4 2.4 2.9 4.0 2.3 0.7 0.0
March 2 0.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.0 0.5 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 28 28 8 81 89 101 83 22 4
Conference 16 16 4 40 44 61 43 9 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 13 13 5 36 41 47 35 5 1
Away 10 10 2 28 30 37 32 11 2
Neutral 5 5 1 17 18 17 16 6 1
Result                  
Wins 17 17 6 57 63 69 48 13 3
Losses 11 11 2 24 26 32 35 9 1
Month                  
November 6 6 3 17 20 19 21 8 3
December 4 4 1 11 12 14 14 5 0
January 9 9 1 27 28 32 24 3 1
February 7 7 3 17 20 28 16 5 0
March 2 2 0 9 9 8 8 1 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 28 0.3 3.5 3.8 4.3 3.5 0.9 0.2
Conference 16 0.3 3.0 3.3 4.5 3.2 0.7 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 0.5 3.3 3.8 4.3 3.2 0.5 0.1
Away 10 0.2 3.4 3.7 4.5 3.9 1.3 0.2
Neutral 5 0.2 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.6 1.4 0.2
Result                
Wins 17 0.4 4.1 4.5 4.9 3.4 0.9 0.2
Losses 11 0.2 2.5 2.8 3.4 3.7 1.0 0.1
Month                
November 6 0.6 3.4 4.0 3.8 4.2 1.6 0.6
December 4 0.3 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.1 1.5 0.0
January 9 0.1 3.6 3.8 4.3 3.2 0.4 0.1
February 7 0.5 2.9 3.4 4.8 2.8 0.9 0.0
March 2 0.0 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.4 0.5 0.0