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Ellen Nurmi
4 Ellen Nurmi
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Turku, Finland
  • High School:
    Makelanrinne HS
  • Previous College:
    University of Portland
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Advertising and Public Relations
  • gp
    31
  • pts/g
    11.8
  • fg %
    44.4
  • 3pt %
    36.0
  • ft %
    80.0
  • reb/g
    3.6
  • a/g
    2.8

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 26 Florida Southern W, 69-45
Mar 8 vs. Saint Leo W, 80-74
Mar 9 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 64-55
Mar 14 vs. West Florida W, 77-62
Mar 15 vs. Rollins W, 75-57
Mar 17 at Nova Southeastern L, 56-53
  Total Conference
Games 31 16
Games started 31 16
Minutes 1062 547
Minutes per game 34.3 34.2
FG 131-295 69-153
FG Pct 44.4 45.1
3PT 63-175 28-88
3PT Pct 36.0 31.8
FT 40-50 16-22
FT Pct 80.0 72.7
Off rebounds 13 7
Def rebounds 100 50
Total rebounds 113 57
Rebounds per game 3.6 3.6
Personal fouls 56 28
Disqualifications - -
Assists 88 40
Turnovers 72 35
Assist to turnover ratio 1.2 1.1
Steals 39 17
Blocks 9 6
Points 365 182
Points per game 11.8 11.4
Points per 40 min 13.7 13.3

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 Francis Marion W, 73-65 1 38 4-8 50.0 1-2 50.0 7-7 100.0 16
Nov 9 Clayton State L, 64-48 1 32 1-8 12.5 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Nov 16 Armstrong W, 61-46 1 32 5-13 38.5 3-8 37.5 1-4 25.0 14
Nov 22 at Sonoma State W, 62-44 1 27 4-10 40.0 2-7 28.6 2-2 100.0 12
Nov 23 vs. Chico State L, 77-67 1 38 2-5 40.0 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 8
Nov 30 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 69-46 1 32 6-11 54.5 4-8 50.0 3-3 100.0 19
Dec 7 at Barry W, 69-53 1 33 1-7 14.3 0-4 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Dec 16 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 69-40 1 26 2-6 33.3 2-3 66.7 3-4 75.0 9
Dec 20 vs. Fayetteville State L, 66-62 1 40 6-12 50.0 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 15
Dec 21 vs. Quincy W, 70-65 1 39 6-12 50.0 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 15
Jan 4 Rollins L, 59-58 1 29 2-9 22.2 2-7 28.6 1-2 50.0 7
Jan 8 Saint Leo W, 70-55 1 25 2-10 20.0 0-6 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 11 at Florida Tech L, 72-62 1 36 4-7 57.1 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 15 at Eckerd W, 66-57 1 39 6-11 54.5 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 15
Jan 18 Lynn W, 77-52 1 34 7-10 70.0 2-5 40.0 1-3 33.3 17
Jan 22 at Florida Southern W, 72-62 1 33 6-12 50.0 3-7 42.9 2-2 100.0 17
Jan 25 Nova Southeastern W, 71-60 1 37 3-8 37.5 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 29 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 85-61 1 26 5-10 50.0 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 11
Feb 1 Barry W, 74-42 1 32 8-11 72.7 5-7 71.4 5-6 83.3 26
Feb 5 at Rollins W, 78-57 1 34 4-10 40.0 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 9
Feb 8 Florida Tech W, 76-68 1 40 5-7 71.4 3-4 75.0 4-4 100.0 17
Feb 12 at Saint Leo W, 76-63 1 38 4-10 40.0 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 11
Feb 15 at Lynn W, 69-44 1 31 4-12 33.3 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 9
Feb 19 Eckerd W, 58-40 1 37 3-9 33.3 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 8
Feb 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 67-50 1 36 4-8 50.0 1-4 25.0 1-1 100.0 10
Feb 26 Florida Southern W, 69-45 1 33 6-12 50.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 12
Mar 8 vs. Saint Leo W, 80-74 1 39 3-8 37.5 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 8
Mar 9 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 64-55 1 37 4-10 40.0 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 10
Mar 14 vs. West Florida W, 77-62 1 37 4-6 66.7 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 12
Mar 15 vs. Rollins W, 75-57 1 35 6-12 50.0 5-9 55.6 2-2 100.0 19
Mar 17 at Nova Southeastern L, 56-53 1 37 4-11 36.4 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 11

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 Francis Marion W, 73-65 1 38 1 7 8 4 1 0 0
Nov 9 Clayton State L, 64-48 1 32 2 1 3 4 3 0 0
Nov 16 Armstrong W, 61-46 1 32 0 6 6 4 3 2 0
Nov 22 at Sonoma State W, 62-44 1 27 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Nov 23 vs. Chico State L, 77-67 1 38 0 2 2 3 1 2 0
Nov 30 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 69-46 1 32 0 5 5 2 2 0 0
Dec 7 at Barry W, 69-53 1 33 0 3 3 0 0 3 1
Dec 16 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 69-40 1 26 0 4 4 3 1 2 0
Dec 20 vs. Fayetteville State L, 66-62 1 40 0 2 2 3 3 3 0
Dec 21 vs. Quincy W, 70-65 1 39 1 2 3 2 3 1 0
Jan 4 Rollins L, 59-58 1 29 1 4 5 3 2 0 1
Jan 8 Saint Leo W, 70-55 1 25 2 2 4 4 2 3 0
Jan 11 at Florida Tech L, 72-62 1 36 1 4 5 2 2 0 1
Jan 15 at Eckerd W, 66-57 1 39 0 3 3 2 2 1 0
Jan 18 Lynn W, 77-52 1 34 0 4 4 3 1 1 0
Jan 22 at Florida Southern W, 72-62 1 33 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
Jan 25 Nova Southeastern W, 71-60 1 37 1 2 3 4 5 1 0
Jan 29 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 85-61 1 26 0 3 3 8 2 1 0
Feb 1 Barry W, 74-42 1 32 0 3 3 5 1 1 0
Feb 5 at Rollins W, 78-57 1 34 0 4 4 0 4 0 0
Feb 8 Florida Tech W, 76-68 1 40 0 2 2 2 4 0 1
Feb 12 at Saint Leo W, 76-63 1 38 0 5 5 2 2 1 0
Feb 15 at Lynn W, 69-44 1 31 0 2 2 3 1 0 1
Feb 19 Eckerd W, 58-40 1 37 0 6 6 5 2 1 0
Feb 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 67-50 1 36 1 2 3 1 3 2 1
Feb 26 Florida Southern W, 69-45 1 33 0 4 4 3 3 1 0
Mar 8 vs. Saint Leo W, 80-74 1 39 0 3 3 5 3 1 1
Mar 9 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 64-55 1 37 1 4 5 2 6 4 1
Mar 14 vs. West Florida W, 77-62 1 37 1 3 4 3 4 4 0
Mar 15 vs. Rollins W, 75-57 1 35 0 2 2 2 2 1 0
Mar 17 at Nova Southeastern L, 56-53 1 37 0 4 4 3 3 1 1

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 Francis Marion W, 73-65 1 1 - 4.0
Nov 9 Clayton State L, 64-48 1 1 - 1.3
Nov 16 Armstrong W, 61-46 1 2 - 1.3
Nov 22 at Sonoma State W, 62-44 1 2 - -
Nov 23 vs. Chico State L, 77-67 1 2 - 3.0
Nov 30 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 69-46 1 3 - 1.0
Dec 7 at Barry W, 69-53 1 2 - -
Dec 16 Southeastern (Fla.) W, 69-40 1 0 - 3.0
Dec 20 vs. Fayetteville State L, 66-62 1 0 - 1.0
Dec 21 vs. Quincy W, 70-65 1 4 - 0.7
Jan 4 Rollins L, 59-58 1 1 - 1.5
Jan 8 Saint Leo W, 70-55 1 3 - 2.0
Jan 11 at Florida Tech L, 72-62 1 0 - 1.0
Jan 15 at Eckerd W, 66-57 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 18 Lynn W, 77-52 1 2 - 3.0
Jan 22 at Florida Southern W, 72-62 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 25 Nova Southeastern W, 71-60 1 2 - 0.8
Jan 29 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 85-61 1 2 - 4.0
Feb 1 Barry W, 74-42 1 0 - 5.0
Feb 5 at Rollins W, 78-57 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 8 Florida Tech W, 76-68 1 3 - 0.5
Feb 12 at Saint Leo W, 76-63 1 2 - 1.0
Feb 15 at Lynn W, 69-44 1 2 - 3.0
Feb 19 Eckerd W, 58-40 1 2 - 2.5
Feb 22 at Nova Southeastern W, 67-50 1 2 - 0.3
Feb 26 Florida Southern W, 69-45 1 1 - 1.0
Mar 8 vs. Saint Leo W, 80-74 1 2 - 1.7
Mar 9 vs. Nova Southeastern L, 64-55 1 1 - 0.3
Mar 14 vs. West Florida W, 77-62 1 3 - 0.8
Mar 15 vs. Rollins W, 75-57 1 4 - 1.0
Mar 17 at Nova Southeastern L, 56-53 1 1 - 1.0

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 31 34.3 4.2-9.5 2.0-5.6 1.3-1.6 11.8
Conference 16 34.2 4.3-9.6 1.8-5.5 1.0-1.4 11.4
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 13 32.4 4.1-9.3 1.6-5.0 1.8-2.5 11.6
Away 11 34.2 4.3-9.9 2.1-6.1 0.9-1.1 11.5
Neutral 7 37.9 4.4-9.3 2.7-6.1 0.9-0.9 12.4
Result            
Wins 24 33.9 4.5-9.7 2.0-5.6 1.5-1.8 12.5
Losses 7 35.6 3.3-8.9 2.1-5.9 0.7-0.9 9.4
Month            
November 6 33.2 3.7-9.2 2.0-5.3 2.8-3.3 12.2
December 4 34.5 3.8-9.2 2.0-5.2 1.0-1.5 10.5
January 8 32.4 4.4-9.6 1.8-5.5 0.5-0.9 11.0
February 8 35.1 4.8-9.9 1.9-5.6 1.4-1.6 12.8
March 5 37.0 4.2-9.4 2.8-6.6 0.8-0.8 12.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 31 31 1062 131-295 44.4 63-175 36.0 40-50 80.0 365
Conference 16 16 547 69-153 45.1 28-88 31.8 16-22 72.7 182
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 13 13 421 53-121 43.8 21-65 32.3 24-32 75.0 151
Away 11 11 376 47-109 43.1 23-67 34.3 10-12 83.3 127
Neutral 7 7 265 31-65 47.7 19-43 44.2 6-6 100.0 87
Result                    
Wins 24 24 813 108-233 46.4 48-134 35.8 35-44 79.5 299
Losses 7 7 249 23-62 37.1 15-41 36.6 5-6 83.3 66
Month                    
November 6 6 199 22-55 40.0 12-32 37.5 17-20 85.0 73
December 4 4 138 15-37 40.5 8-21 38.1 4-6 66.7 42
January 8 8 259 35-77 45.5 14-44 31.8 4-7 57.1 88
February 8 8 281 38-79 48.1 15-45 33.3 11-13 84.6 102
March 5 5 185 21-47 44.7 14-33 42.4 4-4 100.0 60

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 31 1062 34.3 4.9-11.1 2.4-6.6 36.0 1.5-1.9 13.7
Conference 16 547 34.2 5.0-11.2 2.0-6.4 31.8 1.2-1.6 13.3
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 13 421 32.4 5.0-11.5 2.0-6.2 32.3 2.3-3.0 14.3
Away 11 376 34.2 5.0-11.6 2.4-7.1 34.3 1.1-1.3 13.5
Neutral 7 265 37.9 4.7-9.8 2.9-6.5 44.2 0.9-0.9 13.1
Result                
Wins 24 813 33.9 5.3-11.5 2.4-6.6 35.8 1.7-2.2 14.7
Losses 7 249 35.6 3.7-10.0 2.4-6.6 36.6 0.8-1.0 10.6
Month                
November 6 199 33.2 4.4-11.1 2.4-6.4 37.5 3.4-4.0 14.7
December 4 138 34.5 4.3-10.7 2.3-6.1 38.1 1.2-1.7 12.2
January 8 259 32.4 5.4-11.9 2.2-6.8 31.8 0.6-1.1 13.6
February 8 281 35.1 5.4-11.2 2.1-6.4 33.3 1.6-1.9 14.5
March 5 185 37.0 4.5-10.2 3.0-7.1 42.4 0.9-0.9 13.0

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 31 0.4 3.2 3.6 2.8 2.3 1.3 0.3
Conference 16 0.4 3.1 3.6 2.5 2.2 1.1 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 0.5 3.7 4.2 4.0 2.3 1.0 0.2
Away 11 0.3 3.1 3.4 1.5 1.8 0.9 0.5
Neutral 7 0.4 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.3 0.3
Result                
Wins 24 0.3 3.3 3.6 2.8 2.2 1.2 0.2
Losses 7 0.7 3.0 3.7 2.9 2.9 1.4 0.6
Month                
November 6 0.5 3.8 4.3 2.8 1.7 0.7 0.0
December 4 0.3 2.8 3.0 2.0 1.8 2.3 0.3
January 8 0.8 2.8 3.5 3.4 2.1 1.1 0.3
February 8 0.1 3.5 3.6 2.6 2.5 0.8 0.4
March 5 0.4 3.2 3.6 3.0 3.6 2.2 0.6

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 31 31 13 100 113 88 72 39 9
Conference 16 16 7 50 57 40 35 17 6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 13 13 7 48 55 52 30 13 2
Away 11 11 3 34 37 16 20 10 5
Neutral 7 7 3 18 21 20 22 16 2
Result                  
Wins 24 24 8 79 87 68 52 29 5
Losses 7 7 5 21 26 20 20 10 4
Month                  
November 6 6 3 23 26 17 10 4 0
December 4 4 1 11 12 8 7 9 1
January 8 8 6 22 28 27 17 9 2
February 8 8 1 28 29 21 20 6 3
March 5 5 2 16 18 15 18 11 3

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 0.5 3.8 4.3 3.3 2.7 1.5 0.3
Conference 16 0.5 3.7 4.2 2.9 2.6 1.2 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 0.7 4.6 5.2 4.9 2.9 1.2 0.2
Away 11 0.3 3.6 3.9 1.7 2.1 1.1 0.5
Neutral 7 0.5 2.7 3.2 3.0 3.3 2.4 0.3
Result                
Wins 24 0.4 3.9 4.3 3.3 2.6 1.4 0.2
Losses 7 0.8 3.4 4.2 3.2 3.2 1.6 0.6
Month                
November 6 0.6 4.6 5.2 3.4 2.0 0.8 0.0
December 4 0.3 3.2 3.5 2.3 2.0 2.6 0.3
January 8 0.9 3.4 4.3 4.2 2.6 1.4 0.3
February 8 0.1 4.0 4.1 3.0 2.8 0.9 0.4
March 5 0.4 3.5 3.9 3.2 3.9 2.4 0.6

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