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Faith Sanders
1 Faith Sanders
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Savannah, Ga.
  • High School:
    Herschel V. Jenkins HS
  • Previous College:
    Northern Kentucky University
  • Position:
    G/F
  • Major:
    Communication Studies
  • gp
    22
  • pts/g
    7.3
  • fg %
    47.4
  • 3pt %
    23.5
  • ft %
    58.0
  • reb/g
    3.2
  • a/g
    1.3

Bio

As a Senior: SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Started in 18 of 22 games played for the Spartans... Averaged a total of 29.0 minutes per game... had a total shooting percentage of 47.4 from the floor and 58.0 from the line, scoring 7.3 points per game, Scoring a total of 161 Points this season...Missed 6 games during her senior season with an injury... Tallied a total of 70 rebounds and 28 assists averaging 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. She had three 13 point outings as her season high in points against Lynn (12/2), Malone (12/19), and Nova Southeastern (11/18)... She also recorded a new career-high in blocks with three... Finishes with 500 Points, 190 Rebounds, 87 Assists, and 24 Steals as a Spartan.

As a Junior: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...All SSC Newcomer selection... Started all 28 games she appeared in....Averaged 35.3 minutes per game....Had 4.3 rebounds per game with 120 rebounds in total....Scored 12.1 points per game with a total of 339 points....Scored a season-high 23 points against Palm Beach Atlantic (1/21)....Scored an additional season-high 23 points against Nova Southeastern (3/1)....Made eight rebounds in the game against East Central (1/12) and another eight rebounds in the game against Rollins (1/4)....Scored 63.5 free throws.

As a Sophomore (Northern Kentucky): Appeared in 13 games during her second season with the Norse…Averaged six minutes per game, and scored 2.2 points per contest…Scored a season-high 11 points against IU-Kokomo (12/16)…Hauled in a season-high three rebounds in the game against Tennessee Tech (11/27)…Shot perfect from the free-throw line on three separate occasions…Picked up a block against West Virginia State (12/13)...Scored two points against 10th ranked Kentucky (12/02).

As a Freshman (Northern Kentucky): Played in every game for the Norse and received two starts...scored 2.8 points and grabbed 2.2 rebounds per game...shot 40.7 percent (37-for-91) from the floor...recorded five assists, 11 steals and one blocked shot...pulled down 11 rebounds and scored nine points in her collegiate debut against Delaware State on 11/14...poured in a season-high 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting from the floor, including a 3-for-3 effort from 3-point range, and grabbed five rebounds at Stetson on 2/14.

High School: A 2014 graduate of H.V. Jenkins High School in Savannah, Ga….averaged 20.5 points, 15.4 rebounds, 3.8 steals, 2.8 assists and 2.6 blocks per game as a senior…dished out 66 assists, collected 91 steals and blocked 63 shots in her final season with the Warriors…scored 1,140 points and grabbed 1,170 rebounds over her career…earned first-team All-Region 3 Class AAAAA honors as a junior and senior…named to the 2014 Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State Class AAAAA second team after her senior year…coached by James Burke.

Personal: Born in Cleveland, Ohio…Member of the National Honor Society…Daughter of Angela White and Jeffery Sanders…Has four siblings, Lori, Jeff, Revelation, and Patience…Majoring in communication studies...Born on April 24.

Career Highs

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 57-38
Feb 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 67-52
Feb 17 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 69-60
Feb 21 at #18 Florida Southern L, 69-53
Feb 24 at Barry L, 59-58
Feb 28 at Barry L, 71-68
  Total Conference
Games 22 16
Games started 18 13
Minutes 639 458
Minutes per game 29.0 28.6
FG 64-135 48-99
FG Pct 47.4 48.5
3PT 4-17 4-12
3PT Pct 23.5 33.3
FT 29-50 20-33
FT Pct 58.0 60.6
Off rebounds 8 5
Def rebounds 62 41
Total rebounds 70 46
Rebounds per game 3.2 2.9
Personal fouls 48 38
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 28 17
Turnovers 55 43
Assist to turnover ratio 0.5 0.4
Steals 7 4
Blocks 3 1
Points 161 120
Points per game 7.3 7.5
Points per 40 min 10.1 10.5

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 10 Spring Hill W, 69-62 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 West Georgia W, 71-68 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Eckerd W, 48-44 1 35 5-7 71.4 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 12
Nov 18 at Nova Southeastern L, 72-66 1 32 5-7 71.4 1-1 100.0 2-5 40.0 13
Nov 24 Nyack W, 52-33 1 27 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Nov 25 Anderson (S.C.) W, 72-53 1 38 4-7 57.1 0-1 0.0 1-5 20.0 9
Nov 29 at Saint Leo W, 75-50 1 29 4-8 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 11
Dec 2 Lynn W, 77-59 1 20 3-8 37.5 0-1 0.0 3-7 42.9 9
Dec 6 Valdosta State W, 59-54 1 22 0-6 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 9 Barry L, 66-56 1 24 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 6
Dec 18 Southern Wesleyan W, 82-65 1 24 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 7
Dec 19 Malone W, 67-50 1 40 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 5-7 71.4 13
Dec 30 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 53-35 1 40 4-10 40.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 9
Jan 6 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 70-63 1 38 5-6 83.3 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 10 at Rollins L, 59-52 1 29 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 13 at Florida Tech L, 51-44 1 21 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 3
Jan 17 Florida Southern L, 57-44 1 27 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 6
Jan 20 at Lynn L, 54-50 1 40 6-14 42.9 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 13
Jan 24 at Eckerd L, 66-63 1 36 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 8
Jan 27 Nova Southeastern W, 76-69 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 Saint Leo W, 56-35 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 3 Rollins W, 63-54 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 57-38 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 67-52 - 24 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Feb 17 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 69-60 - 27 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 7
Feb 21 at #18 Florida Southern L, 69-53 1 22 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 24 at Barry L, 59-58 - 14 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 28 at Barry L, 71-68 - 30 4-9 44.4 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 10

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 10 Spring Hill W, 69-62 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 West Georgia W, 71-68 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Eckerd W, 48-44 1 35 0 3 3 1 3 0 0
Nov 18 at Nova Southeastern L, 72-66 1 32 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Nov 24 Nyack W, 52-33 1 27 0 4 4 4 3 1 0
Nov 25 Anderson (S.C.) W, 72-53 1 38 2 3 5 5 2 0 0
Nov 29 at Saint Leo W, 75-50 1 29 0 6 6 3 3 0 0
Dec 2 Lynn W, 77-59 1 20 0 3 3 2 2 1 0
Dec 6 Valdosta State W, 59-54 1 22 0 1 1 1 3 0 0
Dec 9 Barry L, 66-56 1 24 1 3 4 0 4 0 0
Dec 18 Southern Wesleyan W, 82-65 1 24 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
Dec 19 Malone W, 67-50 1 40 0 7 7 0 2 1 0
Dec 30 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 53-35 1 40 0 0 0 2 8 0 1
Jan 6 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 70-63 1 38 0 6 6 0 2 0 0
Jan 10 at Rollins L, 59-52 1 29 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Jan 13 at Florida Tech L, 51-44 1 21 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Jan 17 Florida Southern L, 57-44 1 27 0 3 3 1 1 0 0
Jan 20 at Lynn L, 54-50 1 40 1 2 3 1 3 0 0
Jan 24 at Eckerd L, 66-63 1 36 2 2 4 1 6 1 0
Jan 27 Nova Southeastern W, 76-69 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 Saint Leo W, 56-35 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 3 Rollins W, 63-54 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 57-38 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 67-52 - 24 1 3 4 2 1 0 0
Feb 17 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 69-60 - 27 0 2 2 3 4 1 0
Feb 21 at #18 Florida Southern L, 69-53 1 22 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Feb 24 at Barry L, 59-58 - 14 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Feb 28 at Barry L, 71-68 - 30 1 2 3 1 0 1 2

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 10 Spring Hill W, 69-62 - - - -
Nov 11 West Georgia W, 71-68 - - - -
Nov 15 Eckerd W, 48-44 1 3 - 0.3
Nov 18 at Nova Southeastern L, 72-66 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 24 Nyack W, 52-33 1 0 - 1.3
Nov 25 Anderson (S.C.) W, 72-53 1 2 - 2.5
Nov 29 at Saint Leo W, 75-50 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 2 Lynn W, 77-59 1 4 - 1.0
Dec 6 Valdosta State W, 59-54 1 3 - 0.3
Dec 9 Barry L, 66-56 1 3 - 0.0
Dec 18 Southern Wesleyan W, 82-65 1 3 - 0.0
Dec 19 Malone W, 67-50 1 1 - 0.0
Dec 30 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 53-35 1 2 - 0.3
Jan 6 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 70-63 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 10 at Rollins L, 59-52 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 13 at Florida Tech L, 51-44 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 17 Florida Southern L, 57-44 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 20 at Lynn L, 54-50 1 3 - 0.3
Jan 24 at Eckerd L, 66-63 1 4 - 0.2
Jan 27 Nova Southeastern W, 76-69 - - - -
Jan 31 Saint Leo W, 56-35 - - - -
Feb 3 Rollins W, 63-54 - - - -
Feb 7 Florida Tech W, 57-38 - - - -
Feb 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 67-52 - 0 - 2.0
Feb 17 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 69-60 - 5 1 0.8
Feb 21 at #18 Florida Southern L, 69-53 1 0 - 0.0
Feb 24 at Barry L, 59-58 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 28 at Barry L, 71-68 - 1 - -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2016-17 28 35.3 4.9-8.5 0.6-1.5 1.7-2.6 12.1
2017-18 22 29.0 2.9-6.1 0.2-0.8 1.3-2.3 7.3
Total 50 32.5 4.0-7.5 0.4-1.2 1.5-2.5 10.0

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2016-17 28 28 988 137-238 57.6 18-42 42.9 47-74 63.5 339
2017-18 22 18 639 64-135 47.4 4-17 23.5 29-50 58.0 161
Total 50 46 1627 201-373 53.9 22-59 37.3 76-124 61.3 500

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2016-17 28 988 35.3 5.5-9.6 0.7-1.7 42.9 1.9-3.0 13.7
2017-18 22 639 29.0 4.0-8.5 0.3-1.1 23.5 1.8-3.1 10.1
Total 50 1627 32.5 4.9-9.2 0.5-1.5 37.3 1.9-3.0 12.3

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2016-17 28 0.7 3.6 4.3 2.1 2.2 1.0 0.1
2017-18 22 0.4 2.8 3.2 1.3 2.5 0.3 0.1
Total 50 0.6 3.2 3.8 1.7 2.3 0.7 0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2016-17 28 28 20 100 120 59 62 27 2
2017-18 22 18 8 62 70 28 55 7 3
Total 50 46 28 162 190 87 117 34 5

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2016-17 28 0.8 4.0 4.9 2.4 2.5 1.1 0.1
2017-18 22 0.5 3.9 4.4 1.8 3.4 0.4 0.2
Total 50 0.7 4.0 4.7 2.1 2.9 0.8 0.1

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 22 29.0 2.9-6.1 0.2-0.8 1.3-2.3 7.3
Conference 16 28.6 3.0-6.2 0.2-0.8 1.2-2.1 7.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 11 29.3 2.8-5.5 0.2-0.9 1.6-3.0 7.5
Away 11 28.8 3.0-6.7 0.2-0.6 1.0-1.5 7.2
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 11 30.6 3.2-6.4 0.3-1.2 1.3-2.4 7.9
Losses 11 27.5 2.6-5.9 0.1-0.4 1.4-2.2 6.7
Month            
November 5 32.2 3.8-6.4 0.6-1.4 1.2-2.8 9.4
December 6 28.3 2.7-6.3 0.0-1.2 2.0-3.3 7.3
January 6 31.8 3.2-7.3 0.2-0.5 1.3-1.8 7.8
February 5 23.4 2.0-4.2 0.0-0.0 0.6-1.0 4.6

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 22 18 639 64-135 47.4 4-17 23.5 29-50 58.0 161
Conference 16 13 458 48-99 48.5 4-12 33.3 20-33 60.6 120
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 10 322 31-61 50.8 2-10 20.0 18-33 54.5 82
Away 11 8 317 33-74 44.6 2-7 28.6 11-17 64.7 79
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 11 10 337 35-70 50.0 3-13 23.1 14-26 53.8 87
Losses 11 8 302 29-65 44.6 1-4 25.0 15-24 62.5 74
Month                    
November 5 5 161 19-32 59.4 3-7 42.9 6-14 42.9 47
December 6 6 170 16-38 42.1 0-7 0.0 12-20 60.0 44
January 6 6 191 19-44 43.2 1-3 33.3 8-11 72.7 47
February 5 1 117 10-21 47.6 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 23

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 22 639 29.0 4.0-8.5 0.3-1.1 23.5 1.8-3.1 10.1
Conference 16 458 28.6 4.2-8.6 0.3-1.0 33.3 1.7-2.9 10.5
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 11 322 29.3 3.9-7.6 0.2-1.2 20.0 2.2-4.1 10.2
Away 11 317 28.8 4.2-9.3 0.3-0.9 28.6 1.4-2.1 10.0
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 11 337 30.6 4.2-8.3 0.4-1.5 23.1 1.7-3.1 10.3
Losses 11 302 27.5 3.8-8.6 0.1-0.5 25.0 2.0-3.2 9.8
Month                
November 5 161 32.2 4.7-8.0 0.7-1.7 42.9 1.5-3.5 11.7
December 6 170 28.3 3.8-8.9 0.0-1.6 0.0 2.8-4.7 10.4
January 6 191 31.8 4.0-9.2 0.2-0.6 33.3 1.7-2.3 9.8
February 5 117 23.4 3.4-7.2 0.0-0.0 - 1.0-1.7 7.9

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 22 0.4 2.8 3.2 1.3 2.5 0.3 0.1
Conference 16 0.3 2.6 2.9 1.1 2.7 0.3 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 0.3 3.5 3.8 1.5 2.5 0.4 0.0
Away 11 0.5 2.1 2.5 1.0 2.5 0.3 0.3
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 11 0.3 3.6 3.9 1.8 2.8 0.3 0.1
Losses 11 0.5 2.0 2.5 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.2
Month                
November 5 0.4 3.4 3.8 2.6 2.6 0.2 0.0
December 6 0.2 3.0 3.2 0.8 3.5 0.3 0.2
January 6 0.5 2.8 3.3 0.7 2.3 0.3 0.0
February 5 0.4 2.0 2.4 1.2 1.4 0.4 0.4

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 22 18 8 62 70 28 55 7 3
Conference 16 13 5 41 46 17 43 4 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 11 10 3 39 42 17 28 4 0
Away 11 8 5 23 28 11 27 3 3
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 11 10 3 40 43 20 31 3 1
Losses 11 8 5 22 27 8 24 4 2
Month                  
November 5 5 2 17 19 13 13 1 0
December 6 6 1 18 19 5 21 2 1
January 6 6 3 17 20 4 14 2 0
February 5 1 2 10 12 6 7 2 2

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 22 0.5 3.9 4.4 1.8 3.4 0.4 0.2
Conference 16 0.4 3.6 4.0 1.5 3.8 0.3 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 0.4 4.8 5.2 2.1 3.5 0.5 0.0
Away 11 0.6 2.9 3.5 1.4 3.4 0.4 0.4
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 11 0.4 4.7 5.1 2.4 3.7 0.4 0.1
Losses 11 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.1 3.2 0.5 0.3
Month                
November 5 0.5 4.2 4.7 3.2 3.2 0.2 0.0
December 6 0.2 4.2 4.5 1.2 4.9 0.5 0.2
January 6 0.6 3.6 4.2 0.8 2.9 0.4 0.0
February 5 0.7 3.4 4.1 2.1 2.4 0.7 0.7

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