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Lauren Kotey
32 Lauren Kotey
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Findlay, Ohio
  • High School:
    Liberty Benton HS
  • Previous College:
    Saint Joseph's College (Ind.)
  • Position:
    C
  • Major:
    Human Performance/Exercise Physiology
  • gp
    31
  • pts/g
    3.5
  • fg %
    53.1
  • 3pt %
    -
  • ft %
    30.8
  • reb/g
    3.0
  • a/g
    0.6

Bio

As a Senior: Played in all 31 games...started in 15... Totaled 502 minutes while averaging 16.2 per game... Shot 53 percent from the field for the season... Grabbed a total of 108 points, 93 rebounds, 20 assists, and 36 blocks... Ranks number seven in the Sunshine State Conference for blocks... Recorded a career-high of 10 rebounds against Saint Leo (01/16), eight blocks against Rollins (02/13), and three steals against Florida Southern (01/30).

As a Junior: Started in three games but played in 25 for Tampa... Finished her junior season averaging 2.8 points and 2.3 rebounds...shot 81.8 percent from the foul line going 9-for-11 on the season...Recorded a season-high 16 points against Southern Wesleyan where she shot 7-for-9 and grabbed seven boards... She finished her Junior campaign scoring 69 points, tallying 57 rebounds, blocking 22 shots, and earning four assists. 

As a Sophomore (SJC): Attended Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana…Played in 29 games, averaged 5.3 points per game and 4.0 rebounds…Shot 56 percent from the field and averaged 15 minutes per game.

As a Freshman (SJC): Played as a freshman at Saint Joseph's…Played in 26 games while averaging 4.0 points and 2.5 rebounds a contest…Shot 56 percent from the field and averaged 1.0 blocks a game…Averaged 12 minutes per game…Had a career-best 15 points against Malone.

High School: Graduated from Liberty Benton High School…Was a three-year letterwinner for the Eagles…Also received three letters in volleyball and one in track…Played for coaches Cristy Gray, Nate Irwin and Jack Quizno…Named first team Blanchard Valley Conference, first team District 8, first team Northwest Ohio District, honorable mention all-state, most athletic female of the year in 2015…Was MVP of team in 2015…Also played for Toledo Elite under coach Duffy Barnes.

Personal: Member of National Honor Society…Human performance and exercise physiology major…Daughter of John and Jan Kotey…Has two brothers, Andrew and Michael…Birthdate: 1/29/1997.

Career Highs

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65
  Total Conference
Games 31 20
Games started 15 12
Minutes 502 361
Minutes per game 16.2 18.1
FG 52-98 31-59
FG Pct 53.1 52.5
3PT 0-0 0-0
3PT Pct - -
FT 4-13 3-9
FT Pct 30.8 33.3
Off rebounds 21 10
Def rebounds 72 47
Total rebounds 93 57
Rebounds per game 3.0 2.9
Personal fouls 50 35
Disqualifications 2 1
Assists 20 13
Turnovers 28 15
Assist to turnover ratio 0.7 0.9
Steals 12 8
Blocks 36 26
Points 108 65
Points per game 3.5 3.3
Points per 40 min 8.6 7.2

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 - 6 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 - 13 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 - 10 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 6
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 1 13 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 1 26 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 0-0 - 10
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 1 14 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 - 8 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 - 6 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 - 4 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 - 10 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 5
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 18 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 - 16 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 - 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 1 32 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 1 31 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 1 22 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 1 28 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 8
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 1 12 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 - 11 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 1 25 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 4
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 - 4 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 1 18 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 1 16 4-4 100.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 9
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 40 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 25 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 2
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 - 14 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 - 18 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 1 20 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 1 26 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 - 4 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 - 9 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 - 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 - 13 1 4 5 0 0 0 1
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 - 10 3 3 6 0 2 2 1
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 1 13 2 2 4 1 0 0 1
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 1 26 0 3 3 1 3 2 2
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 1 14 0 5 5 1 2 0 1
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 - 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 - 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 - 10 2 0 2 0 3 0 1
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 18 1 4 5 2 0 0 3
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 - 16 1 2 3 1 1 0 0
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 1 32 1 5 6 2 0 0 6
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 1 31 1 3 4 2 0 0 1
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 1 22 2 8 10 0 3 1 1
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 1 28 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 1 12 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 - 11 0 1 1 0 2 0 1
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 1 25 0 1 1 1 0 3 0
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 1 18 2 3 5 0 1 0 0
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 1 16 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 40 1 8 9 0 0 0 8
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 25 0 3 3 0 2 0 1
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 - 14 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 - 18 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 1 20 1 2 3 3 0 1 1
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 1 26 0 7 7 1 1 0 1
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 - 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 - 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 - 0 - 1.0
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 - 0 - -
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 - 2 - 0.0
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 1 1 - -
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 1 5 1 0.3
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 1 2 - 0.5
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 - 0 - -
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 - 1 - 0.0
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 - 1 - -
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 - 2 - 0.0
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 0 - -
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 - 0 - 1.0
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 - 0 - -
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 1 2 - -
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 1 3 - -
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 1 4 - 0.0
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 1 3 - -
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 1 4 - 0.0
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 1 1 - -
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 - 0 - -
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 1 1 - -
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 3 - -
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 5 1 0.0
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 - 3 - 1.0
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 - 1 - 0.0
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 1 1 - -
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 1 3 - 1.0
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 - 0 - 0.0
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 - 1 - -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2017-18 25 10.8 1.2-2.4 0.0-0.1 0.4-0.4 2.8
2018-19 31 16.2 1.7-3.2 0.0-0.0 0.1-0.4 3.5
Total 56 13.8 1.5-2.8 0.0-0.0 0.2-0.4 3.2

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2017-18 25 3 271 30-60 50.0 0-2 0.0 9-11 81.8 69
2018-19 31 15 502 52-98 53.1 0-0 - 4-13 30.8 108
Total 56 18 773 82-158 51.9 0-2 0.0 13-24 54.2 177

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2017-18 25 271 10.8 4.4-8.9 0.0-0.3 0.0 1.3-1.6 10.2
2018-19 31 502 16.2 4.1-7.8 0.0-0.0 - 0.3-1.0 8.6
Total 56 773 13.8 4.2-8.2 0.0-0.1 0.0 0.7-1.2 9.2

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2017-18 25 0.8 1.5 2.3 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.9
2018-19 31 0.7 2.3 3.0 0.6 0.9 0.4 1.2
Total 56 0.7 1.9 2.7 0.4 0.7 0.3 1.0

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2017-18 25 3 20 37 57 4 12 2 22
2018-19 31 15 21 72 93 20 28 12 36
Total 56 18 41 109 150 24 40 14 58

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2017-18 25 3.0 5.5 8.4 0.6 1.8 0.3 3.2
2018-19 31 1.7 5.7 7.4 1.6 2.2 1.0 2.9
Total 56 2.1 5.6 7.8 1.2 2.1 0.7 3.0

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 31 16.2 1.7-3.2 0.0-0.0 0.1-0.4 3.5
Conference 20 18.1 1.6-3.0 0.0-0.0 0.1-0.5 3.3
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 16 15.8 2.0-3.3 0.0-0.0 0.2-0.7 4.3
Away 13 17.8 1.3-2.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.2 2.6
Neutral 2 8.5 1.5-4.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 3.0
Result            
Wins 22 15.3 1.8-3.3 0.0-0.0 0.1-0.4 3.6
Losses 9 18.3 1.4-2.8 0.0-0.0 0.2-0.4 3.1
Month            
November 6 13.7 2.3-3.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.3 4.7
December 6 10.3 1.3-2.7 0.0-0.0 0.2-0.3 2.8
January 8 20.5 1.8-3.6 0.0-0.0 0.2-0.6 3.8
February 7 19.3 1.4-3.0 0.0-0.0 0.1-0.6 3.0
March 4 14.8 1.5-2.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 3.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 31 15 502 52-98 53.1 0-0 - 4-13 30.8 108
Conference 20 12 361 31-59 52.5 0-0 - 3-9 33.3 65
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 16 6 253 32-53 60.4 0-0 - 4-11 36.4 68
Away 13 8 232 17-37 45.9 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 34
Neutral 2 1 17 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Result                    
Wins 22 10 337 39-73 53.4 0-0 - 2-9 22.2 80
Losses 9 5 165 13-25 52.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 28
Month                    
November 6 3 82 14-23 60.9 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 28
December 6 - 62 8-16 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 17
January 8 6 164 14-29 48.3 0-0 - 2-5 40.0 30
February 7 4 135 10-21 47.6 0-0 - 1-4 25.0 21
March 4 2 59 6-9 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 12

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 31 502 16.2 4.1-7.8 0.0-0.0 - 0.3-1.0 8.6
Conference 20 361 18.1 3.4-6.5 0.0-0.0 - 0.3-1.0 7.2
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 16 253 15.8 5.1-8.4 0.0-0.0 - 0.6-1.7 10.8
Away 13 232 17.8 2.9-6.4 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.3 5.9
Neutral 2 17 8.5 7.1-18.8 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 14.1
Result                
Wins 22 337 15.3 4.6-8.7 0.0-0.0 - 0.2-1.1 9.5
Losses 9 165 18.3 3.2-6.1 0.0-0.0 - 0.5-1.0 6.8
Month                
November 6 82 13.7 6.8-11.2 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-1.0 13.7
December 6 62 10.3 5.2-10.3 0.0-0.0 - 0.6-1.3 11.0
January 8 164 20.5 3.4-7.1 0.0-0.0 - 0.5-1.2 7.3
February 7 135 19.3 3.0-6.2 0.0-0.0 - 0.3-1.2 6.2
March 4 59 14.8 4.1-6.1 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 8.1

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 31 0.7 2.3 3.0 0.6 0.9 0.4 1.2
Conference 20 0.5 2.4 2.9 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 16 0.7 2.3 2.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.1
Away 13 0.6 2.5 3.2 0.6 1.1 0.2 1.3
Neutral 2 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5
Result                
Wins 22 0.7 2.1 2.8 0.4 1.0 0.4 1.3
Losses 9 0.7 2.8 3.4 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.8
Month                
November 6 1.0 2.8 3.8 0.8 1.5 0.7 1.0
December 6 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.8
January 8 0.5 2.6 3.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.5
February 7 0.6 2.3 2.9 0.3 0.7 0.1 1.6
March 4 0.5 2.8 3.3 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.5

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 31 15 21 72 93 20 28 12 36
Conference 20 12 10 47 57 13 15 8 26
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 16 6 11 36 47 11 13 9 18
Away 13 8 8 33 41 8 14 3 17
Neutral 2 1 2 3 5 1 1 0 1
Result                  
Wins 22 10 15 47 62 9 23 8 29
Losses 9 5 6 25 31 11 5 4 7
Month                  
November 6 3 6 17 23 5 9 4 6
December 6 - 5 7 12 3 5 0 5
January 8 6 4 21 25 6 7 6 12
February 7 4 4 16 20 2 5 1 11
March 4 2 2 11 13 4 2 1 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 31 1.7 5.7 7.4 1.6 2.2 1.0 2.9
Conference 20 1.1 5.2 6.3 1.4 1.7 0.9 2.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 16 1.7 5.7 7.4 1.7 2.1 1.4 2.8
Away 13 1.4 5.7 7.1 1.4 2.4 0.5 2.9
Neutral 2 4.7 7.1 11.8 2.4 2.4 0.0 2.4
Result                
Wins 22 1.8 5.6 7.4 1.1 2.7 0.9 3.4
Losses 9 1.5 6.1 7.5 2.7 1.2 1.0 1.7
Month                
November 6 2.9 8.3 11.2 2.4 4.4 2.0 2.9
December 6 3.2 4.5 7.7 1.9 3.2 0.0 3.2
January 8 1.0 5.1 6.1 1.5 1.7 1.5 2.9
February 7 1.2 4.7 5.9 0.6 1.5 0.3 3.3
March 4 1.4 7.5 8.8 2.7 1.4 0.7 1.4

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